Transcript Project Management Bus 1040

Bus 1040 Project Management Week 5
Agenda:
Web presentations
“A” Student handout
Scheduling lecture, Network Diagrams, Critical paths.
GANTT charts
Forms Groups for Final Project.
Sign Preliminary Charter for Group
Responsibility Matrix
Communication Matrix
Review forms submitted by Group Members – assign
marks
MS Project in Lab - applied
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Learning Review
Project definition = Develop S.O.W
(Purpose, scope, deliverables, responsibilities).
Risk management strategy
Work breakdown structure-relationships
Schedule-calculate CP and Float
Assign and level resources
Redefine any/all above to achieve
cost, time and quality equilibrium/baseline
Continue to redefine
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Today’s class as a WBS
Week 5 Class
Group work
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New learning
Final Project
Scheduling
Group
Work - group of 5
Network diagrams
Critical paths
Float/slack
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Plan/Scheduling overview – p.102.
p120-152
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Definition, S.O.W., Risks, WBS, Estimates,
Resources?
Take the WBS work packages and sequence
them
Sequence: what’s now, before, after and
same time
Finalize time and cost estimates. ES, LS etc.
Determine critical path
Determine floats or slack
Assign and level the resources
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WBS into a Schedule - review
Take your WBS house build items
 Remove the Summary tasks
 Arrange the tasks into a Network
diagram Use Predecessors given
 Calculate the critical path
 Create Gantt chart. Put the Summary
tasks back in and the time lines
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Scheduling, Verzuh book – p. 120-152
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P. 120 for a characteristics of good
scheduling
What scheduling challenges do you
experience in your life?
How can P.M. method help?
Would P.E.R.T. calculation help?
R=O+P+4M/6
Start with data and requirements
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Scheduling and predecessors review
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What now?
 What comes before?
 What comes after?
 What can be done at the same time?
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Try this Scheduling warm up
using Predecessors
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Task
Predecessor
Time
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None
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None
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A, B
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Case – Landscape Project on p. 137 or
Use Supplementary handout provided.
Determine the Critical Path
Note that Task # and Duration for each
Work Package
 Add the time for each path –top right
box follow arrows
The longest path is the “Critical path.”
 What is the Critical path for this project?
 Write the path name. E.g. 1, 3, 11, 7, 7,
8, 12
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P.E.R.T. elements on the network diagram
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Be able to draw a box as
per book showing above.
Float/slack: Look at the
PERT box and note
difference between the ES
and the LS times.
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Critical path is defined by
the overall times of PERT
boxes in which there is no
float.
Where do we get this info.
from?
ES = Earliest Start. EF
Earliest Finish. LS = Latest
Start LF=Latest Finish
Task ID
#
Time
(duration)
ES
LS
EF
LF
Float
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Critical Path –Float/Slack
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Using Suppl. Handout from p. 137
Confirm the Float or Slack on a couple of
tasks
Understand Forward pass and Backward
pass
Backward means completing PERT box info.
and calculating floats working from Finish
backwards (pass) to Start
Why would this be useful in your life?
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P.E.R.T. Box.
Slack or float-another look,
p. 134. The Graph example I
have provided below shows
both the ES minus LS = Float
and the EF minus LF = Float.
How could you use this for
planning your study times?
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Task. # 3
Time. 4 days
Earliest start. 5
Latest start 8
EF 12
LF 15
Float 7days
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# 3 FLOAT TIME 7 DAYS
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Review scheduling
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What s the formula for P.E.R.T.?
Define critical path
Which comes first – WBS or Schedule?
Visit www.spmn.com/lessons learned
Why do we teams use the GANTT rather than Network
diagrams?
To calculate Float show a simple equation. ? Minus ?
Given a list with predecessors could you draw a net work
diagram. Go to class web site for link and try the example.
Are you ready to take a list, estimate it, create a WBS from it,
draw a Network diagram and convert it into A GANTT chart?
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Form Groups for Final Group
Project
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Mix and mingle if necessary
Five-six persons to a group
Select a Project Manager
Decide on your project – or discuss
Sign a Charter and hand in to Instructor
committing to work together – name project if
decided – get approval so there is no
duplication.
 See detailed handout for marking scheme,
timelines
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Forms you have collected from web
What do you do with them?
Share them with your group and discuss.
Decide which sample of form you wan to
include in your Final Group Project.
Modify the form or start completing it to start
your project.
Assign one person the Responsibility of keeping
a form inventory as more forms are located.
PM assigns marks for forms submitted
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MS Project – in Lab - applied to
house build/schedule
Set up GANTT chart
 Set time Start or Finish date
 Set time zone on GANTT chart
 Enter Task list
 Enter time
 Enter Predecessors
 Click to Network diagram
 Enter resources – find conflicts.
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MS Project ‘advanced.’ Landscape
Project Verzuh page 124 or 128
Type all the 21 items into task lists
 Use the Summary arrows to identify
Summary tasks
Enter times
 Enter predecessors – Fred’s list
 Names of employees
 Resources to be used
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Next week – Wk. 6 –Mid Term review
Resource considerations
 Mid Term Test review
 Note Verzuh web link for exam review
 Finalize project selection and or work on
project in class or lab
 MS Project review in lab.
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Pentney’s Pulpit
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Do you carefully Define what you are going to do?
Do you establish Priorities?
Do you make up Task lists daily/weekly?
Do you Estimate times and $?
Do you Schedule your planned tasks?
Do you confirm and level your Resources?
Do you have a lessons learned process?
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If you keep doing what you’ve been doing you’ll keep getting
what you’ve been getting!
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Project management is also change management.
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Home assignment
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Move your project ahead with your Group
Make up a Hi level Responsibility Matrix.
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Create a WBS for your part of the project. Use
P.Point
Create a GANTT chart from the WBS
Create Network Diagram from the WBS
Use MS Project software for making #2 and 3
Bring the three above documents to class in Wk. 6
and receive 2 marks
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