CE 332 Construction Engineering and Management MS Project

CE 332 – Construction Engineering and Management MS Project - Recitation

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU MICROSOFT PROJECT Ø Microsoft Project is a project management software, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in; 1) Developing a plan 2) Assigning resources to tasks 3) Tracking progress 4) Managing the budget 5) Analyzing workloads Ø The first commercial version of Project was released in 1984. Ø Microsoft Project 95 was the first to use common Office menus. Ø Then 1998 (v 9. 0), 2000 (v 10. 0), 2003 (v 11. 0), 2007 (v 12. 0), 2010 (v 14. 0), 2013 (v 15. 0) versions were released. Ø Last version is released in 2016.

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU RECITATION PROBLEM Activity Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Activity Description Set up site Excavate left abutment Excavate left pier Excavate right abutment Piledriving to right pier Foundations left abutment Foundations left pier Foundations right abutment Concrete left pier Concrete right abutment Place beams left span Place beams centre span Place beams right span Clear site Duration (weeks) 1 6 4 4 6 7 8 6 6 8 9 7 7 9 4 4 4 1 Dependence 1 1 4 2 3 6 5 7 8 9 10 11, 12 12, 13 13, 14 15, 16, 17 Resource Demand Excavator Concrete team for foundations Concrete team for abutments and piers Crane

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU RECITATION PROBLEM Ø The project is planned to start at June 1, 2017. Ø There are no holidays in the work schedule (there will be no holidays on Saturdays, or Sundays, or on official holiday dates). Ø Develop two schedules for a bridge construction project by assuming; a) There are no resource-constraints (unlimited number of resources). b) The availability of each resource is one.

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 1: Download MS Project 2016 & Install it to the computer Ø Download Link: https: //www. microsoft. com/enus/evalcenter/evaluate-projectprofessional-2016 Ø 60 -day trial version

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 2: Create project calendar Project → Change Working Time → Create New Calendar

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 2: Create project calendar Details → Select Day → Set day(s) to these specific working times

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 3: Edit project information Project → Project Information

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 4: Enter activity names

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 5: Enter duration of the activities

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 6: Choose task calendar

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 7: Choose automatically scheduled task for each activities

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 8: Enter predecessors

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 9: Define resources Resource → Choose resource sheet view

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 9: Define resources Add resource names → Define initials → Define availability

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 10: Assign resources to the related activities Return to Gantt chart view

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Ø Project Completion Date: Project → Project Information → Statistics

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Ø Schedule Outputs: Report → New Report → Table

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Ø Outline Level → All Subtasks Ø Select Fields → Choose necessary data

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Ø Resource Graph: Resource Graph View → Print (or Print Screen) Ø Scroll mouse or use keyboard arrows to see resource graph of each resource