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Strategy Project Planning

Project management l l Project management is the activity of planning and coordinating resources and tasks to achieve the project goals. Resources include people, equipment and spaces.

Project management l l Working on a project typically involves: • many people • many different tasks. Project Management guarantees: • Efficient use of time, • Monetary savings • high-quality

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) l l The WBS is the hierarchical list of the project's phases, tasks and milestones • Phase: A group of related tasks that completes a major step in a project. • Task: An activity that has a beginning and an end. • Milestone: A reference point marking a major event in a project. Scope: The combination of all tasks, and the work required to accomplish them. Budget: The estimated cost of a project. http: //office. microsoft. com/enus/assistance/HA 011361531033. aspx#Step%201

Phase: A group of related tasks that completes a major step in a project. Task: An activity that has a beginning and an end.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) l The 100% rule • The rule applies at all levels within the hierarchy: the sum of the work at the “child” level must equal 100% of the work represented by the “parent” and the WBS should not include any work that falls outside the actual scope of the project, that is, it cannot contain more than 100% of the work Wilmer Arellano © 2010

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Research Project Example (Missing 100% rule)

Project Timeline/ Sequential Tasks l l Tasks are sequential when they are dependent on the output of another task. These because the dependencies impose a sequential order in which the tasks must be completed. We do not necessarily mean that the later task cannot be started before the earlier one has been completed

Project Timeline/ Parallel task l Two tasks are parallel when they are both dependent on the same task but are independent of each other.

Milestones l Examples: l Each Milestone should be explained with a sentence or two • Prototype Implementation. • Testing. • Documentation. • Demonstration.

PERT Charts (program evaluation and review technique) l PERT (program evaluation and review technique) charts explicitly represent both dependencies and timing. . Wilmer Arellano © 2010

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