BUS 1040. Project Management. Pop Quiz.
Question 31 A)
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The following is a list of activities for a Project: a weekend camping trip with friends. Create a Work Breakdown Structure indicating three levels. Choose Chart method. Use #’s provided and or words if you wish for clarity. You are all taking time off from work for the day. |
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Summary items and tasks. |
First choose summary Items. |
Then look for related tasks. |
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Party to midnight at campsite. |
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Buy
a tent |
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Stop
for lunch on drive |
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Cook
supper on campfire |
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Travel
to campsite-driving time |
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Meet
rest of group on way to site |
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Camping
weekend |
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Journey
to campsite |
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Light
campfire. |
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Buy
gas before grocery shopping |
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Pitch
the tent |
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Set up campsite |
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Prepare
for trip |
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Grocery
shopping |
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Now you have a WBS you can estimate the cost of creating each package (3 rd level) - resources and manpower. You can also determine the # of people available or needed to complete the tasks. You can estimate the times and therefore now create a network diagram and schedule.
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Hours x |
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Labour rate |
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=$ |
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$ Materials |
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Total $ |
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Note: In this example you can level one the resources (people) by getting one person to buy gas while the other two shop in different places.
Q 31 B). (i). Show a Network diagram of the above WBS. These are your time estimates and sequencings. Summary task are not shown on the network diagram. Complete PERT boxes with task # and duration.
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Summary and tasks. |
Predecessor |
Times |
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7 |
Camping
weekend |
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13 |
Prepare
for trip |
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10 |
Buy
gas before grocery shopping |
None |
1
hour |
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2 |
Buy
a tent |
None |
2
hour |
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14 |
Grocery
shopping |
None |
1
hour |
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8 |
Journey
to campsite |
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6 |
Meet
rest of group on way to site |
10,2,14 |
1
hour |
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3 |
Stop
for lunch on drive |
6 |
1
hour |
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5 |
Travel
to campsite-driving time |
3 |
3
hours |
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12 |
Set up campsite |
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11 |
Pitch
the tent |
5 |
1
hour |
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9 |
Light
campfire. |
11 |
1
hour |
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4 |
Cook
supper on campfire |
9 |
1
hour |
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Party to midnight at campsite. |
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4 hours |
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31 B (ii). Specify the #’s that make up the critical path and calculate the time of the C.P.
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Use the above Network diagram and show activities on Gantt chart. You should arrange the tasks on Gantt chart in the sequence that they show on the network diagram tasks would occur. Then show the time given below on the Gantt chart using the correct methods – hi level summary, sub tasks, milestones.
The task #’s do not change only the order. Note: One person is getting gas while the two shops. 3 people cook supper at the same time. Show this on the chart.
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Party to midnight at campsite. |
4 hours |
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2 |
Buy
a tent |
2
hour |
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Stop
for lunch on drive |
1
hour |
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Cook
supper on campfire |
1
hour (x 3) |
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5 |
Travel
to campsite-driving time |
3
hours |
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6 |
Meet
rest of group on way to site |
1
hour |
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7 |
Camping
weekend |
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8 |
Journey
to campsite |
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9 |
Light
campfire. |
1
hour |
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10 |
Buy
gas before grocery shopping |
1
hour |
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11 |
Pitch
the tent |
1
hour |
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12 |
Set up campsite |
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13 |
Prepare
for trip |
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14 |
Grocery
shopping |
1
hour |
Gantt chart.
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Task list for Camping Weekend |
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