Planning POST APPROVAL pt-2
Project Plan
High level steps
- Select a Method
- Develop the project plan to match the method
- Staffing plan
- Create ways to control and coordinate the project
Definitions
Define project
- Set of activerties
- Has a beginning and a end
- Brings some kind of value
Define project management
Is the process of:
- Planning and controlling
- Keeping to a set time
- Minimum cost
- Correct functionality
Work Breakdown and Scheduling
Identify
- Identify all the tasks
- What order should they be completed in
- How long will they take
Example
Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Duration of each task
- Status of each task
- What task needs to be done before starting each task
Example
Output
- Gantt charts - this shows the WBS
- In a network diagram in the style of PERT and CPM
Staffing
- How many people
- Only people with skill sets that match project
- Motivate to meet objectives
- Minimum conflicts
- Must be reflected on the scheduling chart who's done what
Charts
Gantt Chart - Shows WBS
PERT Chart (Program Evaluation and Review Technique)
- Network dyagram
- Shows schedule and sequence of tasks
- Shows what can be done in parallel
- Critical Paths - Tasks that must be completed to reach the deadline
CPM (Critical path method)
- A set of critical tasks that must be completed in a certain time to reach the deadline
- The critical path is the longest path from inception to completion
- Is used as a extension of PERT
Red line shows the critical path
Scope "creep"
What is it?
- Adding new requirements
- Hurts the schedule
How to prevent
- Identify all requirements at the start
- Only change if absolutly nessiasry
- Examine the impact
- Delay for "future enhancements"