Assignment 2: LASA – Project Planning

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Assignment 2: LASA – Project Planning – Developing the Project Plan and Determining Critical Path

  1. Using the District4WarehouseMove WBS.xls provided, create a project plan for the District 4 Warehouse Move project. Use the PDF document, Project Plan Check – District4Move, to check your work to be sure you have created your starting project plan correctly. ProjectLibre is required for this task. If you have not yet downloaded ProjectLibre, please click here and follow the directions to do so now.   https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/


Creating a Gantt Chart using Excel 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA67g6zaKOE

 

Editing a Gantt Chart using Excel 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y-i6DMmq6E


                Note: you will need to insert a column to include your WBS codes, then you will need to sequence the tasks to show tasks by work package.

 

    1. Based upon the details in the WBS and the project case, determine which tasks need to be completed first and which tasks are dependent upon other tasks to be completed prior to starting. Using this information identify predecessors in your project plan’s predecessor column. Complete the predecessor column by entering the line number of tasks that must be completed in order for each task to start. This will create your project timeline.

 

  1. Using ProjectLibre's Network or flow diagram view, determine the critical path for this project. In a MS Word document, list the activities that are on the critical path. Considering the risks identified in the risk table below, identify which risks would be most likely to increase your project timeline. Justify your responses.
  2. Submit both your completed project plan and your MS Word document.

District 4 Production Warehouse Move Project - Risk Table


1

Permits are not received per the schedule

2

Finish work contractors walk off the job half way through

3

Framing and drywall contractors are running behind schedule and can only produce half their crew as scheduled

4

Work benches are poor quality and 1/3 will have to be rebuilt

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Correctly developed a project plan from the WBS provided

60

Completed the predecessor column correctly in the project plan based upon information in the case.

40

Correctly identified critical path activities

16

Correctly identified risks that would impact the project schedule

40

Used proper writing components such as, correct grammar, spelling, and word choice and cited all sources using correct APA style, etc..

44
Total:
200
 

Assignment 1: Discussion Question

Important note: Discussion questions in this course use a case study that is found in Doc Sharing area in the file named "Project Management Case.docx." It is strongly recommended that you read this case study before attempting an assignment. Also, it is mandatory that you to attempt all assignment questions in the order they are presented in.

Many project today operate within some sort of a matrix organization. Discuss the differences between a strong and a weak matrix organization.

Discuss the pros and cons of a matrix organization for project management. As a project manager, what types of things would you need to do well in order for your project to work within a matrix organization? Justify your responses.                    

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