your readings‚ yes? Text & class slides Review – Estimate & Schedule Four primary steps Define work to be done (WBS) Estimate size Estimate effort Build schedule Review - WBS Types: Process‚ product‚ hybrid Formats: Outline or graphical org chart Shows hierarchical task relationships High-level version does not show dependencies or durations What hurts most is what’s missing Becomes input to many things‚ esp. schedule Approaches to building WBS Review – Estimation Size Estimation Techniques
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The Human Aspect of Project Management Introduction Project Definition This begins once the project has received formal approval to proceed. Its purpose is to formally document the objectives of the project and decide how the work will be undertaken. The Project Manager will carry out this work‚ in consultation with the Project Sponsor‚ and Sub-Project Manager where there are sub-projects. Project manager A project manager is a professional in the field of project management. Project
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Accounting Information Systems FINAL STUDY Chapter 7 The accounting cycle begins with a transaction by the customer to purchase a product and ends with the closing of accounts for the next period in the accounting cycle The methods for accounting for the accounting cycle are through Journals‚ Ledgers and Trial balances and financial statements. AIS use numeric or alphanumeric codes to record‚ classify‚ store and retrieve financial data There are 4 types of codes they are Mnemonic codes‚ sequence
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the greatest amount of slack? 4. How sensitive is this network? 5. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices. 6. Compare the advantages/disadvantages of displaying the schedule as a network versus a Gantt chart. Include the following printouts: • A Gantt chart. • A network diagram highlighting the critical path. • A schedule table reporting ES‚ LS‚ EF‚ LF‚ and slack for each activity. Part 2 The following personnel have been assigned to the Blue
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A - 3 7 B - 2 9 C - 2 12 D - 2 6 E B 2 11 F C 6 5 G D 3 5 H E‚ F 3 2 Table 2: Details on an IT Project The resource allocation for each activity for each week and the total weekly resource assignments are show in Figure 1‚ which is a Gantt chart along with a histogram. Now‚ examine Figure 1 closely. Using the concept of resource leveling‚ determine the flaws in this resource schedule‚ write down the disadvantages of such resource loading and develop a more leveled schedule. This forms
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3.1.1 Technical Feasibility - Hardware 2 3.1.2 Technical Feasibility - Software 2 3.2 Scheduling Feasibility 2 3.3 Financial Feasibility 2 3.4 Operational Feasibility 3 3.5 Social and Ethical Considerations 3 4.0 GANTT CHART 3 5.0 RESEARCH OF SIMILIAR PRODUCTS 3 5.1 Commercial Potential of Your Software 3 Introduction Write an introduction in which you indicate the situation and the audience and provide an overview of the your software proposal. PROBLEM
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Course Project: Week 3 Deliverables | Step 1 - Update MS Project with Resource Information | Step 2: Allocate Resources | Step 3: Answer the following essay question | | Deliverables | | Congratulations! You have just completed the project charter‚ scope statement and WBS. Now that you know what needs to be done‚ as the Project Manager‚ you are now ready to begin planning your project. This week‚ you will have two deliverables to complete for the project. * Using MS Project‚ create
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Objectives - MS Project 2010 * Track the actual progress of tasks * Updating a Project * Compare baseline data to actual and scheduled data * Viewing a Network Diagram * Earned Value Overview Once the project starts‚ it’s time to begin tracking the actual progress of tasks and resources. Tracking is the process of gathering and entering task information into the schedule. You can track progress by entering all or some of the actual information. In the previous
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COMPUTER EXERCISE – Blue Zuma Project The ARC Company specializes in developing and selling a wide range of high quality scooters. Sales representatives report that there is a growing demand for racing scooters. ARC’s president‚ Robin Lane‚ is excited about the possibilities and predicts that one day these kinds of razor scooters will be featured in X-Game events. ARC is a small company and uses a strong matrix to optimally utilize limited manpower. The Project Priority Matrix for the
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Since the Industrial Revolution began over two hundred years ago‚ management practices have had to develop and become more clearly defined. The increasing mechanisation and automation that occurred changed how goods and services were produced dramatically. New theories and disciplines emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century as a response to these challenges facing management in a more industrialised age. These new ideas‚ known as The Classical Approaches to management became the essential
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