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    Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race The following paper analyzes the Whitbread World Sailboat Race case scenario presented at the end of chapter 9 in the Gray and Larson text‚ Project Management: the Managerial Process. The project encompasses two main objectives; one‚ design‚ build and test a new vessel‚ and two‚ select and train a crew capable of winning the race. Both objectives must be completed within 45 weeks‚ the start of the race‚ and with a planned budget of $3.2 million.

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    Phoenix Terry Norris January 20‚ 2008 Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race This paper analyzes the Whitbread World Sailboat Race case scenario presented in chapter 9 in the Gray and Larson text‚ Project Management: the Managerial Process. The Whitbread World Sailboat Race is a nine month round the world race. Bjorn Ericksen has been chosen by his country to head up the project of getting a boat and a team ready for the race. The objectives of the project are to design‚ build and test

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    Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race The Whitbread World Sailboat race will start in 45 weeks‚ and Bjorn Ericksen‚ the master helmsman‚ has that much time to build a new vessel and test it‚ to recruit the racing crew and train it. This project is to be managed with a budget of $3.2 million. Managing this project successfully first requires to analyze Ericksen ’s strategy‚ including his chief design engineer and his master helmsman ’s

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    Running head: PROJECT PLAN FOR WHITBREAD WORLD SAILBOAT RACE Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race Adrian D Brown University of Phoenix Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race In several months from now‚ on a misty spring morning the waters around London will be invaded by sleek designs of the latest sailboats technology has to offer. Approximately 14 countries will converge on the United Kingdom to participate in the Whitbread World Sailboat Race. One of the teams to participate

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    Running head: PROJECT PLAN FOR WHITBREAD WORLD SAILBOAT RACE Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race Joel Johnson University of Phoenix Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race The Whitbread World Sailboat Race‚ now called the Volvo Ocean Race requires teams to work together to sail around the world taking on many known and unknown challenges. The race itself is only one part of the challenge. The ability for the race team leaders to deliver a professionally designed boat and

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    Gantt Chart Introduction. A Gantt chart is a visual project management tool first developed and used by Henry Gantt during World War I. Gantt charts‚ also known as bar charts‚ time lines‚ or milestone charts are one of the most popular and useable ways to present project information. The parts of a Gantt chart. A Gantt chart lists tasks or phases of a project from top to bottom and has time running from left to right. Each task has a start date and duration (or end date). Planned tasks are usually

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    Within ____ business days of the orientation meeting described in Section [#X]‚ the Vendor will update the draft Project Plan from their proposal. For all project tasks‚ subtasks‚ and activities‚ the detailed plan will:  Include a schedule and Gantt chart‚ milestones‚ and deliverables.  Include Vendor and Partner resources that exist as line items within the Project Plan.  Include the following date-related information: a. Originally scheduled start and end dates (including milestones and

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    Henry Gantt’s legacy to production management is the following: * The Gantt chart: Still accepted as an important management tool today‚ it provides a graphic schedule for the planning and controlling of work‚ and recording progress towards stages of a project. The chart has a modern variation‚ Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT). * Industrial Efficiency: Industrial efficiency can only be produced by the application of scientific analysis to all aspects of the work in progress

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    Gantt charts have become a common technique for representing the phases and activities of a project work breakdown structure (WBS)‚ so they can be understood by a wide audience all over the world. The technique is frequently used in Project Management to help breakdown the project.[5] A common error made by those who equate Gantt chart design with project design is that they attempt to define the project work breakdown structure at the same time that they define scheduled activities. This practice

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    A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart‚ developed by Henry Gantt in the 1910s‚ that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project. Some Gantt charts also show the dependency (i.e. precedence network) relationships between activities. Gantt charts can be used to show current schedule status using percent-complete

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