Reference no: EM132568437 , Length: 7 pages + 10 ppt
BUS 407 Project Management - Emirates College of Technology
Project Task
You have to respect the working guidelines given below and the submission date.
Working Guidelines for Project
A. Project Structure:
It is recommended that your project report have the following structure in the order provided here.
1. Title page
The students' details should be filled in the cover letter provided.
2. Abstract / Executive Summary
The Abstract consists of the project title and about half a page concise summary containing the scope and results of your study.
3. Table of Contents
Table of contents should contain titles and page numbers for the main sections and subsections of your report. The table of contents should also include entries for any appendices in your report.
4. Report Body
This is the central and main part of the project which contains the actual work done during the project. The main requirement is that you need to structure the report so that it is clear and structured in a way that makes sense. Grammar and spellings count.
5. Conclusions
The project's conclusions should list the things which have been learnt as a result of the work you have done.
6. References
You are responsible for appropriately citing material and methods that you use. Give references for the data collected from a text book, a magazine or a website identifying its sources while using the appropriate form. In the references section, references should be in a numbered list, ordered alphabetically by the last name of the first author.
Project Questions
1. Choose a project idea or theme.
2. Explain the project idea and its objective (project goal or output).
3. Define and list the different activities of the project (15 activities at least).
4. Define the dependency between the project activities and choose duration for each activity.
5. Draw the project network diagram (A-O-N method).
6. List the critical path(s) in the project and the project duration.
7. Compute the slack time for the project.
8. Outline four data type to be included in your project monitoring information system.