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Leadership in IT Project Management - Project Time Management

Objective 1: Appreciate the importance of scheduling on projects.
Objective 2: Develop a milestone report.
Objective 3: Recognise reasons for creating dependencies.
Objective 4: Develop network diagrams applying the ADM and the PDM techniques.
Objective 5: Identify and apply different types of relationships between activities.
Objective 6: Describe and apply different estimation techniques.
Objective 7: Create a Gantt chart and network diagram.
Objective 8: Apply the critical path method.
Objective 10: Apply critical chain scheduling
Objective 11: Describe the PERT technique.

Question 5.1 - Schedule Conflicts *
Why do you think schedule issues often cause the most conflicts on projects?

Question 5.2 - Defining Activities
Refer to the case study Dog Shelter App. Complete the Define Activities process by using the template provided (see Table 1) to develop a milestone list for the WBS (see Figure 1). Identify at least one milestone for each process group heading.
Note the following assumptions.
1. the project will take 6 months (24 weeks) to complete
2. all executing activities will have F-S relationships
3. the project manager will be available one day p/week to manage project, status reports and updates will be provided on Fridays weekly throughout project lifecycle
4. the activities review existing processes, and conduct research, take 2 weeks each commencing in week 1
5. the activities gather database historical content, database design, database construction, and database testing will take 4 weeks each
6. the activities database promotion and database roll-out will take 2 weeks each

Question 5.3 - Sequence Activities
Complete the Sequence Activities process by identifying logical relationships (dependencies or predecessors) between activities in the WBS provided (see Table 2). Possible task dependencies include: Finish-to-start (FS), Start-to-start (SS), Finish-to-finish (F) and Start-to-finish (SF).
• Complete the type of dependency in the Type column (this is FYI only). Types of dependencies can be selected from mandatory (M), discretionary (D) and external (E).
• Enter WBS from Figure 1, and draft task dependencies into MS Project (or similar software).

The next process in Project Time Management is completing the Estimate Activity Durations process. Many project managers use the expert judgment technique to approximate the number of work periods needed to complete each activity in the WBS. Project Managers use the duration of time (duration includes the actual amount of time worked on an activity plus the elapsed time), as opposed to the effort (which is the time used for billing).

Question 5.4 - Estimate Activity Durations
Develop a Summary Schedule (use Table 3). Estimate the approximate maximum time frame for each WBS Summary Task (useFigure 2).The initiating process group has been completed for you. Remember the project duration is 6 months (24 weeks).

Question 5.5 - Develop Schedule
UsingMS Project (or similar software), complete the Develop Schedule process for the Dog Shelter App project.
• Update any task dependencies.
• Enter start and finish times for each activity being careful to stick to the Summary Schedule timelines you developed in Question 5.4.
• Include the key milestones you created in Question 5.2 (hint: give them a 0 duration, and they will appear as black diamonds on the Gantt chart).
• Add any activity resources.
• Use the Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) in MS Project (or similar software), to generate a network diagram for the Dog Shelter App Project. Answer the following questions:
1. How many paths are on this network diagram? How long is each path?
2. Which is the critical path? What is the shortest amount of time needed to complete this project?
3. What slack or float time is available on the non-critical tasks of this project?
4. What does the critical path really mean? How might this information be valuable to the project manager of this project?

Question 5.6 - Critical Path
Calculate the critical path by sketching an Activity on Node (AON) project network diagram, from the information in Table 4.
1. Alternatively sketch and AON diagram using the Gantt chart provided in Figure 3.
2. Identify all of the paths on the network diagram and note how long they are.
3. Which is the critical path for this project and how long is it?

Question 5.7 - Task Dependencies
Phil is the project manager of a network upgrade. All of the client workstations are to be replaced, and this task has been assigned to Steve, Harry, and Beth. Once the physical workstations are in place, Sam will release an automated script to deploy an operating system to each of the new workstations. What type of relationship (or dependency) describes these two tasks? What other types of relationships might be evident on a project like this one, give examples.

Question 5.8 - Case Study
Read the case study Bryce Power Tool Company. Is this technique a reasonable way to schedule the IT resources of Bryce? Why or why not? What complication is added by dividing this into four separate projects?

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