Reference no: EM132296311

Assessment - ASAP Project Plan

Overview of tasks - Task: Project planning

Details - Download the MS project plan from the Deliverables folder. This is an MPP file of ASAP for a generic MYSAP implementation. This is the project file KKAE are using in their implementation. Familiarise yourself with the contents of the file. Familiarise yourself with MS project. Complete the following tasks and hand in the deliverables by the due date. If you need any training in MS project use the training material on MS project.

Part 1 -

Create and save new base calendar and amend the project start date & hours worked to assigned team.

• Now add reasonable resource costings (provide references where you got the salary costings)
• Note the end-date and total cost. (Should be a 12 month project, approx)
• Set the baseline for Part 1.
• Save the resulting project. (Group##Del1part1.mpp)

Part 2 -

As described above KKAE need the project to be finished earlier and at less cost in order to accommodate a proposed merger occurring within the organisation. As project managers you have been asked to reduce the cost by ??% and the finish date by ? weeks. You can reduce in any ASAP stage but there are limitations.

• In part 2 do not level the project (if you level the project becomes 10 years long)
• Do not amend any task that involves testing or security
• Do not reduce any functionality in the project, that means no sections deleted.
• Do not reduce Milestones or summary milestones as they are not tasks,
• This assignment has been modified to only utilise an implementation team of 21.
• You cannot add extra resources into the resources sheet, do not employ graduate students or reduce wages.
• The only way you are to amend the project is to either combine or amend the duration of a 4th level task, ie, 2.3.1.3
• You can delete a task, do not delete whole sections as that changes functionality.
• Every changed taskmust have an explanation.
• Save the project (Group##Del1part2.mpp)

Preparation - Download MS project and view the introductory Youtube of MS Project.