Reference no: EM133011871
Assignment - Project Proposal Preparation and Submission
Questions: Scheduling Projects
1. Why do you think schedule issues often cause the most conflicts on projects?
2. What purpose does Network Diagrams serve? Why is it imperative to prepare the Network Diagram before proceeding on project work?
3. Discuss the critical path briefly?
4. My programmer has broken his big toe in a skiing accident and cannot type for two weeks (he has a valid sick note). How will this affect my software delivery date?
Part B:
Learning outcomes from Lab 8
• Identification of Resource Over allocation
• Viewing Project budget details
Open Lab 6 billingsystem-resources.mpp file and save it to a file called lab8.mpp file. You now have a copy of your work to use to develop lab7.mpp. You will use this lab8.mpp file as the starting point for this week's practical.
Identification of resource over-allocation
• In the last practical we noted that some of the tasks had a red symbol in the "i" column to indicate that they use resources that are now over-allocated.
• Select the View tab and click on "Resource Sheet" in the Resource Views group. You should now see a view of the resource sheet. In this view, you should see the over- allocated resources displayed in red. Are any of your resources over-allocated for this project?
(The programmers, analysts and testers should be displayed in red because they are over- allocated.)
• To obtain more information about the over-allocation problem, select the "Resource Usage" option in the Resource Views group in the Views tab.
• If you use the bottom scroll bar to view all the data (or zoom in/view entire project), you will be able to see where/when the various resources are over-allocated. Where/when does this project have problems with over-allocation of resources? [Tip: Check the information noted in red]
• An alternative view that can be very useful is the resource graph. You can view the resource graph by selecting the "Resource Graph" option from the "Other Views" drop-down list. Try that now. (You may need to select "entire project" from the zoom block on the View ribbon.)
Clicking on the arrows at the bottom of the page allows you to move back and forward to view alternative resources.
Attachment:- Scheduling Projects.rar