Description

1. Search the web for four different project management software packages.
   • What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of each packaged software?
   • What advice would you give to someone intending to buy project management soft ware for his or her PC? Why?

2. A project has been defined to contain the following list of activities along with their required times for completion.

Activity No.	Activity	Time (Weeks)	Immediate Predecessors
1	Collect Requirements	2	--
2	Analyze processes	3	1
3	Analyze data	3	2
4	Design processes	7	2
5	Design Data	6	2
6	Design screens	1	3,4
7	Design Reports	5	4,5
8	Program	4	6,7
9	Test and document	8	7
10	Install	2	8,9

a. Show the Gantt Chart for the activities. b. Calculate the earliest expected completion time of the project (in weeks). c. What would happen if activity 6 were revised to take six weeks instead of one week (be specific)?

You must use MS Project to show the Gantt Chart.

Deliverables

This in an individual-level assignment. You can talk and get consultation from your class mates, however, you cannot submit the same paper. You have to prepare your own work. Those who submit same papers will receive zero.

Your deliverable should include:

1. The answer to the questions above.
   • The answer should be 3-4 paragraphs (400 words maximum), double spaced.
   • Type your answer in Word. Save your answer as a Word document (naming it module2assignXXX.doc where XXX is your initials).
   • Your answers will be graded according to the quality of the answer as well as clarity of writing, spelling, and grammar.
2. The Gantt Chart.
   • Use MS Project to construct the chart. Save the file as a MS Project document (naming it module2assignXXX.mpp where XXX is your initials).
   • Zip the Word file and the MS Project file (naming it module2assignXXX.zip where XXX is your initials).
3. Upload your Zip file into Module 2 assignment area