MS Project Assignment

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MS PROJECT ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Assume that your $4$KF$3$ course is a $$project$.$ Using the course outline as a guide, create a project in MS

Project that maps out all the tasks, deliverables, due dates and resources you need in order to be

successful as possible in the course. When done, submit your MS Project file to Avenue under

Assessments$->$ Assignments$->$ MS Project Assignment.

Your project should be organized in a way to show $5$ broad deliverables:

$1)$ Classes $($involve attending synchronous sessions, and asynchronous sessions$)$

$2)$ Online discussions, chapter readings, and chapter exercises

$3)$ MS Project Assignment $($involves becoming familiar with the software and doing the assignment$)$

$4)$ Final Exam $($involves studying for and writing the test$)$

$5)$ Term Project $($involves working in groups, dividing the work for the project among group

members, conducting the project, presenting the project and writing up supplementary

documents, etc. The work for the term project should align with the work you described in your

term project contract$).$

You should plan the project with less than $50$ activities.

You project should provide:

$1)$ A working calendar for the project where you change the default working days set up in MS

Project $($i$.$e$.,$ Monday $$ Friday, $8$ am $5$ pm$)$ so that resources on the project are scheduled to

work some weekends and some evenings. $(5$ marks$)$

You should:

$$ Create a new project calendar $($e$.$g$.,$ working days, non$-$working days, study week,

and holidays$)$

$$ Set the created calendar as the project calendar

$2)$ A Gantt chart for the project showing deliverables and their tasks. The chart should show the

following information in column format: task id$,$ task name, duration, start date, finish date, and

predecessor information. The graphical part of the Gantt chart should display the whole

duration of the project, as well as the resource$($s$)$ assigned to each task and sub$-$task. $(18$ marks$)$

You should:

$$ Assign a numeric code to project tasks

$$ Label tasks in the form of a verb followed by a noun $($e$.$g$.,$ Attend Lecture #$1)$

$$ Identify and show the major streams or task groupings

$$ Assign durations, and predecessors for each task

$$ Ensure dates for tasks correspond to dates stated in the course outline

$$ Make sure tasks have durations $($i$.$e$.,$ tasks should not be $$events$$ points in time$)$

$$ Create two milestones for major events such as $$Project Group Finalized$$

$$ Handle minor events $($e$.$g$.,$hand in an assignment$)$ in the form of notes $($include at

least $2$ notes$)$

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$$ Ensure you have a project summary task that shows the entire project duration,

start, and finish

$$ Assign resources to each task $($Use a resource sheet where you and each member of

your Term Project group is a resource$)$

$3)$ A network diagram that shows the project$$s tasks. Your chart should clearly identify the critical

path and have a correct logic. $(7$ Marks$)$

$$ Ensure the critical path of the project is evident and has a correct logic $($i$.$e$.$ starts

from beginning of the project and continues to the end$)$

$$ Ensure that the network diagram has a correct logic $($i$.$e$.$ all tasks are related, no

hanging task, and a logical critical path$)$