Project Management $$ Scheduling & Resource Management $$ Part $3$: Planning

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Objective: Develop a comprehensive project plan including schedule, and resource management. Stimulates critical thinking, collaboration, problem solving and coursework integration.

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The purpose of this phase is to establish business requirements including cost, schedule, list of deliverables, and delivery dates. Resource plans must be established, and management must approve everything before proceeding to the next phase.

A Schedule is a listing of activities with a sequence of implementation.$$ Resources will be mentioned of who will do the work, time and if any skills are needed.

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Resource Allocation and Management $($Group$)$:

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Allocate resources $($both human and material$)$ to the project tasks collectively.

$$ Create a resource management plan as a group detailing how resources will be acquired, managed, and released. Use the $$Resource Allocation Table$$ below and create the information for resource allocation. The table is filled with some information that should be included $$ please remove this and add your data. There are table insights to help you understand what information is required for each section of the table below it$.$

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Group Project Schedule:

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Develop a project schedule network diagram as a group using a Gantt chart, the Activity$-$on$-$node technique or software tool.

Collaboratively include task durations, dependencies, and critical path analysis.

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Resource Allocation Table

Resource Type Resource Name Role$/$Responsibility Availability $($Hours$/$Week$)$ Cost per Unit $($if applicable$)$

Personnel Project Manager Planning & Oversight

Team Member $1$ Task Execution

Team Member $2$ Task Execution

$......$

Non$-$Personnel Equipment

Materials

Software

Facilities

External Services

$...............$

$$ Resource Type: Specify whether the resource is personnel $($human resources$)$ or non$-$personnel $($e$.$g$.,$ equipment, materials, software$).$

Resource Name: Identify the specific resource or equipment being allocated.

Role$/$Responsibility: Describe the role or responsibility associated with each resource, such as project manager, team member, equipment, or software.

Availability $($Hours$/$Week$)$: Record the number of hours per week that each resource is available for the project. For personnel, this might depend on their work schedule, and for non$-$personnel resources, it might depend on usage limitations$.$

Cost per Unit $($if applicable$)$: If there is a cost associated with the resource, record the cost per unit $($e$.$g$.,$ hourly rate for personnel, cost per unit for equipment or materials$).$

This table allows project managers and team members to document and plan the allocation of resources, ensuring that the project schedule is feasible and that costs are accounted for.