Question $1$: The work plan $(5\%)$

$1($a$)$ Prepare the activity schedule

The goal of this part of the work plan is to encourage you to think about how much work is involved in undertaking a project that runs over several weeks, and to plan the work so that you complete the EMA on time.

Your task is to read EMA Part $2$The Project$$ and to identify the activities you will undertake to complete the EMA together with your best estimate of the time each activity will take to be completed. Ideas for the activities to include can be found in Block $4,$ but do not feel restricted by the module content; you can draw your ideas from your own experience.

Your activity schedule is not expected to be exact, or very detailed, so don$$t spend too much time producing fancy Gantt charts. A simple table of activities showing an estimation of the dates or durations will suffice. There is no word limit for your activity schedule.

Creating a work breakdown can be a helpful starting point to pick out the main activities $($similar to project phases$).$ Each main activity can then be divided into a hierarchy of work packages until you reach a package size where you feel you can estimate the work, and hence schedule its completion.

When planning what order to carry out the work, take care to note any dependencies between the EMA questions and tasks. In particular, Question $5($b$)$ requires you to carry out activities before, during and after other practical work.

Marks will be awarded for any genuine attempt at preparing a schedule of activities that reflects the work to be undertaken. No assumptions have been made as to what constitutes a $$correct$$ set of activities or how long each activity will take.

Please do not submit a file created by a specialist project planning tool, such as Microsoft Project, as markers will not have the tools to read it$.$ If you do use such a tool, take a screenshot and then paste it into the word$-$processed document that you submit via the eTMA system. Do not embed files in your document, as these may not be accessible to markers either.