Task 1

You are the manager in a large manufacturing organisation and your maintenance manager has informed you that a number of key manufacturing pieces of equipment are more frequently breaking down. It appears that the time to replace the equipment for a more contemporary and environmentally sustainable alternative is here.

Explain the following:

• work breakdown structures and application to project schedules;
• summarise key tools for project scheduling
• summarise the 4 steps of the project life cycle?
• explain best-practice time management methodologies, their capabilities, limitations, applications and outcomes

Task 2

In order to minimise the disruption to your production deadlines it is necessary to develop a project schedule using project management tools and techniques. In your schedule you need to explain the following;

a.appropriate estimation techniques to determine task duration and resource effort

b.implement procedures for identifying critical path

c.outline the procedures for managing project baselines, establishment and variance

Task 3

Effective communication is vital in successful projects, this task you need to design a template for ongoing communication of the schedule, timeline and the progress at the milestone project audit to stakeholders

Task 4

Now that you have created a project scope, a project timeline with milestones and a communication model you will also need to a project review process. What key factors will be your benchmark for performance? How will you known that your project is a success? Nominate three key elements and describe why they are important: