You will be completing the following components of your Course Project Part 2 deliverables. This deliverable is worth 100 points.
1. Scope Statement (40 points)
2. Detailed Resource Loaded Baseline WBS and Schedule (40 points)
3. RACI Chart (20 points)
Component Deliverable | Tasks |
Scope Statement | 1. Create the project scope statement, which is an extended version of your project proposal. It primarily aims to clarify two aspects of the project—setting the acceptance criteria so you can have a smooth closure at the end of the project and rules and regulations to decrease the ambiguity in the team while managing the project. For your convenience, the Project Scope Statement Sample document is available in the Project Resources and Naming Conventions section. 2. Submit the scope statement in a one- to two-page Word document. |
Detailed Resource Loaded Baseline WBS and Schedule | 1. This is the part to extend the preliminary tasks (approximately 10 lines) you had in Part 1. Using your scope statement, input your work packages into MS Project. The WBS should be created in MS Project, following standard indent and hanging indent practices used in WBS creation. The WBS and schedule must have proper grouping, indenting, and coding for approximately 25 to 40 line items. Review the Project Sample in the Project Resources and Naming Conventions section for an example of a well-developed work breakdown structure a. Create the WBS column. Hover on the Task Name column and right-click for the drop-down menu so you can select Insert Column, and then type in WBS manually and select the WBS to have your outline numbers. b. Review your duration. (Hint: Please remember, do not touch the bold task. Manage the content of the bold, also known as summary tasks, because those tasks are aggregated automatically.) c. Review your predecessors. This is to mimic the conditional tasks we have in real-life. As seen in the following screenshot, if you put the number 4 as a predecessor for line 5, line 5 cannot start before line 4 finishes first. d. Create the critical path by selecting Gantt Chart Format>Critical Tasks. This is to know which tasks of yours (usually color coded in red bars on the Gantt Chart) are more critical (that means zero free or slack time) so you can be more cautious (with contingency plans) about them. 2. Baseline Resource Plan a. Define your resources by selecting Resource>Team Planner>Resource Sheet. You do not fill each cell. Some are being used as-is. You may want to work on the blue zone. Also, 100% means one person, 200% means two people, so forth. Once you are done, you may want to go back by selecting on Team Planner>Gantt Chart. b. Assign your resources task by task. Hover on the task (not summary task, which are the bold ones) and right-click to select Assign Resources. Then review the units. You will see the cost will be populated automatically. Then select Assign or just close the window. 3. Submit the WBS and Schedule in either a MS Project file or as a screenshot. |
RACI Chart | 1. Develop a RACI chart, responsibility assignment matrix, for the project according to the description in Section 10: Tools and Techniques and illustrated in Figure 10-18 of the 2. Submit the RACI Chart in a Word or Excel document. |
