Precedence Diagram Network (Also known as Activity-on-Node (AON) Network Diagrams and Questions. Due Date: The assignment is due on day 7 of the week. REQUIRED ACTIONS: This activity is designed to help you better understand the Critical Path Method (CPM), Network Diagrams, the Forward and the Backward Pass, the Critical Path, and Slack or Float. BEFORE you even begin this assignment, you should carefully review required reading/viewing materials, conduct your own research on the topics, and consider looking through the optional materials. Learning to determine both the critical path and the slack/float are very important and useful skills to have when managing projects. However, it does take practice to understand and master the techniques. This assignment will give you an opportunity to practice conducting a "forward" pass to determine the critical path as well as conducting a "backward pass" to determine the total slack or float for a network diagram (Your IT RFP) For this assignment, you will also be required to answer several questions on these topics to ensure you thoroughly understand them. To do this, your team will need to start with the WBS created in the previous weeks. Your team will arrange the work packages (or activities as we are calling them here) in such a manner as to create a logical flow of this work. Don't forget to consider the "dependencies" of work packages - does one activity have precedence over another? In other words, can multiple activities be conducted at the same time OR is there a sequential requirement where one or more activities must be completed before we can move forward with other activities? Review the material in task dependencies in the text and course materials. The four dependencies are called Finish to Start; Start to finish; Start to Start; and Finish to Finish. Don't forget to consider any "lead" or "lag" time when creating your diagram. When procuring materials/supplies, you will need to account for any delays or wait time as materials/supplied are delivered. Collectively as a group – Answer the following questions. Due this week. • What does the critical path signify? Are the activities on this path more important than • • • those on non-critical paths? What is the difference in total float and free float? Describe a "forward pass" and a "backward" pass. What is the purpose of knowing early start, early finish, late start, and late finish dates? Describe the four types of dependencies and give an example of each. What is the most common type? Collectively as a group - After reviewing the videos - develop your network diagram for your selected IT RFP. Use the information from your WBS. Your team previously outlined predecessors in the WBS. You should identify the critical path and the float or slack in the network diagram. Running Head: FINALIZING WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE Organized Chaos—Finalizing Work Breakdown Struture Meridth McElveen, Stephanie Quick, Ravdeep Riar Bellevue University July 15, 2018 CIS633 – Information Technology Project Management 1 2 FINALIZING WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE Organized Chaos—Finalizing Work Breakdown Structure Scope Statement Based on the previously completed proposal, the project owners, Meridth McElveen, Stephanie Quick, and Ravdeep Riar, seek to receive a complete website to help to solve the existing educational problems. The final project will comprise of five sub-pages that will help EDC, Inc. to undertake its set tasks efficiently. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Website and Mobile Platform Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4 Phase 6 Data Gathering Page 1 Build Page 4 Build Integration of System Mobile Testing Wireframing Page 2 Build Page 5 Build Creating Mobile Platform Website Deployment Front End Development Page 3 Build Website Testing Mobile Platform Deployment Post-Deployment Assessments and Closing 3 FINALIZING WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE WBS Dictionary Project Name: Build Website for Education Development Center, Inc. Statement of Work: Project Managers: Meridth McElveen Stephanie Quick Ravdeep Riar Start Date: 7/1/1 End Date: 12/31/18 By December 31, 2018, this project team will deliver a storefront as the home page to the website, along with five sub -pages that provide an educational experience available worldwide and on both online and mobile platforms. Deliverable Phase Time Estimates (days) ROM Costs ($000’s) Est -.25% +.75% Data gathering 1.1 45 8 6 14 Wireframe and system design 1.2 62 2 1.5 3.5 Developing the front end 1.3 47 2 1.5 3.5 Building page 1 2.1 31 60 45 105 Building page 2 2.2 25 50 37.5 87.5 Building page 3 2.3 25 50 37.5 87.5 Building page 4 3.1 25 50 37.5 87.5 Building page 5 3.2 31 60 45 105 Integrating the entire system 4.1 92 10 7.5 17.5 Creating the mobile platform 4.2 91 30 22.5 52.5 Website Testing 4.3 5 10 7.5 17.5 Mobile Testing 5.1 5 10 7.5 17.5 Website Deployment 5.2 2 2 1.5 3.5 Mobile Platform Deployment 5.3 2 2 1.5 3.5 Post-Closing Assessments 5.4 30 2 1.5 3.5 Project Total n/a 164 348 261 609
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