UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND,SYDNEY CAMPUS

Assignment 1 CIS 2000

Topic Project Management
Submitted by Shankar ADHIKARI 11/29/2011

Student ID : 12643/0061023651 1

A. GANTT CHART

Gantt Chart using Excel Format ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Activity Order hardware Prepare site & install Customize report Design files Initialize files System test Train staff Start Date 2d 3d 2d 3d 1d 3d 3d During (days) 31/10/2011 02/11/11 07/11/11 09/11/11 14/11/11 14/11/11 15/11/11 Finish date 01/11/11 4/11/11 08/11/11 11/11/11 14/11/11 16/11/11 17/11/11 1 2 3 4 4 4,5 Immediate Predecessors

PERT chart activities

Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Preceding Activity 1 2 3 4 4 4,5

Estimated Time(days) 2 3 2 3 1 3 3

Order hardware and software

Start: 10/31/11 ID: 1 Finish: 11/1/11 Res: Dur: 2 days

Preapare site and install

Start: 11/2/11 Finish: 11/4/11 Res: ID: 2 Dur: 3 days

Custimise reports
Start: 11/7/11 Finish: 11/8/11 Res: ID: 3 Dur: 2 days

Custimise reports
Start: 11/7/11 Finish: 11/8/11 Res: ID: 3 Dur: 2 days

Design files
Start: 11/9/11 Finish: 11/11/11 Res: ID: 4 Dur: 3 days

Initialise files
Start: 11/14/11 Finish: 11/14/11 Res: ID: 5 Dur: 1 day

System test
Start: 11/14/11 Finish: 11/16/11 Res: ID: 6 Dur: 3 days

Train staff
Start: 11/15/11 Finish: 11/17/11 Res: ID: 7 Dur: 3 days

B. Earliest completion The Earliest completion time for this project is the Thursday 17th November 2011(14 days). This takes 14 days.

This can be seen calculated by using the Critical Path Method and Looking at the furthest end of the critical path in the PERT Chart. The ID numbers are 1-2-3-4-5-7. C. The Critical Path has been shown in the PERT Chart in RED The critical paths are 1-2-3-4-5-7 D. How much slack time is there for the task named Design files? Design files have zero day slack time. E. How much slack time is there for the task named System Test? System test has 1 day slack time.