MARK:

SUBJECT: IT Project Management CODE: ITEC 3440

TOPIC: Project schedule and resource

planning
ASSESSMENT: Practice Exercises NO: 2 DUE DATE:

NAME: __________________________ ID NO.: ________________________

Description of situation:

You are working as project manager in a company which has made a contract about
planning and conducting a new automatized inventory control system.

Tasks:
 Design the scope of the project and work breakdown structure.
 Name a different tasks and their contents and durations (in days) as well as resource
requirements for each task.
 Select the predecessors of tasks on which tasks are needed to be conducted before
the current task can be started.
 Calculate the total duration of the project, define the resources needed as a function
of time and evaluate the project costs.
 Assign the suitable resource of the project with assumption that labor supply is
unlimited.
 Mark the critical path to your activity network. Calculate the shortest possible
duration of the project.

Duration in
No Work Packages Business Start Finish predecessor resource
Days required
1. Start-up planning and design
Equipment determination and
2. planning
3. Specific software determination
Production line planning and
4. determination
5. Equipment planning
6. Software planning
7. Equipment documentation
Documentation of operational
8. system
9. Detailed hardware blueprints
10. Hardware component orders
11. Hardware component delivery
12. Integration of phase 1
13. Prototype development
 MARK:
SUBJECT: IT Project Management CODE: ITEC 3440

TOPIC: Project schedule and resource

planning
ASSESSMENT: Practice Exercises NO: 2 DUE DATE:

NAME: __________________________ ID NO.: ________________________

14. Prototype introduction

System evaluation and
15. improvement
16. Hardware assembly
17. Computer system installation
18. Project documentation
19. Integration of phase 2

Total Level of Effort

Thank you