Purpose

The process of project management has five phases, 1) design/initiation which you just completed, 2) finalizing your plan before implementation which you will do now, 3) implementation, 4) monitor and control and finally, 5) evaluation and lessons learned as well as knowledge transfer.

During phase 2 – finalizing the project plan, you will continue to create the tools and documents you will need when you implement your project as the project manager in phase 3.

Week4: Deliverables and Critical Success Factors (CSFs)

Week5: Work Breakdown Structure(WBS) and GanttChart

These are the important aspects of the work breakdown structure (WBS) that you must consider.

? Specific outputs/deliverables are related to each task.

? Outputs/deliverables list is associated with performance criteria to facilitate quality monitoring. Metrics must be included if indicated

? Tasks and subtasks have been broken down to their lowest levels the timeline for each should be 1 to 2

5 days.

? Assign only one owner to the lowest level tasks to ensure accountability.

? Re-review weekly and update the list; match each task to its corresponding deliverables and owner.

In this assignment, you will define and document the project’s tasks and project’s deliverables and their

relationships to each. You will develop the work-breakdown structure (WBS) and project timelines using

a Gantt chart......... Continue

The Gantt chart, named after Henry Gantt, clearly shows the start and completion dates for all major project activities and subtasks. The Gantt chart is straightforward, easy to understand, and simple to change. It provides a snapshot of the project, and one can immediately identify task durations and distinguish tasks dependent upon other tasks to be completed before they are started. Understanding of all dependencies is critical for the project manager who is ultimately responsible for time, budgets and resource allocation.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Complete the WBS and Gantt chart documents. Attach documents as appendices to a professionally written paper explaining what you are doing

2. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing and APA format as expressed in the 6th edition.

PREPARING THE PAPER

1. All project tasks must be identified and broken down in your WBS. Attach documents as appendices to a professionally written paper explaining what you are doing

2. The Gantt chart must provide timelines for all major project tasks and subtasks following the Excel sample. Attach documents as appendices to a professionally written paper explaining what you are doing

3. Ideas and information from professional sources must be cited correctly using the 6th Edition of the

APA manual.

4. Grammar, spelling, punctuation, references, and citations are consistent with formal academic writing.