Holiday Plan

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Set Project’s

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•Audience

•Timescale

•Objectives

•Assumptions

•Constraints

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Project Name

Project Start dateWork with your calendar

Enter the activities

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Set Project Start Date Schedule Date / Data Date

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Set holidays

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Activities Skip lines to prepare for inserting Sub Headings

Initial Planning•Establish Structure

•Sequencing (establish relationship between activities)•Apply elements / constraints:

•Start / Finish date (split or no split)•Human Factors (resource availability)•Allow Nature (snow, storm, gale wind)•Methodology•Plant (accessibility, availability)

•Establish activities under each sub heading•Set Milestones

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Milestones

Change Duration to 0day

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Milestone appearance

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Decide durations of each activity

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Can these activities start at the same time?

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Work the rest of the relationship between other activities

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Move to MSP Manual

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Input Constraints

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Notice the changes when the holiday start time changes

Add Sub Headings&

Indentations

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Use In-dents & Out-dents accordingly

Formatting

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Notes Page

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De-select to avoid printing notes page

Don’t forget to save your file !!!

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Progress Planning•Actuals but must be a true view

•Recovery plan must be in place ASAP

•Corrective actions must be minuted and monitored on a regular basis

•Shortfall must be identified EARLY

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Key Performance Indicators

•S•M•A•R•T

Specific

Meaningful

Accurate

Reliable

Timely

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Key Performance Indicators

Easy to obtain

Easy to present

Easy to understand

Easy to correct

Keep staff informed

how well they do !!!

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A quick reminder……

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Key questions before planning

•What is the plan for? What project?

•Who are the recipients? Who will be using the plan?

•When is the plan needed? When is the deadline?

•Why are we involved? What is the company’s role?

•Where will the plan be followed up? On Site / off site?

How to make Planning tools available?

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