ELC 347 DAY 2. Agenda Questions Working with MS Project 2003 Making a PB & J Sandwich.
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Intro to MS Project 2003
4 phases Preliminaries Planning Managing Reporting including post action review
Making a PB &J
Define Define resources Define tasks
Duration Sequence (predecessors) Assign resource
Define Milestones
Different Types of tasks
Normal tasks Activities Atomic?
Milestones Goal is achieved or A deliverable is completed or A decision point is reached
Summary Tasks Groups of related tasks Not atomic
Creating Task Lists
Two methods Top down
List major phases (Summary Task) Add detail tasks (subtasks)
Bottom up List all task details (subtasks) Aggregate tasks into similar groups (sunnary
tasks)
Creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Project A
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Task 1.1
Task 1.2
Task 2.1
Task 2.2Task 1.1.1
Task 3.1
Task 3.2
Task 3.2.1
Task 3.2.2
Entering Tasks into Project
Use Gantt view ID field – (auto set) Task name field Duration field Start and finish field Predecessors field Resouce names field
Editing tasks
Several methods Task List changes
Insert, delete, clearing Moving and copying
Use Task information Dialog Box
Creating Milestones
Two methods Set duration top 0 units Mark tasks as a milestone in the Task
Dialog box
Recurring tasks
Tasks that are repeated at regular intervals during Life of project
Menu>Insert>Recurring Task
Dependency Links
Some tasks can’t start till another is finished Successor task Predecessor task
Show ups as arrows in Project
Creating dependencies
You can also use task fields More cumbersome
You can click and drag in the Gantt view Easy to screw up
Delays and overlaps
Delay Task may lag another task but a certain
amount of time Overlap
Task may lead another task by a certain amount of time
Setting Delays and overlaps
Use task dialog box, predecessors tab, lag field
- is overlap + is delay
Four types of dependencies
FS Finish to start Predecessor must finish before successor can
start SS Start to start
Start of predecessor determines start of successors
FF finish to finish Finish of predecessor determines finish of
successor SF Start to finish
Predecessor start determines successor finish
Using task constraints
Fixes task performance dates Limits scheduling opportunities Some are flexible some are not
Nonflexible constraints show up in indicator field
Use task Dialog
8 Constraint types
ASAP As soon as possible (default) Flexible
ALAP As late as possible Flexible
SNET Start no earlier than Inflexible for fixed finish date
SNLT Start no later than Inflexible for fixed start date
8 Constraint types (con;t)
FNET Finish no earlier than Inflexible for fixed finish date
FNLT Finish no later than Inflexible for fixed start date
MSO Must start on inflexible
MFO Must finish on inflexible
Group Work
Lets build a MS project Plan for field hardware rollout using the following template http://www.timkress.net/Articles/Field%20Hardware%20R
ollout.html Set project start date to September 13 and ignore other
dates Make assumptions about phase scheduling
Document assumptions Let project do the scheduling for everything else
WE WILL REVISE AFTER Save project we will use again later