BSBPMG410: Apply project time management techniques.
Formative assessments
Activity 1
1 What can be included in the Work Breakdown Structure to provide the detail needed for effective planning and control? Give at least four examples.
The WBS must include the work defined by the project scope. It needs to capture all the deliverables in the project being internal and external.
Project deliverables.
Activity and task descriptors.
High-level deliverables framework.
Multi-level task granulation.
Work breakdown task dictionary.
Activities broken down into work packages - This defines the work that is going to happen, costs for the work to produce the deliverable.
Enough detail to allow for accurate estimating.
Resources required for each activity.
2 Consider a dinner party, with entrée, main course and dessert. If the dinner party is considered a project it will need a WBS. Create a WBS appropriate for a dinner party.

3 What estimating methods might be applicable in project time-management techniques? List 3.
Analogous: This is frequently used to estimate project duration when there is a limited amount of detailed information about the current project. It uses historical information from a past similar project as the basis of estimating the duration and cost of the current project. As this also uses expert judgement, it is most reliable when the project activities are similar in fact not just appearance and that the project team have the expert knowledge they need when preparing the estimate.
Parametric: This is a more accurate form of estimating the cost and duration as it uses the unit cost or duration multiplied by the number of units required for the project.
Three-point: This is a combination of 3 types of estimating, most likely, optimistic and pessimistic to determine the cost or duration of a project . Most likely (M) – This is