One of the responsibilities for a Project Manager is to refine the WBS into further detail developing the baseline schedule and define the Schedule Management Plan. The initial WBS, developed during the Concept Development Phase, will define specific work activities; activities sequence, estimate resources, and estimate duration that will need to complete the project. The refined WBS will be used to develop an initial, baseline schedule. The Schedule Management Plan establishes the specific procedures
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program should guide each process to ensure that the customer’s demands are able to be met. This will ensure that all of the processes are goal oriented to the customer’s needs. The process that the VW Mexico Team utilized was to develop a work breakdown structure (WBS). This structure integrated the plans submitted by various project participants and detailed the timeline for the overall project. As a quality control individual I would utilize the WBS as a structure to integrate a quality control
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Subject: High-resolution camera WBS Dear Kara and Jessie, Following our meeting on your directive to create a document and or process outlining the product development process for Vision Tec’s new high-resolution camera, I have selected a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to construct the aspects the project. The WBS is essentially, a blueprint for the project. Major and minor tasks are separated for the sake of effective and efficient planning. Major deliverables, sub-deliverables, further sub-deliverables
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The construction of the new theme park project is laid out for 180 days of construction to finish. This project has a start Date of Monday April 4, 2008. The preliminary cost is $4,449,920.00 and with a completion date of December 19, 2008. The theme park will include a Ferris wheel, Rope course, Climbing walls, Carousel, Bowling, Go carts, and a Mini golf. The desired walk through date is December 18, 2008 with a grand opening on December 19, 2008. Executive Summary It has been 6 months since
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Review Questions Chapter 1 1. Use the characteristics of a project to differentiate it from a nonproject. Projects have a specific and unique tasks that aim to achieve a deliverable at a specific due date. They have a completion date when since start till termination date; and they require multidisciplinary input from different people with different knowledge and expertise. Nonprojects don’t necessarily have a deliverable and a due date. They can be routine work. 2. Identify the three
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work breakdown structure A WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE (WBS) IS A DECOMPOSITION OF ALL THE WORK NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A PROJECT. A WBS IS ARRANGED IN A HIERARCHY AND CONSTRUCTED TO ALLOW FOR CLEAR AND LOGICAL GROUPINGS, EITHER BY ACTIVITIES OR DELIVERABLES. THE WBS SHOULD REPRESENT THE WORK IDENTIFIED IN THE APPROVED PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT AND SERVES AS AN EARLY FOUNDATION FOR EFFECTIVE SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT AND COST ESTIMATING. PROJECT MANAGERS TYPICALLY WILL DEVELOP A WBS AS A PRECURSOR TO A DETAILED
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WBS Outline for Advanced Infrared Burner Technology Fryer Advanced Infrared Burner Technology Fryer 1. Project Team Selection 2.1. Establishing department Project Managers 2.2. Establishing team members with required skills 2.3. Organizing each team member into their department 2.4. Establishing a chain of command and lines of communication 2.5. Finalizing team members for the Infrared Burner Project 2. Planning and Developing 3.6. Establishing
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NEIL P. THORNTON, JR 1334 North Allison Street • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 267.439.6679 • Mr.Thornton@hotmail.com TEAM LEADER • PROJECT ANALYST • COORDINATOR • PROJECT MANAGER Versatile Project Analyst with over 5 years of experience leading and assisting in all phases of diverse technology projects. Provide excellent communication while collaborating with the project team as well as assist in defining and documenting project objectives, project scope and overall project approach
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Habitat for Humanity – Simulation 1. When the project first started, you were asked to order the tasks to build the WBS. How did you decide the order tasks should appear in for the WBS? In a typical project, how do you think a WBS should be created, and what stakeholders or team members should be involved? Answer – The approach that I took for ordering tasks is to order them in the sequence of work that would generally be completed, so buying the supplies would come before installing them
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Teradyne Corporation: The Jaguar Project Jack O’Brien looked at the clock in his car; it was 7:38 a.m. and he knew he would need some luck to get to his 8:00 a.m. meeting at Teradyne’s Harrison Avenue headquarters on time. Traffic on Boston’s Central artery choked amidst the lingering construction from the interminable “Big Dig.” O’Brien was looking forward to today’s meeting with Teradyne senior executives to reflect on the lessons learned from the Jaguar project, which O’Brien
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