Nikki Lillies - Week 2 Planning

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Nikki Lillies Week 2 Assignment – Planning Part 1 Chapter 4 Make a list of the major deliverables for the 5k-run color project and use them to develop a draft of the work breakdown structure for the project that contains, when appropriate, at least three levels of detail. 1. Event Planning: theme decision and development, picking a budget, finding sponsors. 2. Marketing and Promotion: Creating the marketing promotions such as flyers, posters, emails and social posting. 3. Logistics: Picking a route to run, safety planning, coordinating the volunteers. 4. Color Station Setup: Acquiring the color powder/dye. Construction of these booths. 5. Race Operations: Packets for runners, times and scoring, snacks and water stations. 6. Finished event procedures: Cleanup, financial counting/payments. How would developing a WBS alleviate some of the problems that occurred during the first meeting and help Brandon organize and plan the project? A WBS would alleviate some of their problems as it helps breakdown the project into clear tasks. It will help all team members understand what needs to be down, at what time, and who is responsible for these tasks. It helps prevent confusion and makes it clear how to delegate tasks. It can also help the volunteers and Brandon, understand which tasks are dependent on other tasks. For example, the running packets cannot be delivered until a route and theme are decided on. It can also aid time management as people understand these dependant factors and helps set realistic timelines for each task. A WBS may also help Brandon stay in control of the project, or at least his departments as he has a co-chair. Chapter 5 At this point, what would you do if you were the project manager? The first thing I would do as the project manager is get in touch with my team and review the status of the project and try to determine what could be causing these delays. It’s important to identify what issues are causing these delays and prioritize a solution to these delays. I would then develop a detailed plan that has solutions for the issues causing these delays and figure out what else it has affected. This may also mean I need to re-estimate the budget and timeline. I will provide my team with the proper resources to fix the issues. I would also keep a closer eye on the project moving forward. Was top management acting correctly in developing an estimate? Top management was not acting correctly in developing an estimate. The project manager should have been brought in to help with the estimate. What estimating techniques should be used for a mission-critical project such as this? With a mission-critical project, there are several estimating techniques that could be used such as parametric estimating, expert judgement, analogous estimating, etc. Parametric estimating uses the statistical relationship between all the variables in the project. Expert judgement involves getting expert professionals to weigh in and help estimate the time and cost for a project. Analogous estimating uses historical data from previous projects of the same nature. A manger identifies these comparable projects to reference a predictive estimate of costs and time. Chapter 6 Generate a priority matrix for AET’s system move.
Critical: Acquiring of ventilation system, power supplies and racks. Renovating the data center. Installing the new infrastructure. High: Figuring out the vendors and delivery. Training for the new systems. Medium: Backup and save current system. Getting rid of old infrastructure. Low: Final touches of new center. Updating documents. Develop a WBS for Brian’s project. Include duration (days) and predecessors. 1. Project Initiation Duration: 1 day Predecessors: None 2. Procurement 2.1 Acquiring of ventilation system, power supplies and racks. Renovating the data center. Installing the new infrastructure. Duration: 1 day Predecessors: Project initiation 3. Vendor Coordination 3.1 Vendor shipment Duration: Dependant on vendor Predecessors: Ordering of the supplies 4. Renovations 4.1 Starting renovations Duration: 5 days Predecessors: Vendor shipment 5. Installation 5.1 Vent system Duration: 2 days Predecessors: Start renovations 5.2 New racks Duration: 2 days Predecessors: Vent system 5.3 Connect power supplies. Duration: 2 days Predecessors: New racks 6. Migration and Testing 6.1 Migrate network components Duration: 2 days Predecessors: Connection of power supplies 6.2 Test New infrastructure Duration: 3 days Predecessors: Migrate network
Using a project-planning tool, generate a network diagram for this project. Communications Plan What Information Target Audience When Method of Communicatio n Provider Kick off meeting Everyone involved in the project. Project managers, team members, general managers, stakeholders. One time meeting to introduce the project and familiarize everyone with the project. In person meeting, but also recorded to ensure everyone has access to it. Project Manager Project team meetings The team members working on the project. Once every Monday morning. In person meeting, with notes being taken that can be sent out through email following the meeting. Project manager runs this meeting, with everyone contributing to the status of their role. Check- ins Meant to update interested parties and other higher ups to keep them informed with the project timeline. Every Monday following the team meetings. Email The project manager ensures this is sent out. Project status meeting with stakeholders Fully update the stakeholders with all the project information. Once a month, but if requested could be done at the end of every week. Conference call, as some stakeholders may not be available for in person meetings. General manager and project manager would run this meeting. Software review For stakeholders and sponsor to review the project. When needed. One time conference call after the project has been designed. Software engineers and project managers. Oversight gate decision Higher up management and When needed. Online report sent out. Oversight group.
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