This week, your focus is on resource planning. This includes work resources (people) and material resources. Being thorough and complete is very important, and you need to analyze if you identified all the resources you need and the workloads for each. You will use your Microsoft Project file to perform the analysis and complete this week's assignment. You can access Microsoft Project from the iLab under Course Home.
Download the Course_Project_Week_4.docx from Doc Sharing to start this assignment. The Course_Project_Week_4.docx template contains all the sections that you will need to complete, including instructions to help you work through this part of the Course Project. You will submit this deliverable to the Week 4 Course Project Dropbox.
Project Title:
Project Manager:
Executive Sponsor:
Analyze Resources
After identifying the WBS and schedule are created, list the task id numbers and identify all the material and human resources that are needed to complete the tasksuccessfully.
Task ID Material Resources Work (Human) Resources
Resource(s) Doing the Most Work
Describe the project team members who have the greatest workloads. Describe action plans you have for considering requesting additional resources or moving workloads to other team members whose workloads are less.
Alternative Resource Assignments
Describe the resources that may have been overlooked earlier in your planning. For example, could any of the tasks be outsourced to another division or even consultants?
Resource Gap Analysis
Describe any resource gaps. If the project is in need of expertise that you may not have or need to acquire, describeyour plan for acquiring the necessary additional expertise.
Optimization:
Inevitably once the WBS, schedule, and resources are determined, you will need to look at the options that exist and verify that all the proposed work fits within the project- scope and access if there is a better way to perform the work while achieving the same result. Examples might include completing tasks more efficiently, with few resources, or even faster. Identify potential trade off decisions that might occur as you analyze the project plan. Brainstorm 3-5 what if scenarios and potential trade off decisions to match those scenarios.
What if… Potential trade-off decision
(Example 1 - What if we added additional resources to task #1) (Example 1 - It would cost more, but we would save 25 days.)
(Example 2 - What if we re-organized the resources for tasks 5-7, so the work could be done in parallel rather than sequentially) (Example 2 - There would be less buffer with our resources, but the work would be completed 10 days earlier.)
How to use this form:
• Complete the information inside the ‘form fields’ - the form fields should appear as grey areas inside the cells requiring information
• You are the project manager for your Course Project
• Remove all words/instructions that are in maroon/purple type before submitting to the Dropbox
• Save your completed Project Selection document using the course file naming convention, LastName_Course_Project_Week 4.
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