MGMT404 Week 6: Resource Management Plan

Due Week 6: Resource
Management Plan
A project plan cannot be
considered complete until the resources have been assigned (including the
bottoms up cost estimate) and leveled, ensuring that the resources are
available to complete the work.
Tasks:
1.
Assign resources to
tasks.
2.
Print out resource sheet.
3.
Identify resources that
are over allocated.
4.
Print Gantt chart and entry table.
5.
Print reports (or tables) showing the costs of the
resources and the cost by work package. Is this an acceptable cost for your
project? That is, is it within the budget proposed in the scope statement?
6.
Level project within
available slack.
7.
Print the new entry table (do not include the Gantt
chart).
8.
Identify resources that
remain over allocated.
9.
If resources are still
over allocated, clear leveling and then re-level without the slack constraint.
10.
Identify how this has
affected the project duration (how many days and new completion date).
11.
Assume that no other
resources are available. What will your team do to complete the project on
time? Instead of assigning overtime, add a new resource for a cost 1.5 times
the normal labor cost. What is the cost for the additional resource and the
total project? Is this revised cost within the amount developed in the scope
statement? If you chose to not add a resource, your project completion may be
delayed. Is a delay in the project due date acceptable? Why or why not? Submit
supporting documentation from MS Project as needed.
Deliverables:
1.
A journal of project
activity. Describe what you did on each step, and the results of your actions.
2.
MS Project printouts (as
above). Please indicate on the printouts which step they support.
3.
Final time and cost
results. Describe how these meet the needs as defined in the scope statement.
If your team believes that the original scope statement needs to change,
describe the changes, why the changes were necessary, and include the modified
scope statement in the deliverables.
4.
Include a copy of your
original (and revised, if necessary) scope statement with the deliverables.
5.
If working in a team,
include a statement of participation, describing how each person contributed to
this project deliverable. Please have each person sign the statement.