2. Activity Planning – Intro..
A detailed project must include a schedule
indicating the start and completion times for
each activity.
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3. So that…
Ensure resources will be available when required.
Avoid different activities competing for the same
resource at same time.
Produce a detailed schedule showing which staff
carry out each activity.
Produce a detailed plan against which actual
achievement may be measured.
Produce a timed cash flow forecast.
Re-plan the project – correct drift from target
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5. When to plan..
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Planning is an ongoing process of refinement,
each iteration becoming more detailed and
more accurate than the last.
Feasibility Study:
Timescale
Risk of not achieving the target completion date
Keeping within budget.
Activity plan:
Resource availability
Cash-flow control
6. Projects and Activities
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A project
Composed of number of interrelated activities
May start when at least one of its activities is ready to start.
Will be completed when all of the activities have been completed
An Activity
Clearly define start and end-point
Requires a resource then requirement must be forecastable
Duration of an activity must be forecastable
Some activity might require that others are completed before
they can begin “Precedence Requirement”
8. I. Activity Based Approach
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Consists of creating a list of all activities that
the project is thought to involve
“Work Breakdown Structure”
Project
Analyse Design
Data Design
Relational
Data
Analysis
Logical Data
Analysis
Process
Design
Physical
Design
Build
9. II. Product Based Approach
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It consists of producing a Product Breakdown
Structure and a Product Flow Diagram(PFD).
A PFD can easily be converted into an ordered
list of activities
10. III. The Hybrid Approach
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IBM recommend the following five levels
should be used in WBS:
Level 1: Project
Level 2:Deliverables
Level 3: Components
Level 4: Work-Packages
Level 5: Tasks