Congratulations! You have just completed the project charter, scope statement, and WBS. Now that you know what needs to be done, as the Project Manager, you are now ready to begin planning your project.
This week, you will have two deliverables to complete for the project. * Using MS Project, create a project schedule and align resources – 35 points * Analyze project schedule and resource allocation: two essay questions – 20 points
Please provide these two deliverables (MS Project file and MS Word document) to the Week 3 Dropbox. Please refer to the course Syllabus for your due date.
To help guide you through these deliverables, please follow the three step process below.
Step 1: Update MS Project with Resource Information
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Project Schedule Instructions
The following steps should be followed when setting up your Course Project with Microsoft Project 2010: 1. Set the basic project information * Open MS Project 2010 * Click on the File button (top left), select save as and enter the file name as (your name) cp1. For example: SmithJanecp1.mpp * Click on the Project tab and select Project Information. In the Project Information dialogue box, set the start date of your project. * Leave other dates as is. Click on OK. 2. Set basic Gantt chart format (use also for tracking Gantt chart view) * Right click on the mouse in the gray area of the Gantt chart on the right side of the screen where the dates in month and days are for the menu and select Timescale. * In the Timescale dialogue box: * Select the Middle Tier tab set Units to Quarters * Select the Bottom Tier tab set Units to Months * Click on OK. 3. Setup the default task units to weeks * Click the File tab, and then click Options. * In the Project Options dialog box, click