Assignment title: Management
The Project Case under consideration have the following major Headings:
1. Project Planning
2. Pre-move Activities
3. Moving Activities
4. Post-move Activities
these could be denoted as the Major Tasks.
The tasks that have been identified are: (As Given)
Decide on new furniture
office preparation
kick-off meeting
set up utilities
build out of the new facility
initial planning for overall project
actual move of existing furniture and files
installation of new communication equipment, servers, and computers
pack-out of existing office files, supplies, and material
Installation of new signs
Project closeout activities.
These could be denoted as the Sub-Tasks.
Some of the other main activities or tasks that needs to be completed are: (Some Preconditions)
Relocate the entire office of 200 people to a new office building across town.
Purchase and installation of items for the new building is part of the project's responsibility.
Removal of items not being moved and general cleanup of the old office space is outside the scope of this project.
Moving of all large, heavy items will be outsourced to a professional moving company.
IT plans to replace all computers and servers with updated technology.
The move is scheduled for the last week in July.
These could be denoted either as the Master or the sub-sub tasks as per the headings (Hans, 2013).
Some Assumptions:
The work staring from 1st Feb, 2017
No Holidays considered
In a week it is considered to be 5 working days with holidays on Saturdays & Sundays.
The work duration for each task is considered as per standard timings
However, after clubbing the above Major Tasks, Sub-Tasks, Master or the Sub-sub tasks the Project Schedule along with the WBS numberings could be done. Those are:
WBS Sl No Project Work Predecessors Duration (Days) Start Date Finish Date
1 Relocate the entire office of 200 people to a new office building across town
1.1 Project Planning
1.1.1 Initial planning for overall project Start
1.1.2 Kick-off meeting 1.1.1 5 Days 1/2/2017 7/2/2017
1.2 Pre-move Activities
1.2.1 Office preparation 1.1.2 10 Days 8/2/2017 21/2/2017
1.2.2 Decide on new furniture 1.2.1 10 Days 22/2/2017 7/3/2017
1.3 Moving Activities
1.3.1 Professional Moving Company Deployed
1.3.1.1 Actual move of existing furniture and files 1.2.2 15 Days 8/3/2017 28/3/2017
1.3.1.2 Pack-out of existing office files, supplies, and material 1.3.1.1 15 Days 29/3/2017 18/4/2017
1.4 Post-move Activities
1.4.1 Purchase and installation of items for the new building
1.4.1.1 Build out of the new facility 1.3.1.2 10 Days 19/4/2017 2/5/2017
1.4.1.2 Installation of new signs 1.4.1.1 5 Days 3/5/2017 9/5/2017
1.4.1.3 Set up utilities 1.4.1.2 10 Days 10/5/2017 23/5/2017
1.4.2 IT plans to replace all computers and servers with updated technology
1.4.2.1 Installation of new communication equipment, servers, and computers 1.4.1.3 15 Days 24/5/2017 13/6/2017
1.4.3 Project closeout activities 1.4.2.1 5 Days 14/6/2017 20/6/2017
Table: Project Schedule & WBS of the Project for relocation, Source: (Hillson, 2003)
References
Hans, R. T., 2013. WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE: A TOOL FOR SOFTWARE PROJECT SCOPE VERIFICATION. International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA), 4(4), pp. 19-25.
Hillson, D., 2003. Using a Risk Breakdown Structure in project management. Journal of Facilities Management, 2(1), pp. 85-97.