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.