Assume a work week is 40 hours, Monday through Friday.  Overtime rate is 1 ½ times the contract cost.  Holiday rate is 2 times the contract cost

Project management software is used to plan, organize, and allocate resources for managing projects. It helps teams collaborate and keep track of the project’s progress while clearly defining tasks and responsibilities. It lets project managers control costs and time and allows smooth collaboration between stakeholders.

About this Assignment

You are the Information Systems Project Manager for ABC, Incorporated.  To improve the administration of XYZ, Inc. your company has been contracted to install a new computer system in XYZ’s corporate headquarters and in all five of their district offices.  A development team consisting of the PM, SA, SO, and Sr. HT have determined that the following list of activities is key to completing the project. Your job is to lay out the project using Project Managing Software:

1. In this exercise, students will use Project Management Software to:

• Calculate the Critical Path.
• Predict overall cost of a project.

Project Rubric

Setting up the Project/Preparing for this Project

To complete this project, it will be necessary for you to ensure that you have the proper tools to do it. The following tools will be used in this project:

• Screen Capture Software: To take Screen Shots of your work.

There are different ways to obtain a screen capture. On a PC you can press the CTRL key and the Print Screen key. Then you can past the captured screen into the document. Pressing Shift-Command-3 on a Mac will capture the current screen on the Mac and place a file of this capture on the desktop. You can also use your own Screen Capture Software if wanted.

• Project Management Software: You can either use Microsoft Project or Project Libre. Project Libre is a free open source program that can be downloaded from: https://www.projectlibre.com/product/1-alternative-microsoft-project-open-source

Final Project Turn-in

You are to turn in your Microsoft Project or Project Libre File that contain your work. Make sure that you complete all Items in the rubric. You will also turn in a word document answering the 2 questions at the bottom of this document.

Resource Sheet

Predecessors:  The Project team has determined that 1 must precede 2 must precede 3 must precede 4.  3 must precede 5 must precede 6 must precede 7.  4 & 7 must precede 8 must precede 9.

Assume a work week is 40 hours, Monday through Friday.  Overtime rate is 1 ½ times the contract cost.  Holiday rate is 2 times the contract cost. However, XYZ, Inc. has not authorized any use of overtime or holiday rates.  The start date for the project is June 15.

Make sure you fill out RESOURCES SHEET and assign them!  You only need to complete Resource Name and Standard Rate.  This is found under Task, then click the down arrow by Gantt Chart.

CREATE a Gantt chart, Network Diagram, Resource Sheet of this Project.  The Network Diagram is created as you are creating the Gantt Chart.

Assign resources as listed in the tables above to the Gantt chart.  This is done on the Gantt Chart.  Highlight which task you want to assign the resources to, then right click and choose Assign Resources.  Choose the right person and enter the percent as shown on the table on page 1.

What are the different paths and what is the critical path and how long is it?  Look at the Network Diagram to determine the different paths and calculate how long each path is and determine the Critical Path.

If the cost of equipment is $350,000, what is the overall contracted cost of the project?  Add this to the cost of all the different employees for the total cost of the project.  To find this information, go to Project, Project Information then click Statistics.