Fujitsu Technology Solutions: WBS, Gantt Chart, and CPM in Project Risk Management

INFO701/1901 – Assignment (PMBOK)
Table of Contents

INFO701/1901 – Assignment (PMBOK)
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Work breakdown structure.....................................................................................................3
3. Gantt chart..............................................................................................................................4
4. Significance of WBS and Gantt chart....................................................................................4
5. Network diagram....................................................................................................................5
6. Critical path and measures.....................................................................................................5
7. Significance of CPM in risk management.............................................................................6
8. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8
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INFO701/1901 – Assignment (PMBOK)
1. Introduction
The paper mainly reflects on “Fujitsu Technology Solutions” which is one of the
leading European IT infrastructure providers that have presence in all the different markets of
Europe, India as well as Middle East and Africa. The company generally helps in providing
proper portfolio for the various types of IT services, IT solutions as well as IT products. It is
found that in the year 2005, the organization mainly experiences high maintenance costs in
the UK based development centre and for reducing the issue without disrupting its service,
the company mainly looked for outsourcing the various types of web service to an offshore
provider. In addition to this, the organization wants to transfer a number of different types of
business systems that generally demanded expertise within the Microsoft technologies.
Furthermore, it is found that as one of the Microsoft Gold certified partner since the year
2002, the organization mainly wants to establish proper maintenance centre that is mainly
staffed with various IT professionals. Additionally Rekoft trained the Fujitsu team to full
competencies of MOSS2007 and accomplished integration of both MOSS as well as SAP
platform.
This report helps in reflecting the WBS and Gantt chart and how they are significant
for the project. In addition to this, the network diagram as well as critical path is also
showcased with proper calculation. In addition to this, the measures which are mainly needed
needs to be considered for ensuring accomplishment and the project and further elaborate the
significance of CPM in project risk management.
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2. Work breakdown structure
Figure 1: WBS
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3. Gantt chart
Figure 2: Gantt chart
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