MS Project Practicals Checklist

This assignment presents a checklist for completing three practical exercises using Microsoft Project software. The tasks cover entering project information, defining durations and relationships, adding resources, performing resource leveling, and analyzing critical paths. Students must demonstrate their understanding of MS Project functionalities by completing each task and providing descriptions or screenshots as required.

MS-Project Practicals Checklist
Student ID: ___________ Student Name: _____________________________
Check the status if you have completed the task. Give description where necessary. If you have taken any
screenshots, place them below the table with a title. For example, Fig. 1 Network diagram.
Practical-1
Item Status Description
1 Project Information
i. Change the start date ☒ Changed
ii. Change Title & Author ☒ Changed
iii. Enter Holidays ☒ Entered
iv. WBS entered ☒ Entered
v. Set Project Title as 0 task ☒ Done
Practical-2
Item Status Description
2 Adding Duration & relationships
i. Durations entered ☐ Yes
ii. Predecessors entered ☐ Yes
iii. Inserting lags ☐ Yes
iv. What are the types of lags +ve lag: the duration by which successor is delayed
than predecessor is called lag
-ve lag: also called lead (Gupta, 2014)
v. What do the different
types of relationships
mean?
FS: successor cannot start unless predecessor
finishes
FF: successor cannot finish unless predecessor
finishes
SS: successor cannot start unless predecessor
starts
SF: successor cannot finish unless predecessor
starts
vi. Milestones added ☐ Yes
vii. Displaying Critical Path ☐ ‘Develop the Business Case Study report’, ‘Develop
the Project Charter document’, ‘Document all
necessary documents from client’, ‘Identify
Scope’, ‘Do risk assessment’, ‘Do Cost Planning’,
‘Develop Quality Management document’,
‘Develop overall PMP’, ‘Design database system’,
‘Develop proper logics’, ‘Trial run the system’,
‘Trial run the program’, ‘Install and Implement the
system’, ‘Develop and submit user's manual for
operation’, ‘Handover the developed system’ and
‘Document the lessons learnt’
viii. How many CP(s) in this
project
One
ix. What is the slack for non-
critical tasks
17 days

x. What does the CP suggest
about the sensitivity of the
network?
Almost all the activity are in critical path, so the
schedule is highly sensitive
xi. Answered FS and TS ☐ FS (Free Slack): the duration by which the
predecessor can be delayed without delaying the
successor activity
TS (Total Slack): the duration by which an activity
can be delayed without delaying the final
completion date or total duration of the project
(Kelly, 2007)
xii. Screenshot of Network
diagram
☐ Fig. 1 Network Diagram
Fig. 1 Network Diagram

Practical-3
Item Status Description
2 Adding Resources
i. Resource pool created ☐ Yes
ii. Resources assigned ☐ Yes
iii. End date of project
recorded
☐ Nov 7, 2017
iv. Total duration of project 53 net working days
v. Resource levelling
completed
☐ Yes
vi. Answer ‘Slack for Database
design and changes’
☐ Not applicable
vii. What are tasks are critical ‘Develop Quality Management document’,
‘Develop overall PMP’, ‘Design database system’,
‘Develop proper logics’, ‘Trial run the system’,
‘Trial run the program’, ‘Install and Implement the
system’, ‘Develop and submit user's manual for
operation’, ‘Handover the developed system’ and
‘Document the lessons learnt’
viii. New end date and duration Dec 4, 2017 (72 net working days)
ix. Status of changes made ☐ Yes
x. Resource Levelling options
changed and ‘Level All’
performed
☐ Yes
xi. New changes after ‘Level
All’
Fig 2. New Changes after ‘Level All’
xii. Is there still a resource
allocation problem?
No
xiii. Are they over-allocated No
xiv. Any change in Duration?
How much?
Yes (2 Days)
xv. What has happened to the
critical tasks?
Same as (vii)
xvi. When does the project
finish now?
Dec 4, 2017
xvii. What the project start date
now?
Same (Aug 24, 2017)
xviii. What is the total cost
estimate?
$ 29,840
xix. What is the most
expensive task?
‘Design interface as per client's requirement’
xx. What is the total amount
estimated to be spent on
programming staff in this
project?
Tom (Technical) = 488 hrs x $30/hr. = $ 14,640

Fig 2. New Changes after ‘Level All’
Bibliography
Gupta, N. (2014, July 3). What is Lead and Lag? Retrieved August 23, 2017, from www.izenbridge.com:
https://www.izenbridge.com/blog/what-is-lead-lag/
Kelly, M. (2007). Free Slack and Total Slack. Retrieved August 23, 2017, from http://migashco.com:
http://migashco.com/cambrian/PDFs/Slack.pdf