Project Management: Hucks Case Study

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management: Hucks Case Study
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Table of Contents
Part A: Project Schedule..................................................................................................................3
1. Project schedule summary/project time in the organization....................................................3
2. Detailed and complete WBS....................................................................................................4
3. Resource loading/Estimating task cost and duration...............................................................5
3.1 Network diagram...............................................................................................................7
3.2 Gantt chart.........................................................................................................................8
4. Roles and responsibilities........................................................................................................9
5. Resource assignment matrix (RAM and RACI)....................................................................12
5.1 Required resources over specific timeframe....................................................................13
6. Deliverable milestones...........................................................................................................14
7. Schedule for monitoring and control methods.......................................................................14
8. Mechanisms to be used to measure, record and report progress against the project schedule
...................................................................................................................................................15
9. Process to manage changes and issues..................................................................................15
10. Contingency in schedule......................................................................................................16
11. Decision making process.....................................................................................................16
Part B: Additional questions..........................................................................................................17
1. Planning tasks performed as part of the project time management.......................................17
2. Critical path for the project....................................................................................................18

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3. Tools and techniques used to track and manage the time in project.....................................20
4. Evaluate effectiveness of project time management to future projects.................................20
Learning journal.............................................................................................................................22
References......................................................................................................................................24
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................27

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Part A: Project Schedule
1. Project schedule summary/project time in the organization
The project plan is based on development of additional production capacity in Hucks.
Due to lack of space in the organization, the business organizations want to expand their
production capacity by expansion of their business. In order to resolve issues related to the
organization, Hucks is required to develop new production capacity in the organization.
Following is the summary for the project schedule:
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Initiation phase 76 days Mon 12/3/18 Mon 3/18/19
Planning phase 104 days Tue 3/19/19 Fri 8/9/19
Execution phase 340 days Thu 7/4/19 Wed 10/21/20
Closure phase 47 days Thu 10/22/20 Fri 12/25/20
From the above project schedule summary table, it is concluded that the start date of the
project plan is 12/3/18 and end date is 12/25/20. Therefore, the total duration for the project plan
is 540 days.

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2. Detailed and complete WBS
Figure 1: Work Breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by author)

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3. Resource loading/Estimating task cost and duration
Resource Name Work Start Finish % Work
Complete Cost
Project Manager 640hrs Mon 12/3/18 Fri 12/25/20 23% $ 76,800.00
Development of
business case 144 hrs Mon 12/3/18 Wed 12/26/18 100% $ 17,280.00
Development of the
project plan 120 hrs Tue 3/19/19 Mon 4/8/19 0% $ 14,400.00
Stakeholder sign off 184 hrs Thu 10/22/20 Mon 11/23/20 0% $ 22,080.00
Documentation 160 hrs Tue 11/24/20 Mon 12/21/20 0% $ 19,200.00
Project closure 32 hrs Tue 12/22/20 Fri 12/25/20 0% $ 3,840.00
Project planner 232 hrs Mon 1/21/19 Fri 12/25/20 0% $ 23,200.00
Establishing project
charter 200 hrs Mon 1/21/19 Fri 2/22/19 0% $ 20,000.00
Project closure 32 hrs Tue 12/22/20 Fri 12/25/20 0% $ 3,200.00
Financial manager 296 hrs Thu 12/27/18 Mon 6/3/19 3% $ 29,600.00
Undertaking feasibility
study 136 hrs Thu 12/27/18 Fri 1/18/19 6% $ 13,600.00
Development of
financial plan 160 hrs Tue 5/7/19 Mon 6/3/19 0% $ 16,000.00
Human resource
manager 288 hrs Mon 2/25/19 Mon 5/6/19 0% $ 28,800.00
Appointing team
members 128 hrs Mon 2/25/19 Mon 3/18/19 0% $ 12,800.00
Development of
resource plan 160 hrs Tue 4/9/19 Mon 5/6/19 0% $ 16,000.00
Quality manager 176 hrs Tue 6/4/19 Wed 7/3/19 0% $ 176,000.00