Project Management Timeline and Tasks

The assignment details a project management process broken down into distinct phases. Each phase encompasses specific tasks, durations, and responsible parties. It provides a structured overview of activities from initiation (validation, allocating resources) to execution, monitoring, and closure.

Improving Business
Performance

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1. Selection of Organization...................................................................................................1
2. Implementing 3 changes required to improve the operational performance......................1
3. Critical analysis of the literature on Investment appraisal and select the best method that
needs to be implemented........................................................................................................3
4. Evaluating the changes and adapting the best one.............................................................4
5. Critical evaluation of Radical change theory and Continuous Improvement theories.......5
6 Evaluate the changes and establish whether Continuous Improvement/Radical change theory
should be used........................................................................................................................6
7. Project plan using MS Project............................................................................................7
8. Critically evaluate the literature on project risk and identify various risk factors and its
analysis methods.....................................................................................................................9
9 Project risk for the chose criteria.......................................................................................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
APPENDIX....................................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
At all the sectors within business, there are many companies that deliver their customers
with similar products and services. It important for the firm to make sure that develop strategies
with the help of which strong customer base can be developed. Ultimate aim of any firm is to
gain maximum profit. This is only possible when management understand the needs and
requirement of customers. Accordingly, services should be developed so that more and more
customers can be attracted. In order to be better it is essential to make changes in the business
operations. Present report is on Tesco which is one of the leading British multinational grocery
store. It was founded in the year 1919 and is headquartered in England. Cited firm make sure that
they deliver their customers with high quality services. Further, they understand their customers
requirement and make changes in the type of services that are delivered by them. Present report
covers, the issues that are faced within the business and accordingly steps will be taken to
implement changes. Further, it covers critical evaluation of continuous improvement theories and
radical change theory. Lastly, it also includes evaluation of literature on project risk and
identifying various risk factor and analysis of the method.
1. Selection of Organization
Tesco is taken into consideration in order to complete the task in an effective manner.
Cited firm aim at deliver their customers with high quality service. Further, they make sure that
they make use of updated or new technology so that they will be able to satisfy their customers.
There are many organizations that deliver their customers with similar products and services and
to be better from other it requires strategies so that strong customers base can be developed.
Competitors of Tesco includes ASDA, Sainsbury and Morrison. This has reduced the
market of cited firm and in order top be better, it they are planning to make sure that they raise
their market share and strong customer base can be developed.
2. Implementing 3 changes required to improve the operational performance
Tesco is considered as one of the main British multinational grocery and merchandise
retailer. However, it is the third largest retailer in the world in the form of profit and fifth largest
in terms of revenue. Company is also listed in London Stock Exchange. Hence, it is considered
as the major strength of firm (Nixon, Harrington and Parker, 2012). While, the weaknesses faced
by Tesco is that there are several other competitors serving in the similar market. Business also
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focuses upon selling its own products and does not sell products of other brands. Main purpose
of Tesco is to enhance the market share and presence within worldwide area. Also, in regard to
remain competitive within international market, it is essential for firm to undertake effective
strategies and plans so that set targets can be attained. However, it would result firm to attain
desired success and goals.
Tesco management also needs to improve its product quality so that it can overcome
competition and become the world number one retail firm. However, in regard to achieve such
objective it is essential for cited firm to improve its operational strategies so that desired results
can be attained (Rock, 2014). Further, developing effective operational strategies helps in
establishing the objectives so that desired results can be attained. While, developing operational
strategies it helps in examining the current business plans so that new strategies could be used
effectively and efficiently. Tesco need to improve the value and mission of firm so that set
targets can be attained. Following are the 3 different operational changes that needs to be
implemented within Tesco in order to provide varied benefits which are discussed underneath-
 Cleaning services at Tesco
 Online selling services
 Discount in off season
All such changes needs to be implemented as it will benefit the business in order to
improve the quality standards and attain desired results. Also, it helps in improving the
operational efficiency and thus results in delivering the best products or services to clients. It
helps in satisfying the needs and wants of customers. Further, improving cleaning services helps
in raising the organization performance and thus benefit Tesco to gain competitive edge over
rivals (Buller and McEvoy, 2012). It also assists in improving the features of products or services
so that market share can be enhanced worldwide. Moreover, another operational change is
increasing online selling services through creating web portals which would result into
developing effective communication so that customer needs could be identified and thus help
firm to provide particular products to customers. Major benefit of such strategy results into
improving customer service and thus impacts upon improving sales and profitability. Thus,
implementing all such changes would result into improving operational performance and attain
success. Thus, all these identified changes helps Tesco in improving its efficiency and enhance
online selling feature in market. As there is huge competition in retail market, it is essential for
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Tesco to bring change within its business structure and for that they need to Cleaning services,
Online selling services and Discount in off season. However, all these proposed changes are
proved to be useful for business and thus results in enhancing current performance of firm and
bring desired changes so that success can be attained.
3. Critical analysis of the literature on Investment appraisal and select the best method that needs
to be implemented
Escobar-Rodriguez and Monge-Lozano (2012), stated that project management is the
study of carrying out process which involves necessary activities and operations in relation to
attain desired targets and goals. It is a numerical approach which involves different steps that
starts from initiation, organizing, executing, controlling and monitoring the activities. However,
project/investment appraisal technique is considered as the best method that assists in finding the
main strength and weaknesses of each and every project and then evaluate the best proposal
among them. However, Gilmour (2013), argued that payback period is considered as the best
technique used by the investors in order to forecast that how much time will a project take to get
back or obtain its invested cost of capital. Thus, it helps in identifying the time period after
which firm will gain profit. It also assesses that the investors who are risk averse uses this
method which helps them to recover the initial investment within short period of time.
Further, payback period does not consider time value of currency and inflow of cash
beyond payback period. However, discounted payback period is more effective and suitable
which helps in evaluating different alternatives. Hwang, Wu and Chen (2012), explained that
accounting rate of return is another technique that helps in determining the profit percentage
upon the project which is computed by dividing average cash flows by the initiative investment.
However, such method assists in comparing two different projects on the basis of its relative
accounting profit. Hence, using accounting results helps in providing unfaithful results as it takes
into consideration non cash transaction as well.
As per the opinion of Sharma, Chrisman and Chua (2012), using discounted models such
as Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return helps in obtaining different results. NPV
technique has been used in order to assess the discounting periodical inflow of cash in order to
anticipate the present value of cash flows. However, such method identifies the excess of surplus
of discounted cash inflows over the beginning is called NPV and positive plus maximum value
of NPV is always preferred by investor. Furthermore, IRR helps in determining the rate that
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shows the nil value of NPV at an equal present value of cash inflows with the starting of cost of
capital.
Thus, it can be evaluated that NPV technique has been adopted by Tesco as it is
considered the best so that firm can evaluate the commercial and economic feasibility in order to
consider the time value of currency as well as assessing the net return after adjusting the risk
(Trkman, 2013). The best method that Tesco should adopt is improving online selling so that it
can enhance its customer base as well as overcome rivals. Through adopting NPV technique it
would help Tesco to enhance its quality of products and thus enhance customer satisfaction.
However, it also benefits firm in the form that company is able to improve its online selling and
enhance customer base. Through such way Tesco management aims to build quality parameters
and result in efficient ways so that desired objectives could be attained.
4. Evaluating the changes and adapting the best one
As per the discussion it has been identified that there are different changes available for
improving business performance. Hence, in regard to improve business operations, firm needs to
focus upon online selling which requires huge cost and expenses. Thus, implementing such
change helps Tesco to improve its product quality and enhance customer base within firm
(Nixon, Harrington and Parker, 2012). However, if such change has been implemented than too
there is no surety that it will attract customers to purchase the product. Changes within business
and increasing online selling through promotion results in incurring huge cost and thus
customers are required to pay more amount and thus it results in choosing competitors who are
providing similar products at reasonable rates.
Further, it is essential for Tesco management to focus upon implementing the changes
within providing discount in off season which also results in increasing the cost. Thus,
implementing such method method results in enhancing online selling of firm as well as
increasing customer footfall within firm and helps in enhancing sales and proit. Thus, it would
help business in the form that they obtain ease in attracting potential customers so that
satisfaction could be attained. However, employees are required to be trained according to the
new changes and thus use the software effectively so that best results can be attained. Further,
using such strategy would result into recording and collecting the data effectively and efficiently
(Rock, 2014). Through implementing such changes would result Tesco in improving the product
quality and thus overcome competitors.
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5. Critical evaluation of Radical change theory and Continuous Improvement theories
There are companies that deliver their customers with similar products and services. In
this context, it is important to make sure that there are frequent changes that adopted so that
customers can be attracted (Ghattas, Soffer and Peleg, 2014). In this context, Radical change
theory can be determined as a process that enables to make proper investigation resources like
technology and employees with the help of concepts like access, connectivity and interactivity.
As per the case, this type of change theory is helpful enough for Tesco for making proper
analysis of key characteristics of digitalised society. More specifically, connectivity focus on
association, changing practice and perspective. Further, assess enables to convey information
effectively to other members and interactivity make proper analysis of physical behaviour, non-
linear, emotional and emotional aspects.
On the other hand, continuous improvement process which focus on continuous
improvement that can be made in the activities or the services that are developed by Tesco. For
this process, there are different type of techniques that are followed by the firm. In this context, it
includes Total Quality Management, Six Sigma, Fishbone, etc. (Molnau, 2014). All these are
helpful for the organization to make proper evaluation and for continuous development. Among
all these strategies, TQM can be considered as most effective process for quality improvement.
This enables to raise performance level and also helps to attract more and customers.
There are certain set of expectations that customers when they make purchases. However,
those products and services are used that develop high quality to service users. With this respect,
it is important for Tesco to make sure that they deliver their customers with high quality services
(Khan, 2015). Through continuous improvement process, it helps the organization to make
improvement in the services and to identify the areas in which improvement is required.
Accordingly, steps can be taken with the help of which proper services are delivered. Moreover,
it raises competitive strength and this is helpful for successful and stable business.
Through proper evaluation, it can be stated that Tesco make use of continuous
improvement theory. This is because, it provides different type of models like TQM, PDCA, etc.
Moreover, it also provides sustainable benefits by satisfying service users and through raising
quality of services (Real, Roldán and Leal, 2014). As a result, strong customer base will be
developed and the rate of sales and profitability will also be raised in positive manner.
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6 Evaluate the changes and establish whether Continuous Improvement/Radical change theory
should be used
Main focus of Tesco is to make sure that they raise the quality of products. This is done
in order to raise the satisfaction level of customers. In this context, main aim of cited
organization is to develop strong customers base and in raising the market share (Floyd, Xu and
Caldwell, 2013). This can be done with the help of increasing the services and products quality.
However, as per the current condition of Tesco, they should not make this change and if they
make use of this drastic change, then it its essential for them to centre on altering the grass root.
With this respect, it is important for Tesco to make sure that they make use of Continuous
Improvement so that quality of products and services can be raised. One of the main advantage
of this theory is that it does not affect the cost. In order words, cost does not have any impact and
it remains the same. Tersco will be able to raise their capacity. Further, with the help of
Continuous Improvement, firm will be able to come up with innovations through which
competitive advantage can be attained (Jifri, Jifri and Tribble, 2016). This way. In speculated
time period, management of Tesco will be able to implement many changes and that also there
will not be any cost incurred.
In addition to this, firm will be able to raise their output of the company. Further, workers
are faced of organization as they have direct interaction with customers. They are one who make
sure that products and services are effectively provided to customers. In this context, when there
will be continuous improvement, then it will help to provide opportunity to employees towards
contributing effectively for making changes in the services and products (Wellin, 2016).
Employees know closely about the issues and problems that are faced by them. However, there
are cases in which management need to take proper step so that they will be able to make
employees understand about the changes and they implement it. There are workers who may not
be comfortable enough to implement the changes. However, for this process management play
vital role and directing workers and in implementing the changes effectively and efficiently.
When the cost does not have any impact, then from this it can be stated that firm will get huge
profit (Yusuf, Gunasekaran and Cang, 2014). From this, it can be evaluated that Tesco should
aim at developing continuous improvement. On the other hand, Radical changes raise the cost for
the organization and so continuous improvement is better for the Tesco to make use.
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7. Project plan using MS Project
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Initial planning 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Recognizing the issue 1 day Thu 7/6/17 Thu 7/6/17 3
Selecting the project 3 days Mon 7/3/17 Wed 7/5/17 4
Reviewing the structure
and culture 2 days Thu 6/29/17 Fri 6/30/17 5
Data collection 5 days Thu 6/22/17 Wed 6/28/17 6
Initial meeting 3 days Mon 6/19/17 Wed 6/21/17 7
Analysis of data 6 days Fri 6/9/17 Fri 6/16/17 8
Presentation 1 day Thu 6/8/17 Thu 6/8/17 9
Determine issues 2 days Tue 6/6/17 Wed 6/7/17 10
Revision 2 days Fri 6/2/17 Mon 6/5/17 11
Model of display 2 days Wed 5/31/17 Thu 6/1/17 12
Preparation of report 5 days Wed 5/24/17 Tue 5/30/17 13
Cost analysis Tech Prep. 5 days Wed 5/17/17 Tue 5/23/17 14
Distributing invitations 7 days Mon 5/8/17 Tue 5/16/17 16
Developing team 5 days Fri 4/14/17 Thu 4/20/17 17
Determine the need of
resources 3 days Wed 5/3/17 Fri 5/5/17 18
Sign-off 2 days Wed 4/12/17 Thu 4/13/17 19
Weekly project schedule 6 days Tue 4/25/17 Tue 5/2/17 20
Monitoring of entire work 6 days Tue 4/4/17 Tue 4/11/17 21
Publishing all reports 5 days Tue 4/18/17 Mon 4/24/17 22
Project planning 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Submittals 6 days Mon 4/10/17 Mon 4/17/17 23
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Requests to Sublet 5 days 24
Building Permits 7 days Mon 10/23/17 Tue 10/31/17 25
Requests for Approval of
Materials 2 days Thu 10/19/17 Fri 10/20/17 26
Equipment lists 1 day Wed 10/18/17 Wed 10/18/17 27
Drawings 1 day Tue 10/17/17 Tue 10/17/17 28
Specifications 2 days Fri 10/13/17 Mon 10/16/17 29
Describing the project 5 days Fri 10/6/17 Thu 10/12/17 30
Estimating the cost and
time of project 6 days Thu 9/28/17 Thu 10/5/17 31
Project plan development 3 days Mon 9/25/17 Wed 9/27/17 32
Management risks 5 days Mon 9/18/17 Fri 9/22/17 33
Scheduling resources 5 days Mon 9/11/17 Fri 9/15/17 34
Contract Documentation 4 days Tue 9/5/17 Fri 9/8/17 35
Overall Project Schedule 4 days Wed 8/30/17 Mon 9/4/17 36
Prepare plan 4 days Thu 8/24/17 Tue 8/29/17 37
Analyze project needs 6 days Wed 8/16/17 Wed 8/23/17 38
Setting of scope of project 8 days Fri 8/4/17 Tue 8/15/17 39
Estimation of finance 4 days Mon 7/31/17 Thu 8/3/17 41
Time allocation 6 days Thu 6/22/17 Thu 6/29/17 42
Scheduling of activities 4 days Tue 7/25/17 Fri 7/28/17 43
Allocation of roles 5 days Thu 6/15/17 Wed 6/21/17 44
Allocation of money 5 days Tue 7/18/17 Mon 7/24/17 45
Selecting human resource 2 days Tue 6/13/17 Wed 6/14/17 46
Determining technical and
program resources 5 days Tue 7/11/17 Mon 7/17/17 47
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Hiring fulltime project
manager 6 days Mon 6/5/17 Mon 6/12/17 48
Hiring TWC programmers 5 days Tue 7/4/17 Mon 7/10/17 49
Functional expert
resources 7 days Thu 5/25/17 Fri 6/2/17 50
Identifying administrative
supportive staff 8 days Thu 6/22/17 Mon 7/3/17 51
Project organization chart 2 days Tue 5/23/17 Wed 5/24/17 52
Developing project
contact list 6 days Wed 6/14/17 Wed 6/21/17 54
Collecting orientation
material for all staffs 9 days Wed 5/10/17 Mon 5/22/17 55
Conducting training for
vision and objectives 9 days Fri 7/7/17 Wed 7/19/17 56
Conducting training for
roles and responsibilities 9 days Thu 6/1/17 Tue 6/13/17 57
Clarifying doubts that
workers have 3 days Fri 5/5/17 Tue 5/9/17 58
Conducting training on
templates and standards 2 days Wed 7/5/17 Thu 7/6/17 59
Ensuring team members
follow workplace
guideline
5 days Thu 5/25/17 Wed 5/31/17 60
Monitoring employees
performance 8 days Tue 4/25/17 Thu 5/4/17 61
Project management
software 9 days Thu 6/22/17 Tue 7/4/17 62
Version control software 4 days Fri 5/19/17 Wed 5/24/17 63
Defects tracking software 1 day Mon 4/24/17 Mon 4/24/17 64
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Diagramming software 2 days Tue 6/20/17 Wed 6/21/17 66
Weekly project schedule 4 days Mon 5/15/17 Thu 5/18/17 67
Monitoring of entire work 5 days Mon 4/17/17 Fri 4/21/17 68
Project Execution 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Documentations 1 day Mon 6/19/17 Mon 6/19/17 69
Developing different
modules 2 days Thu 5/11/17 Fri 5/12/17 70
Determine the capacities 3 days Wed 4/12/17 Fri 4/14/17 71
Activities Amount(GBP)
Documentation (Project’s
risk. 2016.)
70000
Salary to the project
manager
10000
Salary to the project team 1000
Miscellaneous 100
Printing photocopy 100
Purchasing of the
equipments
50000
8. Critically evaluate the literature on project risk and identify various risk factors and its
analysis methods
As per Yan, Chien and Yang, (2016) there are different type of risk that are faced in
project. In this context, it is the responsibility of project manager to identify the risk that affects
the project negatively. Further, steps should be taken through which barriers can be removed. In
risk management procedure, it includes different type of functions and activities that has to be
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managed by planners. As a result the risk can be identified and proper steps can be taken with the
help of which proper plan can be developed.
According to Arifin, (2015) there are various risk involved that are risk of resources,
scope, technology, scheduling, etc. More specifically, risk related to scope can be determined as
complexities and creeping like various functioning of software and hardware, flaws in
integration of data. Further, the risk of scheduling can arise then the prediction or the estimation
made by planners go in a wrong direction. Further, there are many strategies available for
planners in order to reduce the risk. In this context, one of the effective strategy is through RACI
matrix and Work Breakdown structure (Ghattas, Soffer and Peleg, 2014). These are the most
effective way that are helpful enough to understand the barriers or risk that is involved in
develop project.
On the other hand, when planners does not have enough resources, then it also affects the
project negatively. In this context, issues related to resources includes finance, human, unskilled
workers, etc. Further, it is essential that there is proper communication. This is because manager
needs to make sure that they convey to their employees about the changes and the procedure,
plan and policies (Molnau, 2014). Moreover, it is the prior need of management to have
employees who will be supportive enough to reach out their goals and objectives.
9 Project risk for the chose criteria
When project is managed, then there are conditions in which different type of issues are
faced. In this context, it includes risk related to technology, scheduling, scope and resources. As
per the current Tesco is focusing over improving the quality of their products and services. This
is possible with the help of proper implementation of plan and strategies. With this respect, it is
important for Tesco to make sure that they consider aforesaid process to manage risk.
Management should have proper documenting of risk for that part in which log part is prepared.
In addition to this, the factors like huge cost and that also at speculated time.
CONCLUSION
From this report, it can be articulated that organization need focus on innovations so that
they will be able to attain competitive advantages. Further, it is also important that the firm
develop strong relationship with their customers. This is helpful enough to develop a strong
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customers base and in making positive perception towards the services and products that are
delivered by the firm.
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APPENDIX
Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
Initial planning 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Recognizing the issue 1 day Thu 7/6/17 Thu 7/6/17 3
Selecting the project 3 days Mon 7/3/17 Wed 7/5/17 4
Reviewing the structure
and culture 2 days Thu 6/29/17 Fri 6/30/17 5
Data collection 5 days Thu 6/22/17 Wed 6/28/17 6
Initial meeting 3 days Mon 6/19/17 Wed 6/21/17 7
Analysis of data 6 days Fri 6/9/17 Fri 6/16/17 8
Presentation 1 day Thu 6/8/17 Thu 6/8/17 9
Determine issues 2 days Tue 6/6/17 Wed 6/7/17 10
Revision 2 days Fri 6/2/17 Mon 6/5/17 11
Model of display 2 days Wed 5/31/17 Thu 6/1/17 12
Preparation of report 5 days Wed 5/24/17 Tue 5/30/17 13
Cost analysis Tech Prep. 5 days Wed 5/17/17 Tue 5/23/17 14
Distributing invitations 7 days Mon 5/8/17 Tue 5/16/17 16
Developing team 5 days Fri 4/14/17 Thu 4/20/17 17
Determine the need of
resources 3 days Wed 5/3/17 Fri 5/5/17 18
Sign-off 2 days Wed 4/12/17 Thu 4/13/17 19
Weekly project schedule 6 days Tue 4/25/17 Tue 5/2/17 20
Monitoring of entire work 6 days Tue 4/4/17 Tue 4/11/17 21
Publishing all reports 5 days Tue 4/18/17 Mon 4/24/17 22
Project planning 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Submittals 6 days Mon 4/10/17 Mon 4/17/17 23
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Requests to Sublet 5 days 24
Building Permits 7 days Mon 10/23/17 Tue 10/31/17 25
Requests for Approval of
Materials 2 days Thu 10/19/17 Fri 10/20/17 26
Equipment lists 1 day Wed 10/18/17 Wed 10/18/17 27
Drawings 1 day Tue 10/17/17 Tue 10/17/17 28
Specifications 2 days Fri 10/13/17 Mon 10/16/17 29
Describing the project 5 days Fri 10/6/17 Thu 10/12/17 30
Estimating the cost and
time of project 6 days Thu 9/28/17 Thu 10/5/17 31
Project plan development 3 days Mon 9/25/17 Wed 9/27/17 32
Management risks 5 days Mon 9/18/17 Fri 9/22/17 33
Scheduling resources 5 days Mon 9/11/17 Fri 9/15/17 34
Contract Documentation 4 days Tue 9/5/17 Fri 9/8/17 35
Overall Project Schedule 4 days Wed 8/30/17 Mon 9/4/17 36
Prepare plan 4 days Thu 8/24/17 Tue 8/29/17 37
Analyze project needs 6 days Wed 8/16/17 Wed 8/23/17 38
Setting of scope of project 8 days Fri 8/4/17 Tue 8/15/17 39
Estimation of finance 4 days Mon 7/31/17 Thu 8/3/17 41
Time allocation 6 days Thu 6/22/17 Thu 6/29/17 42
Scheduling of activities 4 days Tue 7/25/17 Fri 7/28/17 43
Allocation of roles 5 days Thu 6/15/17 Wed 6/21/17 44
Allocation of money 5 days Tue 7/18/17 Mon 7/24/17 45
Selecting human resource 2 days Tue 6/13/17 Wed 6/14/17 46
Determining technical and
program resources 5 days Tue 7/11/17 Mon 7/17/17 47
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Hiring fulltime project
manager 6 days Mon 6/5/17 Mon 6/12/17 48
Hiring TWC programmers 5 days Tue 7/4/17 Mon 7/10/17 49
Functional expert
resources 7 days Thu 5/25/17 Fri 6/2/17 50
Identifying administrative
supportive staff 8 days Thu 6/22/17 Mon 7/3/17 51
Project organization chart 2 days Tue 5/23/17 Wed 5/24/17 52
Developing project
contact list 6 days Wed 6/14/17 Wed 6/21/17 54
Collecting orientation
material for all staffs 9 days Wed 5/10/17 Mon 5/22/17 55
Conducting training for
vision and objectives 9 days Fri 7/7/17 Wed 7/19/17 56
Conducting training for
roles and responsibilities 9 days Thu 6/1/17 Tue 6/13/17 57
Clarifying doubts that
workers have 3 days Fri 5/5/17 Tue 5/9/17 58
Conducting training on
templates and standards 2 days Wed 7/5/17 Thu 7/6/17 59
Ensuring team members
follow workplace
guideline
5 days Thu 5/25/17 Wed 5/31/17 60
Monitoring employees
performance 8 days Tue 4/25/17 Thu 5/4/17 61
Project management
software 9 days Thu 6/22/17 Tue 7/4/17 62
Version control software 4 days Fri 5/19/17 Wed 5/24/17 63
Defects tracking software 1 day Mon 4/24/17 Mon 4/24/17 64
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Diagramming software 2 days Tue 6/20/17 Wed 6/21/17 66
Weekly project schedule 4 days Mon 5/15/17 Thu 5/18/17 67
Monitoring of entire work 5 days Mon 4/17/17 Fri 4/21/17 68
Project Execution 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Documentations 1 day Mon 6/19/17 Mon 6/19/17 69
Developing different
modules 2 days Thu 5/11/17 Fri 5/12/17 70
Determine the capacities 3 days Wed 4/12/17 Fri 4/14/17 71
Scheduling of work 4 days Tue 6/13/17 Fri 6/16/17 72
Dividing the work among
workers 5 days Thu 5/4/17 Wed 5/10/17 73
Integration of all modules 3 days Fri 4/7/17 Tue 4/11/17 74
Track the progress 2 days Fri 6/9/17 Mon 6/12/17 75
Reporting by meeting 4 days Fri 4/28/17 Wed 5/3/17 76
Assess expenses 2 days Wed 4/5/17 Thu 4/6/17 77
Testing 1 day Thu 6/8/17 Thu 6/8/17 78
Compare the outcomes 3 days Tue 4/25/17 Thu 4/27/17 79
Applying risk
management strategy to
overcome issues
1 day Tue 4/4/17 Tue 4/4/17 80
Weekly project schedule 4 days Fri 6/2/17 Wed 6/7/17 81
Monitoring of entire work 3 days Thu 4/20/17 Mon 4/24/17 82
Project controlling 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Monitor plan 1 day Thu 6/1/17 Thu 6/1/17 83
Reviewing project 2 days Tue 4/18/17 Wed 4/19/17 84
Quality check 4 days Fri 5/26/17 Wed 5/31/17 85
Analyze control actions 1 day Mon 4/17/17 Mon 4/17/17 86
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Testing of work 2 days Wed 5/24/17 Thu 5/25/17 87
taking actions 3 days Wed 4/12/17 Fri 4/14/17 88
Ensuring quality 4 days Thu 5/18/17 Tue 5/23/17 89
Validation 2 days Mon 4/10/17 Tue 4/11/17 90
Analyzing the outcome 4 days Fri 5/12/17 Wed 5/17/17 91
Weekly project schedule 4 days Tue 4/4/17 Fri 4/7/17 92
Monitoring of entire work 1 day Thu 5/11/17 Thu 5/11/17 93
Closure 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17
Hand over implementation 2 days Tue 5/9/17 Wed 5/10/17 94
Allocating resources 4 days Wed 5/3/17 Mon 5/8/17 95
Releasing of resources 3 days Fri 4/28/17 Tue 5/2/17 96
Closing of contracts 3 days Tue 4/25/17 Thu 4/27/17 97
releasing of
responsibilities 3 days Thu 4/20/17 Mon 4/24/17 98
Sing off 2 days Tue 4/18/17 Wed 4/19/17 99
Documentations 4 days Wed 4/12/17 Mon 4/17/17 100
Execution of project 4 days Thu 4/6/17 Tue 4/11/17 101
Weekly project schedule 2 days Tue 4/4/17 Wed 4/5/17 102
Monitoring of entire work 1 day Mon 4/3/17 Mon 4/3/17 103
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