Project Planning and Scheduling: Teesside PLC Case Study

This project management assignment, undertaken by a student, focuses on developing and analyzing a project scheduling plan for Teesside PLC, starting on October 1, 2019, using MS Project 2013. The assignment is divided into two parts: Part 1 covers CPM & WBS, including Gantt charts, critical path identification, resource planning (resource histograms and levelling), and cost analysis with project cost and cumulative cost-time curves. Part 2 delves into 4D planning using Synchro Pro software. The document includes detailed task breakdowns, dependencies, and calculations of EST, EFT, LST, and LFT, providing a comprehensive approach to project planning and visualization.

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Table of Contents
PART 1..................................................................................................................................................3
1. Task A: CPM & WBS...............................................................................................................3
1.1 Gantt-Chart and CPM Network.........................................................................................3
1.2 Work Breakdown Structure.............................................................................................10
1.3 Identification of the Critical Path.....................................................................................11
2. Task B: Resource Planning......................................................................................................14
2.1 Resource Histograms.......................................................................................................14
2.2 Resource Levelling..........................................................................................................19
2.3 Process of Resource Levelling.........................................................................................22
3. Task C: Cost Analysis.............................................................................................................22
3.1 Project Cost......................................................................................................................22
3.2 Cumulative Cost –time Curve .........................................................................................25
PART 2 - 4D Planning.........................................................................................................................25
1. Synchro Pro Software..............................................................................................................25
2. 4D Planning.............................................................................................................................29
References...........................................................................................................................................31
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PART 1
Here, we are creating the Teesside PLC project scheduling plan by using the MS Project
2013 (Collins, 2011).
1. Task A: CPM & WBS
1.1 Gantt-Chart and CPM Network
The below figure is used to display the Gantt chart of Teesside PLC.
ID WBS Task
Mode
Task Name
0 0 Teesside PLC Project Scheduling Plan
1 1 Initial Stage of the Project
2 1.1 Identification of Objectives and Goals
3 1.2 Developments of Plans and Strategies
4 1.3 Research on Previous Experience
5 1.4 Project Charter Development
6 1.5 Development of Preliminary Project
Scope Statement
7 1.6 PrePare the documentation for Project
Costs and Benefits
8 1.7 Organize the Peer Review
9 2 Project Design and Plan Stage
10 2.1 Project Environment set up
11 2.2 Project Procedures and Standard set up
12 2.3 Define Scope
13 2.3.1 Prepare the documentation for Scope
Management Plan
14 2.4 Development of Project Schedule
15 2.4.1 Resource Plans Development
16 2.4.2 Project Estimates Preparation
17 2.4.3 Define Dependencies and Develop
Project Schedule
18 2.5 Development of Risk Plans
19 2.5.1 Prepare the Documentation for Risk
Management Plan
20 2.5.2 Identify and Analyze the Risks
21 2.6 Quality Plan
22 2.6.1 Prepare the Documentation for Quality
Management Plan
23 2.7 Financial Plan Development
24 2.7.1 Preparation of Financial Plan
25 2.8 Development of Project Support Plans
Project Manager[33%]
Project Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager,Acceptor
Project Assistant Manager,Project Manager
Project Analyst,Technical Analyst,Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager,Project Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager,Acceptor
Project Assistant Manager
Quality Assurance Manager,Acceptor
Project Assistant Manager
F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T
22 Sep '19 06 Oct '19 20 Oct '19 03 Nov '19 17 Nov '19 01 Dec '19 15 Dec '19 29 Dec '19 12 Jan '20 26 Jan '20 09 Feb '20 23 Feb '20 08 Mar '20 22 Mar '20 05 Apr '20
ID WBS Task
Mode
Task Name
25 2.8 Development of Project Support Plans
26 2.8.1 Prepare the Documentation for
Communications Management Plan
27 2.8.2 Prepare the Documentation for
Configuration Management Plan
28 2.8.3 Prepare the Documentation for Project
Management Plan
29 3 Project Execution Stage
30 3.1 Acquire Project Team
31 3.1.1 Obtain Resources
32 3.1.2 Assign Responsibilities
33 3.2 Direct and Manage Project Execution
34 3.2.1 Manage Data and configuration Items
35 3.2.2 Manage Process Data
36 3.2.3 Provide General Office Support
37 3.2.4 Administer Project Security Processes
38 3.3 Manage Team Performance
39 3.3.1 Provide Team Training
40 3.3.2 Recognize Success
41 3.4 Assure Quality
42 3.4.1 Participate in Walk-throughs and
Reviews
43 3.4.2 Conduct Project Reviews
44 3.4.3 Facilitate Continuous Improvement
45 3.5 Manage Project Communication
46 3.5.1 Review Progress
47 4 Project Monitoring and Control Stage
48 4.1 Monitor and Control Project Work
49 4.1.1 Authorize Work
Project Assistant Manager,Acceptor
Project Assistant Manager,Acceptor
Project Assistant Manager,Acceptor
Project Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Project Manager
Project Assistant Manager
T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M
01 Dec '19 15 Dec '19 29 Dec '19 12 Jan '20 26 Jan '20 09 Feb '20 23 Feb '20 08 Mar '20 22 Mar '20 05 Apr '20 19 Apr '20 03 May '20 17 May '20 31 May '20
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ID WBS Task
Mode
Task Name
47 4 Project Monitoring and Control Stage
48 4.1 Monitor and Control Project Work
49 4.1.1 Authorize Work
50 4.1.2 Manage Action Items and Project
Records
51 4.2 Integrated Change Control
52 4.2.1 Manage Scope and Requirements
53 4.2.2 Control Decisions and Changes
54 4.3 Scope Verification
55 4.3.1 Manage Project Acceptance
56 4.4 Schedule Control
57 4.4.1 Track Status
58 4.4.2 Maintain Project Schedule
59 4.4.3 Maintain Work Plans
60 4.5 Manage Finances
61 4.5.1 Monitor Cost/Schedule Variance
62 4.5.2 Control Costs
63 4.5.3 Maintain Financial Plan
64 4.6 Perform Quality Control
65 4.6.1 Control Quality
66 4.6.2 Participate in Testing
67 4.6.3 Measure Quality Levels
68 4.7 Manage Project Team
69 4.7.1 Manage Communications
70 4.7.2 Meet With Team
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager,Acceptor
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Manager
Project Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S
09 Feb '20 23 Feb '20 08 Mar '20 22 Mar '20 05 Apr '20 19 Apr '20 03 May '20 17 May '20 31 May '20 14 Jun '20 28 Jun '20 12 Jul '20 26 Jul '20 09 Aug '20
ID WBS Task
Mode
Task Name
57 4.4.1 Track Status
58 4.4.2 Maintain Project Schedule
59 4.4.3 Maintain Work Plans
60 4.5 Manage Finances
61 4.5.1 Monitor Cost/Schedule Variance
62 4.5.2 Control Costs
63 4.5.3 Maintain Financial Plan
64 4.6 Perform Quality Control
65 4.6.1 Control Quality
66 4.6.2 Participate in Testing
67 4.6.3 Measure Quality Levels
68 4.7 Manage Project Team
69 4.7.1 Manage Communications
70 4.7.2 Meet With Team
71 4.7.3 Conduct Team Performance Reviews
72 5 Project Closing Stage
73 5.1 Close Project
74 5.1.1 Summarize Project Results and
Lessons Learned
75 5.1.2 Review and Recognize Team
Performance
76 5.1.3 Close Out the Project Records
77 5.1.4 Review and Reconcile Financial
Performance
78 5.2 Contract Closure
79 5.2.1 Close Contract
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Manager
Project Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Quality Assurance Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Project Assistant Manager
Contracts Manager
M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W S
09 Feb '20 23 Feb '20 08 Mar '20 22 Mar '20 05 Apr '20 19 Apr '20 03 May '20 17 May '20 31 May '20 14 Jun '20 28 Jun '20 12 Jul '20 26 Jul '20 09 Aug '20 23 Aug '20
EST, EFT, LST, LFT Calculation is shown below.
Task Name Early Finish Early Start Late Start Late Finish Estimated
Teesside PLC Project
Scheduling Plan Thu 30-04-20 Tue 01-10-
19
Tue 01-10-
19 Thu 30-04-20 No
Initial Stage of the Project Wed 16-10-
19
Tue 01-10-
19
Tue 01-10-
19 Wed 16-10-19 No
Identification of
Objectives and Goals Wed 16-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Wed 16-10-19 No
Developments of Plans
and Strategies Mon 07-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Thu 03-10-19 Mon 07-10-19 No
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Research on Previous
Experience Thu 10-10-19 Tue 08-10-19 Tue 08-10-19 Thu 10-10-19 No
Project Charter
Development Wed 16-10-19 Fri 11-10-19 Fri 11-10-19 Wed 16-10-19 No
Development of
Preliminary Project Scope
Statement
Wed 16-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Wed 16-10-19 No
PrePare the documentation
for Project Costs and Benefits Wed 09-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Tue 01-10-19 Wed 09-10-19 No
Organize the Peer Review Wed 16-10-19 Thu 10-10-19 Thu 10-10-19 Wed 16-10-19 No
Project Design and Plan
Stage
Mon 09-12-
19
Thu 17-10-
19
Thu 17-10-
19 Mon 09-12-19 No
Project Environment set
up Fri 18-10-19 Thu 17-10-19 Thu 17-10-19 Fri 18-10-19 No
Project Procedures and
Standard set up Mon 21-10-19 Thu 17-10-19 Thu 05-12-19 Mon 09-12-19 No
Define Scope Tue 22-10-19 Mon 21-10-
19
Mon 21-10-
19 Tue 22-10-19 No
Prepare the
documentation for Scope
Management Plan
Tue 22-10-19 Mon 21-10-
19
Mon 21-10-
19 Tue 22-10-19 No
Development of Project
Schedule Tue 12-11-19 Wed 23-10-
19
Wed 23-10-
19 Tue 12-11-19 No
Resource Plans
Development Mon 28-10-19 Wed 23-10-
19
Wed 23-10-
19 Mon 28-10-19 No
Project Estimates
Preparation Tue 05-11-19 Tue 29-10-19 Tue 29-10-19 Tue 05-11-19 No
Define Dependencies
and Develop Project Schedule Tue 12-11-19 Wed 06-11-
19
Wed 06-11-
19 Tue 12-11-19 No
Development of Risk
Plans
Mon 25-11-
19
Wed 13-11-
19
Wed 13-11-
19 Mon 25-11-19 No
Prepare the
Documentation for Risk
Management Plan
Mon 18-11-19 Wed 13-11-
19
Wed 13-11-
19 Mon 18-11-19 No
Identify and Analyze the
Risks Mon 25-11-19 Tue 19-11-19 Tue 19-11-19 Mon 25-11-19 No
Quality Plan Wed 27-11-
19
Tue 26-11-
19
Tue 26-11-
19 Wed 27-11-19 No
Prepare the
Documentation for Quality
Management Plan
Wed 27-11-19 Tue 26-11-19 Tue 26-11-19 Wed 27-11-19 No
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Financial Plan
Development
Mon 02-12-
19
Thu 28-11-
19
Thu 28-11-
19 Mon 02-12-19 No
Preparation of Financial
Plan Mon 02-12-19 Thu 28-11-19 Thu 28-11-19 Mon 02-12-19 No
Development of Project
Support Plans
Mon 09-12-
19
Tue 03-12-
19
Tue 03-12-
19 Mon 09-12-19 No
Prepare the
Documentation for
Communications
Management Plan
Wed 04-12-19 Tue 03-12-19 Tue 03-12-19 Wed 04-12-19 No
Prepare the
Documentation for
Configuration Management
Plan
Mon 09-12-19 Thu 05-12-19 Thu 05-12-19 Mon 09-12-19 No
Prepare the
Documentation for Project
Management Plan
Mon 09-12-19 Tue 03-12-19 Thu 05-12-19 Mon 09-12-19 No
Project Execution Stage Mon 10-02-
20
Tue 10-12-
19
Tue 10-12-
19 Mon 10-02-20 No
Acquire Project Team Wed 18-12-
19
Tue 10-12-
19
Tue 10-12-
19 Wed 18-12-19 No
Obtain Resources Thu 12-12-19 Tue 10-12-19 Tue 10-12-19 Thu 12-12-19 No
Assign Responsibilities Wed 18-12-19 Fri 13-12-19 Fri 13-12-19 Wed 18-12-19 No
Direct and Manage
Project Execution Fri 10-01-20 Thu 19-12-
19
Thu 19-12-
19 Fri 10-01-20 No
Manage Data and
configuration Items Mon 23-12-19 Thu 19-12-19 Thu 19-12-19 Mon 23-12-19 No
Manage Process Data Mon 30-12-19 Tue 24-12-19 Tue 24-12-19 Mon 30-12-19 No
Provide General Office
Support Thu 02-01-20 Tue 31-12-19 Tue 31-12-19 Thu 02-01-20 No
Administer Project
Security Processes Fri 10-01-20 Fri 03-01-20 Fri 03-01-20 Fri 10-01-20 No
Manage Team
Performance Tue 21-01-20 Mon 13-01-
20
Mon 13-01-
20 Tue 21-01-20 No
Provide Team Training Wed 15-01-20 Mon 13-01-
20
Mon 13-01-
20 Wed 15-01-20 No
Recognize Success Tue 21-01-20 Thu 16-01-20 Thu 16-01-20 Tue 21-01-20 No
Assure Quality Thu 06-02-20 Wed 22-01-
20
Wed 22-01-
20 Thu 06-02-20 No
Participate in Walk-
through and Reviews Mon 27-01-20 Wed 22-01-
20
Wed 22-01-
20 Mon 27-01-20 No
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Conduct Project
Reviews Fri 31-01-20 Tue 28-01-20 Tue 28-01-20 Fri 31-01-20 No
Facilitate Continuous
Improvement Thu 06-02-20 Mon 03-02-
20
Mon 03-02-
20 Thu 06-02-20 No
Manage Project
Communication
Mon 10-02-
20 Fri 07-02-20 Fri 07-02-20 Mon 10-02-20 No
Review Progress Mon 10-02-20 Fri 07-02-20 Fri 07-02-20 Mon 10-02-20 No
Project Monitoring and
Control Stage Thu 16-04-20 Tue 11-02-
20
Tue 11-02-
20 Thu 16-04-20 No
Monitor and Control
Project Work
Mon 17-02-
20
Tue 11-02-
20
Tue 11-02-
20 Mon 17-02-20 No
Authorize Work Wed 12-02-20 Tue 11-02-20 Tue 11-02-20 Wed 12-02-20 No
Manage Action Items
and Project Records Mon 17-02-20 Thu 13-02-20 Thu 13-02-20 Mon 17-02-20 No
Integrated Change
Control
Wed 26-02-
20
Tue 18-02-
20
Tue 18-02-
20 Wed 26-02-20 No
Manage Scope and
Requirements Fri 21-02-20 Tue 18-02-20 Tue 18-02-20 Fri 21-02-20 No
Control Decisions and
Changes Wed 26-02-20 Mon 24-02-
20
Mon 24-02-
20 Wed 26-02-20 No
Scope Verification Fri 28-02-20 Thu 27-02-
20
Thu 27-02-
20 Fri 28-02-20 No
Manage Project
Acceptance Fri 28-02-20 Thu 27-02-20 Thu 27-02-20 Fri 28-02-20 No
Schedule Control Fri 13-03-20 Mon 02-03-
20
Mon 02-03-
20 Fri 13-03-20 No
Track Status Thu 05-03-20 Mon 02-03-
20
Mon 02-03-
20 Thu 05-03-20 No
Maintain Project
Schedule Tue 10-03-20 Fri 06-03-20 Fri 06-03-20 Tue 10-03-20 No
Maintain Work Plans Fri 13-03-20 Wed 11-03-
20
Wed 11-03-
20 Fri 13-03-20 No
Manage Finances Thu 26-03-20 Mon 16-03-
20
Mon 16-03-
20 Thu 26-03-20 No
Monitor Cost/Schedule
Variance Wed 18-03-20 Mon 16-03-
20
Mon 16-03-
20 Wed 18-03-20 No
Control Costs Mon 23-03-20 Thu 19-03-20 Thu 19-03-20 Mon 23-03-20 No
Maintain Financial Plan Thu 26-03-20 Tue 24-03-20 Tue 24-03-20 Thu 26-03-20 No
Perform Quality Control Fri 10-04-20 Fri 27-03-20 Fri 27-03-20 Fri 10-04-20 No
Control Quality Tue 31-03-20 Fri 27-03-20 Fri 27-03-20 Tue 31-03-20 No
Participate in Testing Mon 06-04-20 Wed 01-04- Wed 01-04- Mon 06-04-20 No
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20 20
Measure Quality Levels Fri 10-04-20 Tue 07-04-20 Tue 07-04-20 Fri 10-04-20 No
Manage Project Team Thu 16-04-20 Mon 13-04-
20
Mon 13-04-
20 Thu 16-04-20 No
Manage
Communications Mon 13-04-20 Mon 13-04-
20
Mon 13-04-
20 Mon 13-04-20 No
Meet With Team Tue 14-04-20 Tue 14-04-20 Tue 14-04-20 Tue 14-04-20 No
Conduct Team
Performance Reviews Thu 16-04-20 Wed 15-04-
20
Wed 15-04-
20 Thu 16-04-20 No
Project Closing Stage Thu 30-04-20 Fri 17-04-20 Fri 17-04-20 Thu 30-04-20 No
Close Project Wed 29-04-
20 Fri 17-04-20 Fri 17-04-20 Wed 29-04-20 No
Summarize Project
Results and Lessons Learned Tue 21-04-20 Fri 17-04-20 Fri 17-04-20 Tue 21-04-20 No
Review and Recognize
Team Performance Thu 23-04-20 Wed 22-04-
20
Wed 22-04-
20 Thu 23-04-20 No
Close Out the Project
Records Mon 27-04-20 Fri 24-04-20 Fri 24-04-20 Mon 27-04-20 No
Review and Reconcile
Financial Performance Wed 29-04-20 Tue 28-04-20 Tue 28-04-20 Wed 29-04-20 No
Contract Closure Thu 30-04-20 Thu 30-04-
20
Thu 30-04-
20 Thu 30-04-20 No
Close Contract Thu 30-04-20 Thu 30-04-20 Thu 30-04-20 Thu 30-04-20 No
Critical Path
The below figure is used to shows the Identified Critical path.
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1.2 Work Breakdown Structure
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PROJECT SCHEDULING FOR TEESSIDE PLC
Initial Stage
of the Project
Project Design and
Planning Stage
Project
Execution
Stage
Project Monitoring and
Controlling Stage
Project Closing
Stage
Identification
of Objectives
and Goals
Project
Environment
set up
Acquire
Project Team
Monitor and
Control
Project Work
Project Close
Integrated
Change
Control
Developments
of Plans and
Strategies
Direct and
Manage
Project
Execution
Define Scope
Contract
Closure
Scope
Verification
Development
of Project
Schedule Manage
Team
Performance
Development
of
Preliminary
Project Scope
Statement Schedule
ControlDevelopment
of Risk Plans
Assure
QualityProject
Charter
Development Manage
Finances
Quality Plan
Manage
Project
Communicat
ion Perform
Quality
Control
Development
of Financial
Plan
Organize the
Peer Review
Manage
Project TeamDevelopment
of Project
Management
Plan

Importance of WBS Project Management
The work breakdown structure is used to display the overall project work and
deliverables which is represented in Hierarchy in a project. It has various benefits such as
(Heerkens, 2015),
 It is helps to prevent the work from the slipping through the cracks.
 It is provide the impact of the work indications.
 It creates the process of scope management and its plan.
 It defines the project scope and collects the requirement of the project - It is one of
the key functions of the project management. It is make sure that everything within
the project scope is completed without carrying out the any extra work.
 It provides the basic estimation of the project time and cost.
 It is fulfilling the intended purposes - It is major criterion for project success that it
fulfils its intended purpose. It is implements the overall function of the project.
 The WBS is used to define the scope by listing the separate task that will be making
up the projects.
 One of the main important parts of the project management is to assign the
responsibility for the project work. But, the WBS easily assigns the responsibility of
the each of the tasks in the project schedule.
 Main aim of WBS is to tracking the progress in the project schedule because it have
the clearly defined limits which can determine the how advanced project is by
checking which tasks are finished.
1.3 Identification of the Critical Path
Basically, Method of the critical path is a resource utilization algorithm which is used for
scheduling the set of project activities and it includes the following aspects such as,
 Task Dependencies
 Provide the task estimation tile for each task.
 List of all tasks required to complete the project.
In project schedule, the critical path is the longest sequence of the activities which is required
to be completed on the time to make the completion of the project is on time. The critical
path activities are not be initiated until their predecessors have been completed. It determines
the sequence of activities and specifies the individual activities. The Identification of critical
path is used to do four calculations such as
 Early Start time
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 Early finish time
 Latest Finish time
 Latest Start time
The identified critical tasks are illustrated as
below.
The below figure is used to shows the
critical Path.
2. Task B: Resource Planning
2.1 Resource Histograms
The resource histogram is displayed
as below.
The below graph is used to display the
Resource histogram for the skilled labour
(Meredith, 2019).
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Name
Manage Process Data
Provide General Office Support
Administer Project Security Processes
Provide Team Training
Recognize Success
Participate in Walk-through and
Reviews
Conduct Project Reviews
Facilitate Continuous Improvement
Review Progress
Authorize Work
Manage Action Items and Project
Records
Manage Scope and Requirements
Control Decisions and Changes
Manage Project Acceptance
Track Status
Maintain Project Schedule
Maintain Work Plans
Monitor Cost/Schedule Variance
Control Costs
Maintain Financial Plan
Control Quality
Participate in Testing
Measure Quality Levels
Manage Communications
Meet With Team
Conduct Team Performance Reviews
Summarize Project Results and Lessons
Learned
Review and Recognize Team
Performance
Close Out the Project Records
Review and Reconcile Financial
Performance
Close Contract