Project Plan

Project Plan

Step 1 – Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

A work breakdown structure is a key project deliverable that organizes the team’s work into manageable sections. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) defines the work breakdown structure as a “deliverable oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team.” The work breakdown structure visually defines the scope into manageable chunks that a project team can understand, as each level of the work breakdown structure provides further definition and detail.

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure is a team effort and is the culmination of multiple inputs and perspectives for the given project. It often consists of Initiation, Planning, Execution, Control, and a Closeout.

Step 2 – Paper/Project Requirements

Please develop a standard project plan for building a house. This project’s project plan should include the following project management fundamentals:

1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) with a minimum of 4 levels: the WBS concept and its importance to project success;
   • WBS dictionary
   • Cost management: aligns with WBS
   • Time management: for each task in the WBS and schedule aligns with network diagram task durations
2. Network Diagramming and identify the critical path: based on the WBS you created
3. Resource breakdown structure: aligns with WBS dictionary, and
4. Risk register and Risk matrix: to identify high level quality trigger points

https://www.slideshare.net/dmdk12/the-network-diagram-and-critical-path

Please DO NOT use/copy the provided example as it has been submitted in the past, please utilize it as a reference only.

Step 3 – Please ensure these criteria are met in the project:

• Meets all the requirements and demonstrates understanding of:
  1. work breakdown structure;
  2. network diagramming,
  3. cost management;
  4. schedule management and
  5. resource breakdown structure, and
  6. high level quality trigger points based on the PMBOK.
• Analyses are very insightful and thoughtful; new ideas or connections are presented with supporting details and depth.
• Demonstrates clear understanding of the assignment and focuses on making the connection with organizational strategies in mind.
• Project is organized in a professional manner with a professional format.
• Almost entirely free of spelling, punctuation, and/or grammatical errors
• Sentences are varied, clearly structured, carefully focused, and fit assignment’s purpose and audience
• Chooses accurate, effective and appropriately specific words for their precise meaning