Liberty University Management Case Study

OVERVIEW

Part 1 of your Case Study presented essential planning elements for your selected project. Part 2
will build upon these initial plans, allowing you the opportunity to use project management
software to build a task list, create a Gantt Chart, input resources, develop a schedule, and plan
for certain particulars that are common on many projects. This aspect of the Case Study will help
develop your develop your software skills and provide practical application of the concepts we
study.
INSTRUCTIONS
The following will be submitted in one MS Project document.
1. Open a new project in Microsoft Project. Save the file in this format:
LastName_Project_Name
2. Have the entire project as the first task you input (that is, input the name of your
project on the first line). Provide some overarching information about your
project. In the Notes file, describe the project and list the key deliverables. Include
any other information that may be helpful to your project.
3. Establish a project start date. In the Notes section, explain why you selected this
date.
4. Create a work breakdown structure (WBS) by decomposing the scope for your
project into deliverables and enter these as “tasks” in your project file. You must
have at least 5 deliverables.
5. Decompose the deliverables further into work packages (tasks) and enter them
under your deliverables. It is helpful to keep your deliverables as nouns, and to
use verbs for each task. Include enough detail to have 20–25 unique tasks.
6. Use the “Indent Task” button to create a hierarchy that delineates deliverables and
tasks.
7. Code the project following the 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2 format.
8. Establish the project schedule by estimating time durations for all of your
individual tasks. Enter the duration (in days) for each task.
9. Using a task’s Notes feature, justify the time estimates for at least 5 tasks. For
example, you might make the following note: “This will take 3 days to allow the
paint to dry before applying the trim.”
10. Enter at least 3 milestones for your project. Milestones typically use passive verbs
(i.e. Phase 1 completed) and do not have any duration assigned to them (0 days).
11. Link all of your individual tasks and milestones. You can use the “link” button
(appears as a chain link) after selecting the 2 tasks to be linked. Note that there are
numerous ways to link tasks. Vary your linkages by including at least 2
relationships that are not Microsoft Project’s default (Finish-to-Start)
relationships.
12. Not all tasks start immediately after a task ends (they “lag”) or wait until a task is
completely finished before starting (they “lead”). Therefore, have at least 1 task
include lead time or lag time. In the Notes section for this task, indicate why there
would be a lead/lag for that particular task.