Outcomes 5 & 6 – Project Plan 

Students will develop a standard project plan for a project of their choosing that must be approved by the mentor, or for building a house. The project must have all the elements for meeting the requirements of the course assignments which includes a work breakdown structure (WBS) with a minimum of 4 levels, a WBS dictionary, and time and cost estimates for each task in the WBS. Based on this WBS, students will create a network diagram of the project and identify the critical path, create a project schedule and budget correlated to time and cost estimates provided in the (WBS) and create a resource breakdown structure reflecting the requirements identified in the WBS dictionary. Finally, they will identify high level quality control trigger points.

Students may propose an alternative project of their own design that shows attainment of the corresponding course outcome. The mentor must approve the alternative project.

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Projects are often expected to be completed within a constraint of time and cost. The purpose of project management is to ensure that all the expected deliverables are achieved within the expected time. A work breakdown structure (WBS) in project planning that helps to breakdown the project into manageable portions (Devi & Reddy, 2012). It facilitates the resource allocation process connecting the project to the specific skills available. In other words, the project is divided into several categories which consist of different tasks. A work breakdown structure has different levels defining the team and the functions. For the lower levels in a WBS, the elements are explained in a WBS dictionary. The other aspect of project planning is budgeting and scheduling for individual…

 

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