Plan schedule management with associated resources.
Unit 2 [GM592]
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Unit 2 Assignment: Schedule Management
In this Assignment, you will be assessed based on the following outcome:
GM592-2: Plan schedule management with associated resources.
Before beginning this Assignment, please download one of the following software’s below:
Project Online Professional (30 days trial period)
Libre Office (Free open source software)
This Assignment is designed to evaluate your ability to document the project team and physical resource requirements. The activities include creating the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), a Gantt chart, and produce a project network diagram for the project you selected. You will take the role of the project manager.
Here are the requirements:
● You will use the project from the Unit 1 Assignment for the Unit 2 Assignment.
● Construct a Responsibility Assignment Matrix for the labor, equipment, and material allocated to the project from the Unit 1 Assignment.
● Construct a Gantt chart based on the WBS activities from your project.
● Construct a project Network Diagram from your project.
● Please go to the internet for templates or documents that can help you meet the requirements.
● The templates or documents that you use must meet all criteria specified in the grading rubric.
Components
● Title page formatted in APA 6th edition style with the following information: Title of the paper, your name, course number and section number, and date.
● A table of contents using the following headers: Introduction, Resource Assignment Matrix (RAM), Gantt Chart, Network Diagram, Conclusion, and References.
● A minimum of three scholarly journal and textbook source references cited and credited according to APA 6th edition formatting style using a minimum of six in-text citations.
● The paper should be focused and to the point, containing between 600–800 words specific to the table of content items (excluding references).
Unit 2 [GM592]
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Directions for Submitting your Assignment:
● To submit your Unit 2 Assignment, upload all Assignment documents to the Unit 2 Assignment Dropbox. Make sure that you have saved a copy of each of the files you submit for this Assignment.
● You have three deliverables. Be sure to upload all deliverables into the Unit 2 Assignment Dropbox.
GM592 Unit 2 Assignment: Schedule Management
Points Possible
Points Earned
Content (0-50 points)
1. Resource Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Contains all project WBS activities.
5
Contains all requisite/identified labor and physical resources.
5
Identifies method of cross-impacting resources to project WBS activities.
5
2. Gantt Chart
15
All WBS activities depicted.
Each activity depicted with incremental bar(s).
Schedule relationships specified using Critical Path Method (CPM).
Critical path correctly identified according to CPM.
3. Network Diagram
20
Uses activity-on-node format.
Project divided into all task level activities with task number, task name, and predecessors identified.
Task level activities correctly sequenced according to precedence (reflects Gantt chart).
Critical path correctly identified according to CPM.
Durations for all activities correctly entered (same as Gantt durations).
Forward pass correctly performed.
Backward pass correctly performed.
Float correctly calculated.
Minimum project duration same as reflected on Gantt chart.
Analysis (0-20 points)
Response exhibits strong higher-order critical thinking and analysis (e.g., evaluation). Paper shows original thought.
7
Analysis includes proper classifications, explanations, comparisons and inferences.
7
Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information.
6
Writing (0-15 points)
Grammatical skills are strong with typically less than one error per page. Correct use of APA 6th edition.
5
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GM592 Unit 2 Assignment: Schedule Management
Points Possible
Points Earned
Appropriate to the Assignment, fresh (interesting to read), accurate, (no far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (say what you mean), and concise (not wordy).
5
Paper is in 12-point font, and double-spaced with a double space between. Paper is free of serious errors; grammar, punctuation, and spelling help to clarify the meaning by following accepted conventions. At least three scholarly journal and textbook sources are cited and referenced in APA 6th edition format. Content is between 600–800 words specific to the table of content items (excluding references).
5
Total
85
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Unit 2 Assignment: Schedule Management
In this Assignment, you will be assessed based on the following outcome:
GM592-2: Plan schedule management with associated resources.
Before beginning this Assignment, please download one of the following software’s below:
Project Online Professional (30 days trial period)
Libre Office (Free open source software)
This Assignment is designed to evaluate your ability to document the project team and physical resource requirements. The activities include creating the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), a Gantt chart, and produce a project network diagram for the project you selected. You will take the role of the project manager.
Here are the requirements:
● You will use the project from the Unit 1 Assignment for the Unit 2 Assignment.
● Construct a Responsibility Assignment Matrix for the labor, equipment, and material allocated to the project from the Unit 1 Assignment.
● Construct a Gantt chart based on the WBS activities from your project.
● Construct a project Network Diagram from your project.
● Please go to the internet for templates or documents that can help you meet the requirements.
● The templates or documents that you use must meet all criteria specified in the grading rubric.
Components
● Title page formatted in APA 6th edition style with the following information: Title of the paper, your name, course number and section number, and date.
● A table of contents using the following headers: Introduction, Resource Assignment Matrix (RAM), Gantt Chart, Network Diagram, Conclusion, and References.
● A minimum of three scholarly journal and textbook source references cited and credited according to APA 6th edition formatting style using a minimum of six in-text citations.
● The paper should be focused and to the point, containing between 600–800 words specific to the table of content items (excluding references).
Unit 2 [GM592]
Page 2 of 3
Directions for Submitting your Assignment:
● To submit your Unit 2 Assignment, upload all Assignment documents to the Unit 2 Assignment Dropbox. Make sure that you have saved a copy of each of the files you submit for this Assignment.
● You have three deliverables. Be sure to upload all deliverables into the Unit 2 Assignment Dropbox.
GM592 Unit 2 Assignment: Schedule Management
Points Possible
Points Earned
Content (0-50 points)
1. Resource Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Contains all project WBS activities.
5
Contains all requisite/identified labor and physical resources.
5
Identifies method of cross-impacting resources to project WBS activities.
5
2. Gantt Chart
15
All WBS activities depicted.
Each activity depicted with incremental bar(s).
Schedule relationships specified using Critical Path Method (CPM).
Critical path correctly identified according to CPM.
3. Network Diagram
20
Uses activity-on-node format.
Project divided into all task level activities with task number, task name, and predecessors identified.
Task level activities correctly sequenced according to precedence (reflects Gantt chart).
Critical path correctly identified according to CPM.
Durations for all activities correctly entered (same as Gantt durations).
Forward pass correctly performed.
Backward pass correctly performed.
Float correctly calculated.
Minimum project duration same as reflected on Gantt chart.
Analysis (0-20 points)
Response exhibits strong higher-order critical thinking and analysis (e.g., evaluation). Paper shows original thought.
7
Analysis includes proper classifications, explanations, comparisons and inferences.
7
Critical thinking includes appropriate judgments, conclusions and assessment based on evaluation and synthesis of information.
6
Writing (0-15 points)
Grammatical skills are strong with typically less than one error per page. Correct use of APA 6th edition.
5
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GM592 Unit 2 Assignment: Schedule Management
Points Possible
Points Earned
Appropriate to the Assignment, fresh (interesting to read), accurate, (no far-fetched, unsupported comments), precise (say what you mean), and concise (not wordy).
5
Paper is in 12-point font, and double-spaced with a double space between. Paper is free of serious errors; grammar, punctuation, and spelling help to clarify the meaning by following accepted conventions. At least three scholarly journal and textbook sources are cited and referenced in APA 6th edition format. Content is between 600–800 words specific to the table of content items (excluding references).
5
Total
85
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