Saturday, July 25, 2009

Work breakdown structure

Today I was exposed to a new (actually old) way of planning for a project. Vinay taught me how to use Micrsoft project for making a work break structure. In my own words, wbs is a document in which we list all the tasks during the project life cycle and we use this task list to determine the time required, allocation of resources, precedence of tasks, determination of the shortest path to complete the project. Its helps to breakdown the project into smaller steps, to identify the critical path, to enable us to see the project from a prespective of a project manager.
Microsoft Project 2003 was used to create the wbs. Its an amazing tool. One of the key features is the way it shows the graph in a calender as we type in the tasks and as we assign the number of hours required for each tasks it updates the graph instantanesouly. Well this graph consists of the nodes which are tasks and the background is calender and the length of the tasks represent the time they take in calender. we can also assign the precedence of tasks. which will give the graph a structure. other wise all the tasks are shown in one single time block i.e the project assumes there are unlimited resources avilable to achieve the target and that one task is not dependent on the other. All this aside, to talk in more mathematical terms. Microsoft project will enable us to schedule all the tasks properly and to assign the resources at the critical points which will decrease the congestions and shorten critical path. It helps us to solve one big operation research problem. To increase efficiency. Psycologically speaking having listed down all tasks we can easily keep our goals short and focused. As we see task by task striken off our confidence builds up. Here is my current wbs











Project Start:

Project Finish:
Mon 7/27/09

Thu 9/3/09




Tasks



ID
Task Name
DurationStartFinishResource Names% Complete
1
Password Vault
28.38 daysMon 7/27/09Thu 9/3/09 0%
2
Project Kickoff Phase
0.5 daysMon 7/27/09Mon 7/27/09 0%
3
Identify Stakeholders
0.5 daysMon 7/27/09Mon 7/27/09Developer0%
4
Requirements
2.5 daysMon 7/27/09Wed 7/29/09 0%
5
Conduct Functional Requirment Meeting
4 hrsMon 7/27/09Mon 7/27/09Developer0%
6
Requirment Document
8 hrsTue 7/28/09Tue 7/28/09Developer0%
7
Create Use Cases
8 hrsWed 7/29/09Wed 7/29/09Developer0%
8
Design
9.25 daysThu 7/30/09Wed 8/12/09 0%
9
Identify business entities and relationships
3 hrsThu 7/30/09Thu 7/30/09Developer0%
10
Database schema design
8 hrsThu 7/30/09Fri 7/31/09Developer0%
11
Identifiying business rules
8 hrsTue 8/11/09Wed 8/12/09Developer0%
12
Identifying subsystems
6.88 daysFri 7/31/09Tue 8/11/09 0%
13
Design forms
30 hrsFri 7/31/09Thu 8/6/09Developer0%
14
Information flow diagrams
10 hrsMon 8/10/09Tue 8/11/09Developer0%
15
Screen layout diagrams
15 hrsThu 8/6/09Fri 8/7/09Developer0%
16
Configure Build Test (CBT)
13 daysWed 8/12/09Mon 8/31/09 0%
17
Configure
0.5 daysFri 8/28/09Fri 8/28/09 0%
18
Setting up repository
4 hrsFri 8/28/09Fri 8/28/09Developer0%
19
Build
10.75 daysWed 8/12/09Wed 8/26/09 0%
20
Develop database
2 hrsWed 8/12/09Wed 8/12/09Developer0%
21
Develop Procedures
12 hrsWed 8/12/09Thu 8/13/09Developer0%
22
Build Admin forms
24 hrsThu 8/20/09Mon 8/24/09Developer0%
23
Build Login module
8 hrsTue 8/25/09Tue 8/25/09Developer0%
24
Build User forms
8 hrsWed 8/26/09Wed 8/26/09Developer0%
25
Build Application Forms
32 hrsFri 8/14/09Wed 8/19/09Developer0%
26
Testing
2.25 daysThu 8/27/09Mon 8/31/09 0%
27
Test database Integrity
2 hrsMon 8/31/09Mon 8/31/09Developer0%
28
Test Database Procedures
4 hrsFri 8/28/09Fri 8/28/09Developer0%
29
Test Forms
8 hrsThu 8/27/09Thu 8/27/09Developer0%
30
User Aceptence Testing (UAT)
2 daysMon 8/31/09Wed 9/2/09 0%
31
Testing
16 hrsMon 8/31/09Wed 9/2/09Developer0%
32
Deployment
1.13 daysWed 9/2/09Thu 9/3/09 0%
33
Install database
2 hrsWed 9/2/09Wed 9/2/09Developer0%
34
Create Website
3 hrsWed 9/2/09Wed 9/2/09Developer0%
35
Deploy code
1 hrWed 9/2/09Wed 9/2/09Developer0%
36
Configure database and other runtime settings
3 hrsThu 9/3/09Thu 9/3/09Developer0%



Resources



IDNameGroupMax UnitsPeak Units
1Developer 100%100%



Assignments



Task IDTask NameResource NameWorkStartFinish% Work Complete
3Identify Stakeholders Developer4 hrsMon 7/27/09Mon 7/27/090%
5Conduct Functional Requirment MeetingDeveloper4 hrsMon 7/27/09Mon 7/27/090%
6Requirment DocumentDeveloper8 hrsTue 7/28/09Tue 7/28/090%
7Create Use Cases Developer8 hrsWed 7/29/09Wed 7/29/090%
9Identify business entities and relationshipsDeveloper3 hrsThu 7/30/09Thu 7/30/090%
10Database schema designDeveloper8 hrsThu 7/30/09Fri 7/31/090%
11Identifiying business rulesDeveloper8 hrsTue 8/11/09Wed 8/12/090%
13Design formsDeveloper30 hrsFri 7/31/09Thu 8/6/090%
14Information flow diagramsDeveloper10 hrsMon 8/10/09Tue 8/11/090%
15Screen layout diagramsDeveloper15 hrsThu 8/6/09Fri 8/7/090%
18Setting up repositoryDeveloper4 hrsFri 8/28/09Fri 8/28/090%
20Develop databaseDeveloper2 hrsWed 8/12/09Wed 8/12/090%
21Develop ProceduresDeveloper12 hrsWed 8/12/09Thu 8/13/090%
22Build Admin formsDeveloper24 hrsThu 8/20/09Mon 8/24/090%
23Build Login moduleDeveloper8 hrsTue 8/25/09Tue 8/25/090%
24Build User formsDeveloper8 hrsWed 8/26/09Wed 8/26/090%
25Build Application FormsDeveloper32 hrsFri 8/14/09Wed 8/19/090%
27Test database IntegrityDeveloper2 hrsMon 8/31/09Mon 8/31/090%
28Test Database ProceduresDeveloper4 hrsFri 8/28/09Fri 8/28/090%
29Test FormsDeveloper8 hrsThu 8/27/09Thu 8/27/090%
31TestingDeveloper16 hrsMon 8/31/09Wed 9/2/090%
33Install databaseDeveloper2 hrsWed 9/2/09Wed 9/2/090%
34Create WebsiteDeveloper3 hrsWed 9/2/09Wed 9/2/090%
35Deploy codeDeveloper1 hrWed 9/2/09Wed 9/2/090%
36Configure database and other runtime settingsDeveloper3 hrsThu 9/3/09Thu 9/3/090%






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