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MS Project Guide Objectives:: FIT2002 Project Management Monash University

This document provides instructions for entering a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) into Microsoft Project. It outlines 9 steps to: 1) set the start date and project information, 2) enter task names and set them to auto-schedule, 3) indent tasks to show the WBS levels, 4) assume a duration of 3 days for each task except summaries, 5) set linear predecessors between tasks, and 6) view the completed project chart showing the scheduled tasks and relationships. The goal is to practice constructing a WBS and project plan in Microsoft Project.

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MS Project Guide Objectives:: FIT2002 Project Management Monash University

This document provides instructions for entering a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) into Microsoft Project. It outlines 9 steps to: 1) set the start date and project information, 2) enter task names and set them to auto-schedule, 3) indent tasks to show the WBS levels, 4) assume a duration of 3 days for each task except summaries, 5) set linear predecessors between tasks, and 6) view the completed project chart showing the scheduled tasks and relationships. The goal is to practice constructing a WBS and project plan in Microsoft Project.

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FIT2002

 Project  Management     Monash  University  

MS  Project  Guide    

Objectives:  

• Understand  the  different  tools  of  MS  Project  2013  (or  2010)  in  order  to  construct  a  Work  
Breakdown  Structure  (WBS)  

The  tutorial  goal  is  to  enter  the  following  WBS  into  MSP:  

0.0  Intranet  Project  


1.0  Concept  
1.1  Evaluate  current  systems  
1.2  Define  requirements  
1.2.1  Define  user  requirements  
1.2.2  Define  content  requirements  
1.2.3  Define  system  requirements  
1.2.4  Define  server  owner  requirements  
1.3  Define  specific  functionality  
1.4  Define  risks  and  risk  management  approach  
1.5  Develop  project  plan    
1.6  Brief  Web  development  team  
2.0  Web  Site  Design  
3.0  Web  Site  Development  
4.0  Roll  Out  
5.0  Support  
 
1-­‐ First  open  MS  Project  2013  (or  2010)  J  
 
2-­‐ Go  to  the  Project  tab,  then  select  Project  Information    

 
 
3-­‐ Now  change  the  start  date  to  1/08/2015.  

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4-­‐ Enter  the  name  of  the  activities  in  Task  Name  section  

 
 
5-­‐ Select  all  activities  and  change  the  task  mode  from  manually  schedule  to  auto  schedule  

 
 
Note:  All  activities  are  set  to  the  start  of  the  project  in  the  Gant  Chart  (1st  of  August)  

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6-­‐ Use  indent  to  differentiate  the  WBS  levels  

 
Note:  Your  entry  table  should  look  like  this  now  

 
 
7-­‐ Don’t   worry   about   durations   and   predecessors,   you   will   learn   about   them   later   on.   Let’s   assume  
the  duration  of  each  activity  is  3  days  (don’t  set  any  duration  to  summary   tasks).  Enter  3  days  
duration  for  all  activities  except    0.0,  1.0  and  1.2  (summary  tasks).  

 
 
8-­‐ Let’s  assume  the  predecessors  are  linear  (For  example,  1.1  is  the  predecessor  of  1.2.1)  
a. To  set  predecessors,  you  need  to  double  click  on  the  activity,  go  to  the  predecessor  tab  
to  set  it,  or  you  can  simply  use  the  row  number  from  the  table.  
b. You  shouldn’t  use  summary  tasks  as  predecessors  

Note:  Look  at  the  duration  of  summary  tasks  that  are  automatically  calculated.  

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9-­‐ You  can  see  the  Chart  on  right  side  of  your  screen  
Note:  look  at  the  result  of  the  linear  relationships  

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