Lab Work Exercise, MS Project 2016, Project Management [ITDB 3111]
Using MS-Project 2016 and critical path techniques, schedule the various tasks of Sur
Refineries L.L.C., project properly. Assume that the projects’ starts on 01st Nov 2017.
Duration for task
Resources
Task Name
Completion
Predecessors
J1
8 weeks
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R1,R2
J2
30 days
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R3
J3
15 weeks
J2 SS, J1 FS
R4
J31
3 weeks
J2
J32
12 weeks
J1
J4
3 months
J2 FS, J3 SS
R5
J5
22 days
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R6
J6
5 weeks
J4 FF, J5 SS
J7
20 months
J5,J6
J71
8 months
J4
J72
12 months
J5
J8
12 weeks
J9
180 days
J10
2 months
J2 FS,J5 SS,J7 FF
J8
J7, J8 (End)
R2,R1
R5
R3
R5,R6
R1,R3,R5,R6
a) In your project calendar, set working days are from Sunday to Thursday (9am – 12.30pm)
and (1.30 pm – 5pm), all Fridays are full-day holiday and all saturays are half-working day
in the afternoon. Set the hourly pay as RO: 6/hr and RO: 12/hr for over time after the working hours.
Assign the subtasks, its dependencies and resources required for your project tasks. Assume that
R1, R3 as employees; R2, R5 as physical resources; R4, R6 as software/ internet resources. Also assume
that the resources R1, R6 are available for sharing with one other team or project only.
b) Create its Network diagram, Tracking Gantt chart and save them in your exam folder as two different files.
Set the milestones for tasks Ph3, Ph5 & Ph8 and show them in your project timeline.
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c) Analyze and determine the minimum critical path using PERT chart, which is required for completing
this entire project.
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