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MLSP Assignment 4
Work Packages and Staffing Profile
for
[name of your DSS project]
[name of your DSS company]
Submitted to
[insert name of instructor or sponsor]
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
[insert number and name of course or other sponsor’s identifying
information]
by
[your name]
[date submitted]
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Section 4
4.1 Work packages for the 5 major components of [insert name of your DSS]
4.1.1 Work package for [insert the number and name of the WBS element]
Description: [brief description]
Estimated duration:
Start date:
End date:
Resources needed
# of Personnel:
Skills needed:
Tools needed:
Other:
Predecessor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate predecessors]
Successor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate successors]
Work products generated:
Work products to be baselined:
Completion criteria for this work package:
Risk factors for this work package:
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4.1.2 Work package for [insert the number and name of the WBS element]
Description: [brief description]
Estimated duration:
Start date:
End date:
Resources needed
# of Personnel:
Skills needed:
Tools needed:
Other:
Predecessor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate predecessors]
Successor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate successors]
Work products generated:
Work products to be baselined:
Completion criteria for this work package:
Risk factors for this work package:
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4.1.3 Work package for [insert the number and name of the WBS element]
Description: [brief description]
Estimated duration:
Start date:
End date:
Resources needed
# of Personnel:
Skills needed:
Tools needed:
Other:
Predecessor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate predecessors]
Successor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate successors]
Work products generated:
Work products to be baselined:
Completion criteria for this work package:
Risk factors for this work package:
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4.1.4 Work package for [insert the number and name of the WBS element]
Description: [brief description]
Estimated duration:
Start date:
End date:
Resources needed
# of Personnel:
Skills needed:
Tools needed:
Other:
Predecessor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate predecessors]
Successor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate successors]
Work products generated:
Work products to be baselined:
Completion criteria for this work package:
Risk factors for this work package:
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4.1.5 Work package for [insert the number and name of the WBS element]
Description: [brief description]
Estimated duration:
Start date:
End date:
Resources needed
# of Personnel:
Skills needed:
Tools needed:
Other:
Predecessor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate predecessors]
Successor tasks: [WBS numbers and names of immediate successors]
Work products generated:
Work products to be baselined:
Completion criteria for this work package:
Risk factors for this work package:
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4.2 Staffing Profile
4.2.1 Staffing Profile; Tabular Form
[compete the staffing table using your Gantt chart from Assignment 3 and the
staffing entries in the estimation spreadsheet and work packages]
Month
Number of People
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
Month 7
Month 8
Month 9
Month 10
Month 11
Month 12
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4.2.2 Staffing Profile; Graphical Form
[Plot the number of people in each time unit in the table. The staffing profile is
constrained to a maximum of 15 people at all times. The staffing profile must be
consistent with your other estimation items, including the estimation spreadsheet, Gantt
chart and work packages. You can indicate the number of people in each month’s
column with xxx]
Number of People
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11 12
Schedule
(months)
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