due on 8/27/2013  Type: Discussion Boa

due on 8/27/2013  Type: Discussion Board Unit:  Project Schedule Management  Due Date:  Tue, 8/27/19  Grading Type: Numeric Points Possible:  75  Points Earned:   Deliverable Length:  400–600 words  View objectives for this assignment Go To: • Assignment Details • Scenario • Learning Materials • Reading Assignment Assignment Details Assignment Description  Primary Discussion Response is due by Friday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Tuesday (11:59:59pm Central). Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the questions below with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. Now that you have created a work breakdown structure (WBS) for your project, your manager would like you to begin to determine any additional tasks needed to complete the work packages. You can think of work packages in the WBS as the “nouns” of a project deliverable. These nouns help you to determine the tasks, or “verbs,” for the project schedule.  For example, a work package could be a textbook for a project to design a course. The tasks needed to obtain the textbook could be to search publisher Web sites for textbooks that are relevant, and purchase the textbook that best meets the course’s objectives. Alternatively, you could have tasks such as write the textbook, edit the textbook, and publish the textbook.  • What additional tasks are needed to create the work packages for your chosen project (the IT or the construction project from the 2 scenarios in the last DB)?  • What are the start and finish dates of the project?  • What are the durations for the tasks in days or hours?  • What are the project’s key milestones?  o Note: A milestone is not a task. It is a major achievement in the project that does not consume time or resources.