BSBPMG421

Apply project time management

techniques

Activities

Complet the following activities individually or in a group (as applicable to the specific activity and the assessment environment).

Activity 1A Estimated Time 20 Minutes

Case Study A - Work breakdown system template

Activity/task descriptors	Duration of task	Deliverables	Person(s) responsible	Sequence	Dependencies
Example: Lay foundation	5 days	Completed foundation stage	Project manager/ Project team	Must follow planning stages	Planning completed Availability of resources Availability of project team

Objective	To provide you with an opportunity to identify how to contribute to developing work breakdown structure.
Equipment needed	Case Study A - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) template Case Study B - Building an extension.
	This activity does not require observation. Refer to: Case Study A - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) templateCase Study B - Building an extension. Working in pairs, develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) by adding the following details into the template in Case Study A: Activity/task descriptorsDeliverables. Attach the document to your workbook.

Activity 1B Estimated Time 20 Minutes

Case Study B - Building an extension

Company: Fairlands Building Solutions. (FBS) Project manager: Lucy Jones

Company project: After securing a $450.000 contract, the company aims to complete a two-storey extension for a client, increasing the floor plan of a four-bedroom home to a six-bedroom home with one additional en-suite bathroom.

The work breakdown structure (WBS) will include:

Initial planning stages Scope statement Plan schedule Foundation work

Interior work, including plumbing and electrics Exterior work Finishing touches.

The extension will take seven weeks to complete, and project management will include:

Project manager - Lucy Jones Project team Resource management Cost management (budget) Risk management

Audit Document handover Project close.

Objective	To provide you with an opportunity to identify how to contribute to estimating duration and effort, sequence and dependencies of tasks to achieve project deliverables.
Equipment needed	Documents used in Activity 1A Case Study B - Building an extension.
	This activity does not require observation. Referring to the same documentation used in Activity 1A, in pairs estimate the following: Duration and effort Sequence and dependencies. Include the estimations into your document and attach it to your workbook.

Activity 1C Estimated Time 20 Minutes

Objective	To provide you with an opportunity to identify how to contribute to identifying schedule impact on project time management, resource requirements, costs and risks using project scheduling tools and techniques.
Equipment needed	Template document created in Activity 1A and 1BCase Study B - Building an extension (If used).
	This activity does not require observation. Referring again to the documents used in Activities 1A and 1B, create a document that illustrates the schedule impact on project time management, resource management, costs, and risks using one of the following tools: Bar charts A relevant software tool used in your organisation. Attach your document to your workbook.

Activity 1D Estimated Time 10 Minutes per learner, per roleplay

Objective	To provide you with an opportunity to identify how to contribute to achieving an agreed schedule baseline and communicating the schedule to stakeholders.
Equipment needed	Documentation created in Activities 1A, 1B and 1CCase Study B - Building an extension (If used) Access to two peers Suitable space for a roleplay.
	This activity does require observation. Your assessor has a list of criteria to base your assessment on. This a roleplay activity to be conducted in two parts. The first part to be conducted in pairs and the second in a group of three to four. 1. 2. With you playing a project manager and your peer playing a colleague, you must: Use the documents you have created in Activities 1A, 1B, and 1C, and outline the agreed schedule baseline to your peer. Ask them for their opinion on the schedule, and make any changes you both think necessary. With you playing the project manager and your peers playing the stakeholders, you must: Communicate your final schedule to relevant stakeholders and ask for confirmation of understanding.