Here is a sample WBS for an employee training management system:

1.0 Employee Training Management System 1.1 Project Management 1.1.1 Project Planning 1.1.2 Project Execution 1.1.3 Project Monitoring and Control 1.1.4 Project Closure 1.2 Requirements Gathering 1.2.1 Business Requirements 1.2.2 Technical Requirements 1.3 Design 1.3.1 System Architecture 1.3.2 User Interface Design 1.3.3 Database Design 1.4 Development 1.4.1 Front-end Development 1.4.2 Back-end Development 1.4.3 Integration and Testing 1.5 Deployment 1.5.1 User Acceptance Testing 1.5.2 Deployment Planning 1.5.3 Deployment Execution 1.6 Maintenance and Support 1.6.1 Bug Fixes 1.6.2 Enhancements

1.6.3 Technical Support

NOW:

• The format of a standard Activity Network Project Schedule varies from one organization to another. An excellent example of an Activity Network Project Schedule is in the Pinto text Chapter 9, Figure 9.20. In a larger organization with a Project Management Office (PMO), the PMO dictates a standard format of key project deliverables, such as an Activity Network Project Schedule.
• If you work for an organization with a standard template for an Activity Network Project Schedule, feel free to use your organization's format. If you want to use MS Project to complete this assignment, you can create an Activity Network Project Schedule in the form depicted in Figure 9.13 in Chapter 9 ofthe text. The process of building the activity network in MS Project is described in the text in Chapter 9 with "Example 9.1" and is covered in more depth in Appendix B.
• alternatively, you can create a drawing in a PC-based drawing tool (such as MS Visio) with the final schedule in the format depicted in figure 9.20 in Chapter 9 of your text.

Creating the schedule is relatively easy once you complete your MS Project WBS.

Beginning with each work package in the WBS, you must add the following in MS Project.

1. Each task (work package) should be linked to its PREDECESSOR and SUCCESSOR tasks. You know you cannot start the job until predecessor tasks are completed. Each predecessor/successor must be identified in the MS Project.

2. Each task should be assigned a duration. That is, how long will it take to complete this task? This can be entered in minutes, hours, or days. But using the sametimeframe for all jobs in your plan would be best.

3. Each task should be assigned a start date.