Instructions

Choose a business from the list below.

Conduct online research to establish the likely activities and their sequence that would be required to get this project started. Hint - think about both the start-up project and the product or service that will be delivered once the business launches.

Refer to the unit textbook for guidance about defining the scope, eliciting requirements, and defining your WBS. You can simulate obtaining this information - you do not need to go and interview anyone - you can base it on your online research. So, the scope of this assignment is limited to defining the project scope, eliciting requirements, defining a WBS, creating a project network, and developing an initial project schedule.

Your project must have at least 30 activities/tasks.

It is not acceptable that all activities are sequenced one after another. The project network should look like a network not a series of activities.

This task does not expect you to develop a project budget. It is about the scheduling/timing of the project.

Deliverables

1. A detailed WBS for the planning required to launch the new business, created in MS Project.

2. A project network created from your WBS.

3. An initial project schedule based on the WBS and project network created in MS Project in which you are expected to; a. identify/estimate the duration of each activity, b. determine the duration of the project, c. determine the slack of all activities, d. determine the critical path.

Business idea:

Owning a Food Truck

Given the limitations of indoor dining in many places, food trucks can be successful and profitable investments. Food trucks come in all shapes and sizes, serving up a wide range of snacks and cuisines. Mark is very passionate about food trucks and wants to buy a supersize truck measuring 5.0 m long x 2.1 m wide. Mark can equip his truck with a commercial fridge, freezer, gas burner, and a few more things to easily serve food to hungry people. After getting the required permissions, he will employ 4 people to work with him.