LEARNING OBJECTIVE The purpose of this project is to 1. Experience building a schedule based on the WBS 2. Synthesize the concepts of scheduling such as Estimating durations, Sequencing Activities, a Network diagram and critical path This assignment is to be done in your group and to take the information below and create a Project schedule in MS Project INSTRUCTIONS You will read the scenario below Acme Hotels Inc. is looking to change as a result of the competition from AirBnB You will then take the provided project schedule information and create a project schedule in MS Project The Project Start date is June 20th , 2022 Set up the project with the work week Mondays to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Notes 1. Please save the File name of your project is Lastname_Firstname_Section (eg. NXX) 2. Make sure all your activity duration is in the same units, such as days ACADEMIC INTEGRITY By submitting this assignment, we affirm that we have not given or received any unauthorized help and that all work submitted is our own. We have abided by Senecas Academic Integrity Policy and we understand that any violation of academic integrity will be subject to the penalties outlined in the policy. MARKING SCHEME (Rubric) as follows: Apply Core Concepts 5 Project schedule created as Gantt chart Quality of Work - Understanding Scheduling Deliverables with Activities shown 5 Indentation profile as practiced in class- deliverable and indent activities 10 Predecessors and dependencies shown 10 F-S correctly shown 5 Milestones included 5 Total Marks 40 LATE PENALTY There will be a deduction of 10% per day the assignment is late. Acme Hotels Inc - SCENARIO The schedule will be for upgrading the Reservation System and adding cell phone based services which are critical to providing the bleasure travellers and millennials what they are looking for to have the most enjoyable time. The sponsor believes firmly that the resources available to Acme as a powerful multinational hotel chain can offer many more services, including connections and discounts to many local entertainment, attractions and dining places, will sideline AirBnBs impact to the company and, indeed, turn Acme into a growth business once again. The sponsor has told you that the project schedule must clearly show the deliverables and when they will be delivered. The importance the PM places on these deliverables means you will show completion of these as Milestones. The sponsor will want to be updated each week and track progress of the delivery according to the Project Schedule. As a result, the Project Schedule is a critical project monitoring tool you will use daily in the project. You have learned that the project schedule depicts the critical path and knowing which activities are on the critical path you can determine what project team members you can support to ensure they complete their work on schedule so the project does not slip. You recall that ways you as a Project Manager can support project team members working on activities on the critical path include, but not limited to, 1. going to meetings on project team members behalf 2. try your best to gracefully prevent any extra work from outside the project be assigned to project team members on the critical path 3. add resources if concerned the work will be late (from class, this is crashing) 4. overtime or a day off in lieu of extra work incl weekends to hit the date INFORMATION to CREATE PROJECT SCHEDULE WITH Duration Start date End date Predecessors All are Finish to Start 0 Acme Hotel Project ? Days Mon 11/8/21 1 PHASE 1 ? Days Mon 11/8/21 2 Communication Management Plan 5 days 3 Conduct team planning 1 day 4 Choose communication plan format 1 day 5 Set communication goals 1 day 6 Identify stakeholders 1 day 7 Determine communication channels and frequency 1 day 8 Communication plan complete 0 days 9 Scope Definition 12 days 10 Collect requirement 6 days 11 Define scope inclusion and exclusion 4 days 12 Define acceptance criteria 1 day 13 Determine assumptions and constraints 1 days 14 Project scope defined 0 days 15 Estimate Budget 8 days 16 Estimate costs 5 days 17 Determine contingencies 3 days 18 Project plan sign-off 0 days 19 PHASE 2 ? Days 20 Conduct Need Evaluation 10 days 21 Personnel Recruitment 7.25 days 22 Post job description 1 day 23 Receive resumes 2 days 24 Screen resumes 2 days 25 Conduct interviews 3 days 26 Hire candidates 1 day 27 Assign responsibilities to resources, Intro to team 1 day 28 Responsibilities assigned to team members 0 days 29 PHASE 3 ? Days 30 Evaluate existing processes 3 days 31 Document all existing users & user roles 3 days 32 Reporting and End-User Management 5 days 33 Configure third party Interconnects (Social Media) 2 days 34 PHASE 4 ? Days 35 Brainstorm ideas 1 day 36 Vote on ideas 1 day 37 Consult with graphic designer 2 days 38 Review and approve draft 1 day 39 Finalize and roll out 1 day 40 Idea finalized and Roll-out 0 days 41 PHASE 5 ? Days 42 Design application architecture map 2 days 43 Create functional specifications 6 days 44 Design process models 3 days 45 Determine user interface 7 days 46 Determine technical and platform specifications 8 days 47 Secure user sign-off (legal agreements, Ts&Cs) 1 day 48 User sign-off on legal and Ts&Cs secured 0 days 49 PHASE 6 ? Days 50 Sketch user flow diagram 1 day 51 Validate flow structure 1 day 52 Choose user interface style 1 day 53 Develop Mockup 5 days 54 Mockup validated 0 days 55 Execute code development 16 days 56 Release testing 3 days 57 Perform bug fixes 2 days 58 User interface developed and tested 0 days 59 PHASE 7 ? Days 60 Record result reporting 1 day 61 Perform additional bug fixes 2 days 62 User interface has no bug 0 days 63 PHASE 8 ? Days 64 Record application statistic documentation 3 days 65 Record end user documentation 2 days 66 File documentation 1 day 67 Training 6 days 68 End user training (tutorials) 3 days 69 Develop training 1 day 70 Conduct training 1.5 days 71 Evaluate training 0.5 days 72 Training completed 0 days 73 PHASE 9 ? Days 74 Marketing meeting with consultant 1 day 75 Use branding/logo to develop further marketing ideas 1 day 76 Design brochures, social media, newsletters (e-mails) 5 days 77 Review + sign-off on marketing campaign 1 day 78 Roll out marketing 8 days 79 Marketing implemented 0 days 80 Project completed 0 days