MAN400 Introduction to Project Management Individual Assignment 1 - MS Project Schedule You are an event planner and Seneca College has hired you to plan an exciting and innovative event for students that involves networking opportunities and entrepreneurial mentoring, based on the popular Shark tank and Dragons' den television series. The event will give students the opportunity to present their business ideas, and receive professional feedback and potentially financial sponsorship, along with networking and job opportunities. Your customer Seneca College has approved the scope of work you proposed {as depicted in your WBS). Now it's time to determine how long it will take to plan the entrepreneurial showcase event. In other words, you're building the project's schedule. Please use MS Project. If you're having difficulty accessing MS Project, you may use projectplan365.com. Create the structure of your schedule in MS Project using the WBS provided. Add the duration estimates for each of deliverables using the WBS provided. Identify the predecessors using the WBS provided identify milestones: Milestones are "markers\" that help us determine if we are on track with getting the work done as planned. They signify the completion of a major deliverable. In determining your milestones, think about the work you would want to celebrate with your team and the communications you would want to have with stakeholders about major accomplishments. Assign each task to a resource: Assigning resources helps us ensure we have clear roles and responsibilities on our project. This is critical in getting work done. Assume you have a team of at least 5 people. Create a resource pool using fictitious names, determine their capacity for the project, assume a reasonable hourly rate and assign these people to all the deliverables in the schedule. Identify the project's critical path: Use the software's functionality to identify the series of activities that determine the project's completion date. Assignment Instructions: This is an individual assignment. The Rubric is included on the last page of this document. Ensure that your name is included in the file name. Upload your .mpp file in Blackboard > Individual Assignments > Individual MS Project Schedule Assignment Multiple attempts, up to three attempts to upload are allowed before the deadline. If you are making more than one attempt, please remember that I will only grade your last attempt. Page 1 of 4 MAN400 Entrepreneurial Showcase Event Duration Activity Task Predecessors (in days) 1 Presenters and Guests None 1.1 Orientation None 1.2 Call for Applicants 1.1 30 1.3 Selection of Presenters 1.2 7 2 Culinary Planning None 2.1 Determine food selection None 7 2.2 Secure culinary vendors 2.1 20 2.3 Determine menu selection 2.2 5 2.4 Research food sponsorship 2.1 20 3 Media and Marketing None 3.1 Creation of marketing drafts 1.3 10 3.2 Review of marketing materials 3.1 5 3.3 Finalization of digital media 3.2 7 3.4 Sponsorship for swag bags 3.3 14 4 Site Preparation None 4.1 Venue selection 1.3 9 4.2 Venue booking 4.1 4 4.3 Assemble setup and dismantle crew 4.2 14 4.4 Discuss layout and event design 4.2 7 Page 2 of 4MAN400 Grading Rubric: Total mark out of 15: Criterion Levels Achieved Grading 1-3 1 point 2 points 3 points TOTA Structural Schedule is not Schedule is somewhat Schedule is consistency consistent with consistent with the WBS completely 3 with the Work the WBS consistent with Breakdown the WBS Structure (WBS) 2. Activity ew durations Some durations were Most/all durations were estimated. Task mode durations were (Estimating). estimated. was identified for some estimated. Task Task mode was tasks. mode was Note: I am not not identified identified for grading the for most tasks. all/most tasks. accuracy of your estimates. Your estimates are best guesses Milestones No/few Some milestones Most/all milestones provided with logical milestones provided or dates. provided with milestones logical dates were incorrect. 4. Dependencies No/few logical Some logical Most/all logical (Predecessor dependencies dependencies created. dependencies relationships) created. Critical Critical path identified. created. Critical path was not path identified. identified. 5. Resources Resource pool Resource pool is Resource pool is was not incomplete. Some tasks complete (5 or created. have a resource more people Most/all tasks assignment. were correctly do not have added to the resource pool) and all assignments. tasks have a resource assignment. Page 3 of 4