This week we learned about Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) project baselines, network diagrams, and schedule compression. We also reviewed Gantt charts. Thinking back to the lecture and the concepts you learned, evaluate the following scenario and share your strategies in response to the prompts:

The owner (stakeholder) of a major American soccer team seeks to remodel his soccer stadium. In addition to hosting home games, the owner plans to lease out the stadium for various entertainment venues such as live performances, boxing matches, etc. The owner is looking to spend at least $25 million on the new additions to the stadium, which include a large stadium screen, more seats, more luxury rooms, etc. No corners will be cut and everything is expected to be completed in 6 months, which is an aggressively rapid turnaround for any project.

As the project manager, it is your job to communicate to the owner what the best approach to completely this project will be, based on the cost and schedule provided.

• Discuss in detail your strategy for communicating project scheduling challenges with the owner.
  • Your response should include your overall project communication strategy (project baseline, Work Breakdown Structure) as well as the medium(s) of communications you plan to use (phone, text, face-to-face, etc.).
  • Explain you reasoning for the selections you make.