Project Management Homework: Project Activities and Work
Details
Hudson Henderson is the project manager for the Health4U Mobile App Project. Team members include you, a programmer/analyst and aspiring project manager; Patrick, a network specialist; Nancy, a business analyst; and Bonnie, another programmer/analyst. Other people are supporting the project from other departments, including Yusaff from Human Resources and Cassandra from Finance. Assume that these are the only people who can be assigned and charged to work on project activities. Recall that as the leader of development of health information resources and systems, you have a schedule and cost goals which are to complete the project in six months for under $350,000.
Use the following WBS to complete the Gantt Chart:
A. Project Management
B. Requirements Definition
C. App Design
a. Fitness Tracker
b. Medication Tracker
c. Electronic Address Book
d. Emergencies List
e. Emergencies Information List
f. Resource Feature List
g. Payment Feature
D. App Development
a. Fitness Tracker
b. Medication Tracker
c. Electronic Address Book
d. Emergencies List
e. Emergencies Information List
f. Resource Feature List
g. Payment Feature
E. Testing
F. Training, Roll Out, and Support
Task
a. Using the provided WBS given create a Gantt chart, estimate the task durations and enter dependencies as appropriate. Remember that your schedule goal for the project is six months. The Gantt chart can be created in MS Excel or created in a project management software. Submit the file in either PDF format or as an MS Excel file.
b. Write a short paper summarizing how you would assign the team members to each activity from Tasks a and b. Include a table or matrix listing how many hours each person would work on each task.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.