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ME3101 / ME3102Mechanical Systems DesignClassroom
ExerciseProject Planning and Management11Project Planning and
ManagementLesson plan for lecture and classroom exercise
WeekDateTeams to attendWeek 329 Aug 2014Mass lecture (all teams
to attend)Week 45 Sep 2014In-house 13 to 16, industry 25 to 32Week
512 Sep 2014In-house 17 & 18, industry 33 to 42Week 619 Sep
2014In-house 1 to 4, industry 1 to 8Week 73 Oct 2014In-house 5 to
8, industry 9 to 16Week 810 Oct 2014In-house 9 to 12, industry 17
to 242Please check that you are supposed to be here!2Project
Planning and ManagementWe shall follow the guidelines in Chapter 9
to develop a project plan.
You can use a fictitious project or the project that you are
working on (make assumptions about things that are still not
finalised).
Parts of the worksheet that are still applicable in week 12 can
be included into your CA4 report and presentation.
Deliverable: each team is to submit a project plan to IVLE >
ME3101 > Workbin > Proj Planning Worksheet Submission, within
seven days from now.
Download the Proj Planning Template.docx from: IVLE > ME3101
> Workbin > Assignments.33Project Planning and ManagementFill
in Part 1 to Part 3, as they are self-explanatory. If you have
decided to work on a fictitious project, think of a project is of
comparable complexity as your actual project.
Define & Organise:Develop the Statement of Objectives (3
Cs). 2 teams will be selected to read out their statement.
Decide and complete the flexibility matrix.
Think of at least two major deliverables and enter it into the
worksheet. 2 teams will be selected to read out their major
deliverables.
4Part 1 to 3: 3Statement of Objectives: 3Readout by 2 teams:
4Flexibility matrix and major deliverables: 3Readout by 2 teams:
4
4Project Planning and ManagementWrite a partial project
description, one paragraph only. Choosing the most appropriate
content from the suggested list in Slide 11 of Chapter 9. You can
do it after this class.
Plan:Start Gantt Project or Ace Project. Key in the human
resources. Breakdown your 2 major deliverables to a few level 2
tasks. Key it into the project management software.
Consider logical dependencies and estimate total task durations
for the lowest level tasks. Hence set the properties including
human resources to execute them. Switch to the resources chart and
check that no one is overloaded or too lightly loaded.5Populate
Gantt chart: 155Project Planning and ManagementPaste the completed
Gantt chart and resource chart into Part 5. 2 teams will be asked
to show.
Combine the ownership table and WBS dictionary on Slide 17 &
18 of Chapter 9 and prepare a similar table for your project. Paste
into Part 6. 2 teams will be asked to show.
Risk management: teams are to develop it using information from
slides 26 to 30 and complete Part 7 and 8.
Deadline for submission: by next Friday 5 pm.
IVLE > ME3101 > Workbin > Proj Planning Worksheet
Submission6Show Gantt chart by 2 teams: 4Prepare WBS dictionary:
10Show by 2 teams: 4
Guided work should stop at about this time.
Teams are to complete the risk management plan outside class
hours.6In conclusion
Practiced defining and planning for a project.
This is a partial plan due to lack of time.
Expand the plan fully while you are preparing your ME3101
report.
Execute the plan for ME3102 to build your prototype.
During execution, apply the guidelines from the Track and Manage
section of Chapter 9.7
8Feedback (both complaints and compliments) welcome!
