MS Project (Tutorial)

Task 2 – 5 Marks

Produce a project plan for the way you intend to complete the rest of this assignment. For planning, use the timescale you have been allocated for this assignments i.e. from the date you start to the date you submit your assignment. Submit a copy of your plan to your tutor BEFORE you proceed further with the assignment.

Introduction

·           Briefly explain what you are going to do in this task.

Body

1: Assignment Plan

·           Define and list the main tasks of the assignment that will ensure you accomplish the assignment’s goal.

·           Briefly describe the main tasks that you defined by specifying task duration, activity involved and tools used.

NOTE: For the task duration, the start date should be the date when the assignment task is out. The end date should be the due date to submit the assignment task.

2: Gantt chart

·           Using Microsoft Project, do the following steps:

Ø  Key in the main tasks and activities involved at the ‘Task Name’ column.

Ø  For each task, key in the timescale to complete the task at the ‘Start’ and ‘Finish’ column.

NOTE: For the ‘Duration’ column, do not specify any value on it as the value is generated automatically based on the ‘Start’ and ‘Finish’ column value.

Ø  For any task, specify the reference or tools that you are using to complete the task at the ‘Resources Name’ column.

·           Specify the snapshot of your Gantt chart.

Conclusion

·           Briefly describe what you had done in this task.

·           Briefly describe what had you learn from this task.

PART 2: SAMPLE ANSWER (DO NOT COPY)

Task 2 – 5 Marks

Produce a project plan for the way you intend to complete the rest of this assignment. For planning, use the timescale you have been allocated for this assignment i.e. from the date you start to the date you submit your assignment. Submit a copy of your plan to your tutor BEFORE you proceed further with the assignment.

INTRODUCTION

In this task, I’m going to produce a project plan using Microsoft Project. The project plan consists of information regarding my planning to complete the rest of my assignment. The following is my project plan for my assignment. This is followed by the Gantt chart of my project plan.

PROJECT PLAN

Tasks Name	Task Duration	Activity Involved	Tools Used
Task 1	2 - 9 April 2012	·      Make research on 3 websites that is related with home office furniture. ·      Documentation of Task 1.	·      Internet for searching websites. ·      MS Word for documentation.
Task 2	9 - 16 April 2012	·      Make project plan for all tasks in the assignment. ·      Make Gantt chart for my project plan ·      Documentation of Task 2.	·      Microsoft Project for creating the Gantt chart. ·      MS Word for documentation.
Task 3	16 - 23 April 2012	continue your answer here	continue your answer here
Task 4	23 - 30 April 2012	continue your answer here	continue your answer here

Task 5	30 April - 7 May 2012	continue your answer here	continue your answer here
Task 6	7 - 14 May 2012	continue your answer here	continue your answer here
Task 7	14 - 21 May 2012	continue your answer here	continue your answer here
Documentation &  Submission	21 – 30 May 2012	·      Compile all documents for Task 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 into one file. ·      Print the documentation. ·      Burn the documentation into a CD.	·      MS Word for compiling documents. ·      Nero for document burning.

GANTT CHART OF MY PROJECT PLAN

Fig. 1: My project plan

                                        

Fig. 2: Gantt chart of my project plan

CONCLUSION

In this task, I have produced project plan on completing this assignment. Through this task, I have gained a clear insight on how to do my assignment throughout the specified time. Consequently, I’m ready to do the other task in my assignment.

Test 2: CHAPTER 5, 6

Q1: Define "direct materials" and "indirect materials". List reasons for a large company having two separate departments to manage the purchasing of each.


Q2: In about 200 words, describe the reasons a buyer might have for wanting to participate in an industry consortium marketplace instead of setting up its own private company marketplace.



Q3: Which industries were the first to establish standard RFID technology? In about 100 words, state why, in your opinion, these industries were more interested in RFID tag technology than other industries.

Test 1: Chapter 1 - 4

Due Date: 16^th May 2012 (Wednesday)

Question 1:
Select a retail store with which you are familiar that has a Web site on which it sells products or services similar to those it sells in its physical retail stores.
Explore the Web site and examine it carefully for features that indicate the level of services it provides. Using your experience in the physical store and review of the Web site, write a 200 word evaluation of the company's touch point consistency.

Question 2:
What were the main forces that led to the commercialization of the Internet? Summarize your answer in about 100 words.

Question 3:
Describe two possible service-for-fee offerings that might become available to users of Internet-enabled wireless devices (such as iPad or mobile phones) in the near future. Write one paragraph for each service in which you outline the profit potential and risk of losses for each.


Question 4:
In two paragraphs, explain why a customer-centric Web site design is so important, yet is so difficult to accomplish.


Question 5:
Promoting products on the Web is different from using mass media promotion or personal contact. Assume that you want to explain these differences to a person who is planning to open a Web site that will sell fishing-rod. Write one paragraph about each approach (mass media, personal contact, the Web). In each paragraph, explain the advantages and disadvantages of the approach for the fishing rod Web business.