MICROSOFT PROJECT EXERCISE

An aerospace company has received a contract from NASA for the final assembly of a space
module for an upcoming mission. The Project Manager has identified two types of critical
resources, engineers and technicians that are needed in the project. Following table lists the
project tasks, their precedence relationships, durations, material cost and resource requirements.
The indicated resources are needed for the duration of each task.
Task
Label
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Task Definition

Duration
(Days)
Construct shell of Module
30
Procure Life support system 15
and experimentation package
Procure
components
of 30
control and navigational
system
Wire module
3
Asssemble
control
and 7
navigational system
Preliminary test of life 2
support system
nstall life support in module 5
nstall
3
experimentationpackage in
module
Preliminary test of control 4
and navigational system
nstall
control
and 10
navigational
system
in
module
Final testing and debugging
8

RESOURCES
Predecessor Engineers Technicians
Required Required
1
2
1
0
-

1
3

2
2

1
4

4,6
4,6

1
1

3
6

5,6

8,9

7,10

Project start date is determined as Monday, 28 February 2014

Schedule the project from the project start date.
3 engineers at $16/hr and 7 technicians at $11/hr are available for the duration of the project.
Precedence is the classical finish-to-start.
All activities are of fixed duration and to be scheduled as soon as possible.
17 April 2014 is non-working day.
Show Critical tasks in the Gantt Chart.
Change the view to Tracking Gantt Chart.
Mark task 1, 2 and 3 as 100% complete, task 4 as 75% complete, task 5 as 25% complete
and
task 6 as 50% complete.
Create a resource cost summary for this project.
Preview the Cash Flow Report.