MN601 Network Project Management

MN601 Laboratory: Week 09

Instruction

All MN601 laboratory reports should be submitted weekly at the end of each laboratory
section as individual submissions via Moodle.

Organise and arrange your Moodle folder submission needly. You need to name your files
using the weekly laboratory number, your names, and student ID, such as LabWeek09
YourName MITID.

The laboratory activities have two sections, Section A is about Microsoft Project and Section
B has a few questions related to project management areas. Thus, it will provide you with a
better understanding of the topics.

Do not retype or reuse laboratory questions to avoid high similarities, always aim for 0%
similarities for all laboratory reports. For Microsoft Project Section A, when you submit
screenshots, please take the whole screenshots of your screen. Ensure your report is
different from that of other students and not plagiarised.

Late submissions will result in a loss of 10% marks for each day the report is late.

Prepared by: Dr Nalin Sharda Page

Section A: Microsoft Project - Baselining a Project Plan

Baselining a project plan is essential to facilitate accurate tracking of project progress.

Project setting a baseline is typically the final act of planning. It should only be done once key
stakeholders approve the project plan for implementation, thereby signifying the transition
of the project from planning to execution. Before actually setting the baseline, following
important pre-steps must be followed:
 Ensure the schedule has been quality checked – validate the WBS
 Obtain approval of the schedule from the project Sponsor

Learning Outcomes
1. Baselining a Project Plan Using MS Project 2021
a. First-time baseline
b. Subsequent baselines
2. Save MyFirstProject file

1. Baselining a Project Plan

a. First-timeime baseline
 Open MyFirstProject.mpp
 On the Project tab  Schedule group, click Set Baseline, then click Set Baseline
 Select Entire Project
(Microsoft Project now copies all current schedule information such as Start/Finish
dates, estimates and costs into Baseline fields so they can be used as comparisons
with Actual information once the project gets underway)
 Click OK.
 On the View tab, select Gantt Chart to see the baseline schedule.

b. Subsequent baselines

 Select the changed or added activities, milestones and WBS elements.

 On the Project tab  Schedule group, click Set Baseline, then click Set Baseline
 Click Selected tasks, then click To all summary tasks
 Click OK

2. Save MyFirstProject.mpp file

Prepared by: Dr Nalin Sharda Page

Section B: Project Management Questions – Project Quality Planning

1. What are the main processes included in project quality management?

2. How do functionality, system outputs, performance reliability and maintainability

requirements affect quality planning?

3. Describe the process of achieving stakeholder satisfaction. Why is it important to

consider stakeholder satisfaction?

4. What are three main reasons it is better to design quality into a process than to find
problems upon inspection?

Prepared by: Dr Nalin Sharda Page