Refer to the project charter from Chapter 3 and the WBS in Chapter 7. The initial scope as identified in the project charter is mentioned below:
Building a single-family, partially custom-designed home as required by Mrs. and Mr. John Thomas on Strath Dr., Alpharetta, Georgia. The single-family home will have the fol- lowing features:
· 3,200 square-feet home with 4 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms
· Flooring hard wood in the first floor, tiles in the kitchen and bathrooms, carpet in bedrooms
· Granite kitchen countertops, GE appliances in the kitchen
· 3-car garage and external landscaping
· Ceiling 10 in first floor and vaulted 9 ceilings in bedrooms
In the previous chapter (Chapter 7), you were asked to develop a WBS. If you have not already done so, Suburban Homes is requesting that you complete the WBS to several levels such that the lowest level represents work packages and activities. Also, you need to make sure that no work components are missing to deliver the project outcome: a single-family home. You are asked to exclude the project management part of it and instead focus on the what aspect of the project and not on the how aspect of the WBS. Once the WBS is completely developed, please perform the following tasks.
Tasks to Complete:
1. Expand the WBS (Chapter 7) so that work packages or activities are defined at the lowest level.
2. Develop a project schedule at the lowest level of WBS work elements after defining logical relations.
3. Estimate durations of each element in the network.
4. Compute forward pass and backward pass to determine project duration.
5. Determine critical path for the project.