Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

MS Project Exercises

Exercise 13.32 

Using the following data, enter the various tasks and create a Gantt chart using MS Project. Assign the individuals responsible for each activity and once you have completed the network, update it with the percentage complete tool. What does the MS Project output file look like?

Activity	Duration	Predecessors	Resource	% Complete
A. Research product	6	—	Tom Allen	100
B. Interview customers	4	A	Liz Watts	75
C. Design survey	5	A	Rich Watkins	50
D. Collect data	4	B, C	Gary Sims	0

Exercise 13.33 

Now, suppose we assign costs to each of the resources in the following amounts:

Resource	Cost
Tom Allen	$50/hour
Liz Watts	$55/hour
Rich Watkins	$18/hour
Gary Sims	$12.50/hour

Create the resource ...