The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management, 6th Edition

APPENDIX BThe Detailed Planning Model

In Chapters 9, 10, and 12, we explored a six‐step model for developing a detailed project plan. The example for this model, the home landscape project, was spread over these three chapters. To make it easier to see the steps of planning, the home landscape project example is repeated here, beginning with the detailed planning model in Figure A.1 and following the stages through to completion (Figures A.2 through A.6).

FIGURE A.1 Detailed planning model.

ID	Task Name	Predecessors	Duration	Labor Hours	Resource Names
1	Design home landscope	5 days	80 hrs.	Homeowner [0.5], Teens [1.5]*
2	Put in lawn
3	Acquire lawn materials	1	2 days	64 hrs.	Homeowner, Teens [3]
4	Install sprinkler system
5	Identify sprinkler locations	1	1 day	Fixed fee, 8 hrs.	Contractor, Homeowner
6	Dig trenches	5, 11	2 days	Fixed fee	Contractor
7	Install pipe and hardware	6	3 days	Fixed fee	Contractor
8	Cover sprinkler system	7	1 day	Fixed fee	Contractor
9	Plant grass
10	Remove debris	4 days	256 hrs.	Teens [3], Youth Group [5]
11	Prepare soil	10, 3	4 days	96 hrs.	Teens [3], Rototiller
12	Plant lawn seed	8	1 day	16 hrs.	Teens [2]
13	Plant shrubs	10, 1	6 days	96 hrs.	Teens [2]
14	Build fence
15	Acquire fence material	1	2 days	16 hrs.	Homeowner
16	Install fence
17	Mark fence line	1	1 day	32 hrs.	Homeowner, Teens ...