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Planning assignment
The focus of this assignment will be on learning to produce a workable planning
as a group. To work successfully with a project planning as a group, you also need
to plan your individual activities as well.
Each group needs to make a planning for working on the assignments.. The
planning can come in the format of a Gantt chart with additional explanation, but
a clear overview in Word or Excel can also do. You have to make this planning
about the your whole workload for this course (assignment 1, 2 and 3).
You can make this assignment with your group, so you will hand in one groupplanning.
Make sure that your planning clearly indicates how you divide the workload and
which person is responsible for the different tasks/actions.
You can decide for yourself which program you will use to make the planning.
Hand in one assignment per group. Please make sure that the file name
contains your group number.
The deadline for the assignment is Tuesday 28th of April You can submit the
assignment in the submit folder on OASE in your group folder.
The assignment you submit will be assessed on the following criteria:
Milestones
Project planning
Planning means thinking about what goals you want to achieve before a certain time,
what activities you should undertake to do so and an estimate of the time each activity
will cost. A project planning helps you to get from an idea to a result.
When you are doing a project, you dont get paid to DO stuff, you get paid to DELIVER
results.
Describe the end results of your project. What are the things you have to
deliver at the end? (think of nouns)
Describe for each phase what the end result(s) is/are. When can you move to
the next phase?
Note that the phases are explained in the previously mentioned video on
project management. Are there phases that already have been predefined??
1. Concept
2. Definition
3. Design
4. Preparation
5. Realization
6. Aftercare
Describe for each of the relevant phases which steps you most likely have to
take to get to the result. Describe at least 4 content activities per phase.
Content activities are not project management activities, like adjusting the
project planning. Content activities are verbs. If a phase is not relevant, you
can keep it open.
TIP: Think backwards, from the intended end result to realization, to
preparation, to design, to definition.
1. Concept
2. Definition
3. Design
4. Preparation
5. Realization
6. Aftercare
Gantt chart
A Gantt chart is a project planning tool that is simple to understand and easy to
construct, it is used by most project managers.
The first step in making a Gantt chart is to list all the activities/tasks you need
to complete to for your project. Then, write down the earliest date you can
start the activity/task, how long it would take to finish and whether or not an
activity/task is dependent on other tasks.
Activity:
Assignment I
Initial
Meeting(Assigning
tasks, find 5th
country and finish
reading Ashby
chapter 14 and
reader chapter 4)
Information about
each country(A4)
Progress Meeting
(Analyze each
other work and
feedbacks)
Group Work (To
complete the
comparison of all
countries and add
references)
Last Meeting
(proofread,
conclude, and
hand in
assignment)
Assignment II
Finish reading
Ashby chapter 6
and 7 and chapter
8 in Reader
Choose appliance
and record
specifications and
take it apart.
Identify the
individual parts
and research
about the parts
Meeting to
produce the flow
Earliest start:
22/04/15
22/04/15
Length:
19 days
2 hours
22/04/15
12 days
04/05/15
3 hours
06/05/15
5 hours
11/05/15
2 hours
Intermediate exam
16/05/15
16/05/15
2 days
20/05/15
7 hours
Other
assignments/
homework
24/05/15
5 hours
Dependent on:
Preparation for
Test 2
chart. Explanation
in footnotes and
references.
Assignment III
Perform three
single eco-audit
by defining
scenarios and
assess data
Analysis and
reflection on
environmental
impact
Write 1 A4 of
different audit
methodologies,
analyze
differences, make
a conclusion and
reflection.
25/05/15
27/05/15
6 hours
30/05/15
3 hours
03/06/15
6 hours
Preparation for
exams
The next step in making a Gantt chart is to put all the activities in a schedule. You plot your activities by
drawing a horizontal bar, the length of the bar represents how long you think the task will take. The final step
is to color code the activities depending on the person who will be executing the tasks or the resources you
need.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Once you completed your Gantt chart you have an overview of the activities you need to do during your project, when you
need to do them, on what other activities your activities depend, and you also have an indication how many hours you will
need to spent on the project.