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Join us for an introduction to project management and the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) at GSFC. Learn about critical paths, PERT, and scheduling for success. Follow the steps to properly structure your project tasks and achieve your goals efficiently.
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Trip to Goddard on Friday (a very brief introduction to Project Management)
Statement of Work (SOW) All of us getting to Bldg 2 of the GSFC by 10:30 on Friday Major elements (goals/areas) of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 1 - Air transportation 2 - Ground transportation 3 - Administrative details …..required for the GSFC
WBS Structure Usual practice is to work through a strict heirarchy, e.g. 1 - Identify every job element you can imagine (j) 2 - Identify the small work package into which it fits (k): k.j 3 - Keep chunking into bigger work packages (l.k.j) until… 4 - Every (j) can be traced to a major WBS goal, e.g., 3.2.3.2 Small Project WBS 1 - Identify every job element you can imagine (J) 2 - Use a graphic representation that can imply heirarchy, causality and time flow: A C B
WBS Elements for Friday’s Trip to Goddard When should each of these WBS be done???
Simplified PERT PERT = Program Evaluation and Review Technique Can accrue/track work already done (like Gantt) Can easily identify short/long term schedule items Identify earliest/latest times for doing each job element “Critical path” is the one with the least amount of slack Key to success is changing schedule to recover slack
plane A 14 - 7 H 3 - 1 F 5 - 3 airport shuttle airport shuttle B 14 - 7 G 3 - 1 C 14 - 7 I 2 - 1 GSFC admin E 12 - 3 GSFC D 14 - 7 day 14 day 0