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Project Management Exercises in MS Project

The document presents a series of exercises related to the use of Microsoft Project. The exercises include creating networks, calendars, tables, views, and Gantt charts, as well as inserting activities, resources, code schemes, baselines, and tracking progress. The objective is to become familiar with the various functions and tools of Project for planning, scheduling, and controlling projects.

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Project Management Exercises in MS Project

The document presents a series of exercises related to the use of Microsoft Project. The exercises include creating networks, calendars, tables, views, and Gantt charts, as well as inserting activities, resources, code schemes, baselines, and tracking progress. The objective is to become familiar with the various functions and tools of Project for planning, scheduling, and controlling projects.

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Exercise 1 (meshes)

Build and solve the following meshes manually.

1.-
Actividad Duración Sucesoras Tipo de relación
E FF
A 2 C FC
B CC+1
B 3 D FC
C 1 D FF
D 5 F FC
E 1 F FF
F 2 - -
2.-
Activity Duration Successors Type of relationship
B FC+1
A 3
C FC
B 2 D FF+2
F CC
C 2
E FC+3
D 3 G FC
H FC+1
E 3 J FC
G CC
F 4 J FC
G 5 K FC
H 3 I FF
I 1 K FC+3
J 2 I FC
K 3 - -

•Create the previous grids in MS Project in the network view and compare them with the
results obtained manually.
Exercise 2 (Calendars) BEFORE

Create a New Project called 'Exercise 2'


Define a calendar under the name RUNNING DAYS with a work schedule from Monday to Sunday.
With a schedule from 8:00 to 13:00 and from 14:00 to 18:00.
Define a schedule with weekdays Monday to Friday under the name MONDAY-FRIDAY.
To the L-V calendar, add the following holidays: September 18 and 19, 8 of
October, November 1, December 8 and 25, January 1.
Exercise 3 (tables and views)

Define the SALFACORP table - Income control. Add the following fields an
ponga el interior del [ ] como título.

oID [Act_ID]
name [Descripción Actividad]
Duration [Dur]
Total delay margin [TF]
real beginning
real end
Actual Duration
Remaining Duration
0% work completed

Define the SALFACORP table - Programming. Add the following fields and
ponga el interior del [ ] como título.

oID [Act_ID]
Indicators [Ind]
oName [Descripción Actividad]
Duration [Dur]
Total delay margin [TF]
I begin
oFin
Task Calendar [Cal]
Predecessors
successors
[Resources]
Names of the resources

Configure the Gantt Chart view to show today's date.


Red color and with a dotted line.

Configure the Temporary Scale so that three levels (year, month and
week)
Exercise 4 (Insert Activities & Group)

Open the program and insert the following activities with a calendar from Monday to Friday.

Under the organization:

Construction and Assembly


Pharmacy Store
[Link].
Level +4,300
Collaborating slab warehouse level +4300

Insert:

Activity EDT Dur Predecesora Tipo Sucesora Tipo


Collaborating slab reinforcement level +4300 CM 01000 1 HI 00015 FC CM 01010 CC
IF 00020 FC
CM 00890 FC
CM 00940 FC
CM 00990 FC
Collaborative slab formwork level +4300 CM 01010 2 CM 01000 CC CM01020 FC
Concrete slab Collaborating level +4300 CM 01020 1 CM 01010 FC CM 01030 FC
Describe the Collaborator level +4300 CM 01030 1 CM 01020 FC IF 00030 FC
HC 00040 FF+15
CM 01880 FC+7

Under the organization:

Construction and Assembly


Pharmacy Store
[Link].
Platforms
Axis Platform E'H/1-5
Insert:

Activity EDT Dur Predecesora Tipo Sucesora Tipo


Pre-assembled Structure 1-5/E'-H CM 02350 1 HI 00025 FC CM 02360 FC
LO 00020 FC
CM 02380 FC
Structure Assembly 1-5/E'-H CM 02360 1 CM 02350 FC CM 02420 FC
Miscellaneous Structure 1-5/E'-H CM 02420 1 CM 02360 FC IF 00030; FC
CM 02430 CC
CM 01850 FC

3. Under the organization:

Construction and Assembly


Pharmacy Store
Electricity

Insert:

Activity EDT Dur PredecesoraTipo Sucesora Tipo


Electricity (Arch) Pharmacy Warehouse Building CM 01850 16 HI 00035 FC IF 00030 FC
CM02420 FC HC 00100 FF
Exercise 5 (Delimitation & Calculation)

The data in the attached table represent the contractual commitments held by the
Project. Enter the following delimitations to analyze if your program meets the requirements.
they.

Date of Type of
EDT Activity Description
delimitation delimitation
HC 00020 End of Work 8-4-2008 It must end the
HC 00030 Completion of Civil Works Entrance Access 11-12-2007 It must be finalized at the

HC 00050 Metal Structure End Access Gate 1-1-2008 Must be completed the
HC 00090 Electrical Assembly Term Access Gate 15-2-2008 It must be finished the
HC 00040 Completion of Civil Works Pharmacy Warehouse 12-1-2008 It must be finished on the
HC 00060 Metal Structure Termination Pharmacy Warehouse 5-3-2008 It must be completed the
HC 00100 Electrical Assembly Termination Pharmacy Warehouse 25-03-2008 It must finish the

What happens in the program when entering the committed dates?

What is the project completion date?

How is the project's slack affected?

What actions can you take to fix this problem?

Modify the duration of the activities

CM 01870 30 in 25 days

What happens now with the slack?


Exercise 6

Once the previous activities are entered, define the following Scheme Codes.
where appropriate.

Scheme Code Code Description


Level 034 Level +4,300
Sector BF116 Collaborative loss warehouse Level +4,300
Level 402 Platforms
Sector BF122 Platform Axis E'H/1-5

Once the scheme codes have been defined, assign them to your activities.

Using the option to group through custom scheme codes, organize the
program at the following levels:

WBS
Building
Discipline
Level
Sector

What would happen if it hadn't been grouped through the WBS?


Exercise 7 (Resource & Graphics Loading) BEFORE CONTROL

Define the following resources in the Resource Sheet View

Civil Works Crew


Metal Structures Crew
Electrical Crew

Assign the resources for the activities shown in the following program.
table.

EDT Description of the activity Work Resource


o
CM 01240 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Exc. Fund. 23.00 Civil Works Crew
CM 01250 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Stamping 3:00 PM Civil Works Crew
CM 01260 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Enf. Fund. 32.00 Civil Works Crew
CM 01270 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Start Wall and Pile Emphasis 22.00 Civil Works Crew
CM 01280 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Foundation Formwork 24.00 Civil Works Crew
CM 01290 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Foundation Concrete 18.00 Civil Works Crew
CM 01300 Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Descimbre Foundation 3:00 PM Civil Works Crew
CM 01860 Electricity (Arch) Reception 750.00 Electricity Crew
CM 01870 Electricity (Arch) Interior Offices Reception 750.00 Electrical Crew

Using the resource load file [Link], perform the resource loading for all the
project activities. For this, first insert the Resource Name column.
If you want to paste the information from Excel, it is necessary to respect the format it has.
Project:

Nombre_del_Recurso_1[unidades]; Nombre_del_recurso_2[unidades]

For calculating the units, use the formula presented in the course.

Organize the data from the Resource Usage View monthly, display the Work and the
Accumulated work, copy it into Excel and graph it.
Exercise 8 (Follow-up)

Create the program's Baseline and graph it in the Gantt chart.

Define October 15 as the first date of status. This implies that until the day
On July 17, the progress of the work has been compiled, and at that moment it is intended
recalculate the program to see how it has changed compared to what was planned.
For this, it is necessary to update the program with the progress made up to that date.

%
BEGINNING END DUR. HARD.
EDT DESCRIPTION WORK
REAL REAL REAL REMAINING
COMP.
CO 00010 Contract Signature 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
CO 00020 Guarantees 03-09-07 12-09-07 10 days 0 days 100%
CO 00030 Delivery of the Program 03-09-07 22-09-07 20 days 0 days 100%
HC 00010 Start Work 22-09-07 22-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
HI 00010 APC Gate Plans 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
HI 00015 APC Plans Warehouse Pharmacy 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
HI 00020 APC Gate Plans 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 días 0 days 100%
HI 00025 APC Plans Warehouse Pharmacy 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
APC Electricity Plans
HI 00030 Goalkeeper 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
HI 00035 APC Plans Warehouse Pharmacy 03-09-07 03-09-07 0 days 0 days 100%
LO 00010 Metal Structure Supply 04-10-07 NA 8 days 42 days 0%
LO 00020 Metal Structure Supply 04-10-07 NA 8 days 42 days 0%
IF 00010 Field Mobilization 24-09-07 05-10-07 10 days 0 days 100%
IF 00020 Installation of Work 01-10-07 12-10-07 10 days 0 days 100%
Axis A-B/2-0; A-0/2-5 - Exc.
CM 01240 Fund. 15-10-07 15-10-07 1 day 0 days 100%
Axis H-0/5-6 & E-H/7-0
CM 00010 Excavation 10-10-07 10-10-07 1 day 0 days 100%
Axis H-0/5-6 & E-H/7-0
CM 00020 Stamping 11-10-07 11-10-07 1 day 0 days 100%
CM 00090 Axis A-E/7-0 Excavation 15-10-07 Not applicable for 1 day
1 day 50%

Once you enter the progress, go to 'Tracking', 'Update project', 'Reschedule'


remaining work to start after: ' and see what happens with the end date of
project.

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