CS6388 Project Phase 3  Due May 3, 2010 at 11:00 PM.

You have now completed a substantial portion of your project plan.  Your costs have been computed, you know how long it will take, and you're close to getting everyone on board with it.  However, two things are missing.

1. Create a critical path or critical chain diagram for your project, or, if it is too large to do this for the entire project, do it for a significant part of the project where such a diagram would be "interesting."  That is, there must be more than one path, at least one of which is critical.  Show the times for each of the paths. If you didn't break down your entire project into subtasks, show a critical path with your best numbers.  However, you must have at least two paths.

2. Risk analysis.  This need not cover all the areas of project risk, but pick at least two and analyze your project with respect to them.  Ideally, these should be the areas where there is the most risk, such as market risk, technological risk, etc.  Describe the risks, their possible impact on schedule and costs, and what you would do should this event actually occur.  Again, be specific to your project.  A generic description of risk will lose 10 points or more.

3. Fix any problems with your Phase 2 document, since these could affect the way you look at Phase 3.

4. I'm still grading 10 points on grammar and spelling, so please proof-read your project.

5. Get started now, even if you don't have Phase 2 back. 

The grading falls out like this:

40 points for the critical path/chain.
40 points for risk analysis.
10 points for grammar and spelling.
10 points for fixing problems from Phase 2.  If there were none, no points will be deducted.

Additionally, go through the comments I have made on phase 2 and incorporate any changes that I might have suggested that you feel need to be made.

The due date is non-negotiable.