CS6388 and CS4381 Project Phase 3
Due April 28, 2008 at midnight. 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
sub-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. Thus you should have a few
paragraphs for each area of risk. Again, be specific to your
project. A generic description of risk will lose 10 points or
more. 3. I'm still grading 10 points on grammar and spelling, so please
proof-read your project. 4. 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. 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. Please be clear that what you are to hand in is a complete project
plan, including all three phases. This should be one
document. The due date is non-negotiable.
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.
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.