MN601 Network Project Management
MN601 Laboratory: Week 05
Instruction
All MN601 laboratory reports should be submitted weekly at the end of each laboratory
section as individual submissions via Moodle.
Organise and arrange your Moodle folder submission needly. You need to name your files
using the weekly laboratory number, your names, and student ID, such as LabWeek05
YourName MITID.
The laboratory activities have two sections, Section A is about Microsoft Project and Section
B has a few questions related to project management areas. Thus, it will provide you with a
better understanding of the topics.
Do not retype or reuse laboratory questions to avoid high similarities, always aim for 0%
similarities for all laboratory reports. For Microsoft Project Section A, when you submit
screenshots, please take the whole screenshots of your screen. Ensure your report is
different from that of other students and not plagiarised.
Late submissions will result in a loss of 10% marks for each day the report is late.
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Section A: Microsoft Project - Set up Project Schedule
Learning Outcomes
1. Using MS Project 2021 to set up project schedule
a. Define your organization’s holiday
b. Turn off change highlighting
c. Understanding types of project data
2. Save MyFirstProject file
1. Set up project schedule
a. Define your organization’s holiday
Open MyFirstProject.mpp project
On the Project tab, click Change Working Time
In the For Calendar: box, enter Standard (Project Calendar), if not displayed.
Move the month and year using the scroll bar to the right of the calendar
display.
Click on the day to change, e.g., Monday, 20 Aug 2012
Click the Exceptions tab, and then click an empty row.
Enter a description (e.g., public holiday) in the Name column
Click another cell in the same row to review results.
Repeat these steps until the organizational holidays are defined as shown in the
following Fig.
Click OK.
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To change the working time for a day
Select the day and then click Details ...
Click Working Time and modify the From: and To: values as shown in the
following figure below
Click OK twice.
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To change non-working day to working:
Select the day and click Details ...
Click Nonworking and click OK twice
b. Turn off change highlighting
Click the Task tab
On the Font group, click and expand the small square button on the left.
In Background Colour and Pattern, choose White.
Click OK.
c. Understanding types of project data
MS project works with three types of data: Task, Resource and Assignment
Do some research on above data types.
2. Save MyFirstProject.mpp file
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Section B: Project Management Questions – Scheduling Project
1. Why do you think schedule issues often cause the most conflicts on projects?
2. Check the critical path in your network diagram and discuss the critical path briefly.
3. My programmer has broken his arm in a skiing accident and cannot type for two weeks.
He has a valid sick note. How will this affect my software delivery date?
4. Considering the following small project in the table below.
a. Draw an AON network diagram representing the project
b. Identify all the paths on the network diagram and calculate how long they are.
c. What is the critical path for this project and how long is it?
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