Microsoft ® Project®Computer LabLab 2: Project planning and control using Microsoft ® Project®EGR 312-14A (Summer '08)Microsoft ® Project®Computer LabLab 2: Project planning and control using Microsoft ® Project®Consider a project with the following activities.Activity DescriptionImmediatePredecessorsDuration(days)PercentCompleteA Build Foundation - 5 100%B Build walls and ceilings A 8 100%C Build roof B 10 50%D Do electrical wiring B 5 100%E Install windows B 4 100%F Install siding E 6 75% G Paint C,F 3 0% Question 1: Input the information into MS Project. Find the critical path.1. Click on ‘Project Information …’ under ‘Project’ in the menu bar. The default project start date is today. Change it to one week from now (June 25.) 2. Click on ‘Change working time …’ in the ‘Tools’ menu. Set the following dates to nonworking times: July 4.3. Click on the first line under ‘Task Name’ in the Gantt chart. Enter the tasks and durations from the table above into the Gantt chart. Create an additional task named ‘Finish’ with duration of 0 (note: this creates a ‘milestone’ that is the end of the job.)4. To schedule the tasks and create the precedence, select the tasks to be linked and then choose the link symbol from the toolbar (note: hold down the control key to link 2 or more tasks not right next to each other.) Link tasks D and G to ‘Finish’.5. Select ‘Network Diagram’ under ‘View’ to see the critical path. 6. To see the critical path on the Gantt chart, select ‘More views …’ in the ‘Views’ menu, then ‘Detail Gantt’. What is the critical path?Question 2: Update project progress. Identify potential problems.1. Select ‘‘Project Information …’ from the ‘Project’ menu. Change the current date to Wednesday, July 16.2. Select ‘Tracking Gantt’ from the ‘View’ menu.3. Select ‘Table: Tracking’ from the ‘View’ menu.4. Scroll over until you can see and enter data into the ‘% Comp’ column. (note: you can adjust the size of the chart frame and/or the columns in the data entry frame in order to view the name and % complete.)5. Enter the percent complete from the table above into the ‘%Comp’ column.6. Review the Gantt chart. Is there a potential that the project might fail to finish on time? Which task do you need to concentrate on to get the project back
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