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Case Study 1: Creating a Project

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Case Study 1– Creating a Project

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Creating a Project
Background
You are a project manager working for a general contractor, and your firm is using P6 Professional to

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manage the renovation of an apartment building. Following a meeting with the project team, you have been
assigned to create the project and its Work Breakdown Structure.

Objectives
1. Create a new project using the information in the following table:

Project Data Item Value

EPS RENO - Renovation Projects
Project ID RENO-1
Project Name RENO - Creating a Project
Planned Start 05-Mar-18
Responsible Manager VP of Renovation

2. Funding for the project has been approved. Add a Notebook topic, Project Status, indicating that
the project budget was approved on 03-Dec-17 by Daphne Coombs, VP of Property
Development. The budget is $190,000.
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3. Now that you have created the project in P6 Professional, create a WBS structure using the
information in the table below:

Parent WBS Element WBS Name

RENO-1 Design
RENO-1 Foundation

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RENO-1 Structure
Structure Floors
Structure Load-Bearing Walls
Structure Roof
RENO-1 Utility Systems
RENO-1 Exterior Finishes
Exterior Finishes Brick
Exterior Finishes Roof
Exterior Finishes Doors & Windows
RENO-1 Interior Finishes
Interior Finishes Carpentry
Interior Finishes Floors & Carpeting
Interior Finishes Plumbing & Lighting Fixtures
Interior Finishes Paint
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4. Add activities to the project as detailed in the table below:

Activity Original
WBS Element Activity Name Activity Type
ID Duration
Design
A1000 Start project Start Milestone 0d

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A1010 Design renovations Task Dependent 15d
A1020 Review and approve designs Task Dependent 5d
Foundation
A1040 Excavate foundation Task Dependent 5d
A1050 Install drainage system Task Dependent 5d
A1060 Inspect and repair foundation Task Dependent 10d
A1070 Backfill and compact Task Dependent 3d
Structure
A1080 Erect protective fencing Task Dependent 4d
Remove interior finished
A1090 Task Dependent 4d
surfaces
A1100 Rebuild chimney Task Dependent 5d