Complete the sections Building the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Scheduling th

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Complete the sections Building the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Scheduling the Activities, and Allocating Resources. This will require you to complete a MS Project Schedule starting with the template provided for you. Submit your MS Project file. Building the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): In Chapter 5, you studied scope management. The author states: “When we are first given a project to complete, the task can seem very intimidating. One of the best ways to begin is to recognize that any project is just a collection of a number of discrete steps, or activities, that collectively add up to the overall deliverable” For your project, you know that your final deliverable is when your Expedition Everest Thrill Ride is complete and open to the Public. The purpose of the WBS is for you to work through the process of decomposing your plan into discrete list of deliverables that lead to this final goal. Your manager recently assigned you to a project to build a new ride for Walt Disney World. The Expedition Everest Thrill Ride is the new ride that you will propose to your manager. This is project management.

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Project : To Build a new ride for Walt Disney World - The Expedition Everest Thrill Ride

A project is something that has a clear start date and a definite end date. Projects are executed by a team of members. In order to build a new ride for the Disney, the project will have to be broke down into several steps with all the steps included in it.

The Work Breakdown structure for this project will be as follows:

The Everest Thrill Ride - WBS (11-Jun-16 to 30-Sep-16) Sl No Steps Involved Person Responsible Start Date End Date Precedence 1 Estimate the entire cost of the project Manager 11-Jun-16 12-Jun-16 2 Determine the area required for the placing the ride Supervisor / Manager 12-Jun-16 14-Jun-16 Step 1 3 Design the ride and generate a graphics image of the same Manager / Government 14-Jun-16 17-Jun-16 Step 2 4 Apply to the government for approval for installing the ride Manager / Government 17-Jun-16 23-Jun-16 Step 3 5 Construction of ride should begin Engineers 23-Jun-16 30-Aug-16 Step 4 6 Inspection of Ride should take place Supervisor / Manager 10-Sep-16 20-Sep-16 Step 5 7 Apply for Quality Inspection Management 20-Sep-16 21-Sep-16 Step 6 8 Upon approval test ride should be conducted Supervisor / Manager 21-Sep-16 25-Sep-16 Step 7 9 The drive should be advertised among the public Employees 25-Sep-16 28-Sep-16 Step 8 10 Drive open for public Management 01-Oct-16

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