Project Planning With Gantt Chart For Software Development Project

Description of Scheduling Technique

The project scheduling techniques are some software or tools that are used by the project managers for developing, controlling, and monitoring of the project operations in a schedule format. Task List, Gantt chart, and Calender are three main scheduling techniques that are commonly used by the project managers for the development of project schedule (Cicmil et al. 2017). For the Software Development Project, Gantt chart is being used and it would allow the easy tracking and progress reporting for the project. The most important benefit of using the Gantt chart is that it allows the quick estimation and development of the project plan. The Gantt chart is typically a bar chart for displaying all the activities of project in sequential order along with a timeline (Hegazy 2013). The activities of the project is represented by a bar reflecting start date, duration, and date of the activity. The Gantt chart has the following advantages,

Ease of viewing the progress and modifying the progress
Assigning the resources and tasks within short time
Can be adopted in all the projects and industries

The project plan was developed with the help of Ms-Project Software and it followed the SDLC for ensuring that the Software Development Project would be aligned easily (Larson and Gray 2013). The effective development of the operations with the help of the Gantt chart would allow the development of the software for the organization. The project schedule has been shown in the table below,

WBS	Task Name	Duration Save Time On Research and Writing Hire a Pro to Write You a 100% Plagiarism-Free Paper. Get My Paper	Start	Finish	Predecessors
0	Software Development Project	106 days	Thu 12/7/17	Thu 5/3/18
1	Project Initialization	27 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 1/12/18
1.1	Concept review process	5 days	Thu 12/7/17	Wed 12/13/17
1.2	Resource Accumulation	10 days	Thu 12/14/17	Wed 12/27/17	2
1.3	Initial Documentation	4 days	Thu 12/28/17	Tue 1/2/18	3
1.4	Charter Documentation	4 days	Wed 1/3/18	Mon 1/8/18	4
1.5	Submission of the Documents	2 days	Tue 1/9/18	Wed 1/10/18	5
1.6	Review and Signup	2 days	Thu 1/11/18	Fri 1/12/18	6
2	Plan Development	17 days	Mon 1/15/18	Tue 2/6/18
2.1	Plan Outline development	5 days	Mon 1/15/18	Fri 1/19/18	7
2.2	Review of the plan	3 days	Mon 1/22/18	Wed 1/24/18	9
2.3	Complete Plan Development	8 days	Thu 1/25/18	Mon 2/5/18	10
2.4	Plan Approval	1 day	Tue 2/6/18	Tue 2/6/18	11
3	Designing of the Software	17 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 3/1/18
3.1	Selection of design platform	2 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 2/8/18	12
3.2	Obtaining the tool required for designing	4 days	Fri 2/9/18	Wed 2/14/18	14
3.3	Making Design of the software	5 days	Thu 2/15/18	Wed 2/21/18	15
3.4	Simulation of the design made	3 days	Thu 2/22/18	Mon 2/26/18	16
3.5	Modification of the design made	2 days	Tue 2/27/18	Wed 2/28/18	17
3.6	Design Approval	1 day	Thu 3/1/18	Thu 3/1/18	18
4	Database Development	20 days	Wed 2/7/18	Tue 3/6/18
4.1	Selection of database platform	2 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 2/8/18	12
4.2	Database Migration	5 days	Fri 2/9/18	Thu 2/15/18	21
4.3	Prototype testing	7 days	Fri 2/16/18	Mon 2/26/18	22
4.4	Storage Media is selected	2 days	Tue 2/27/18	Wed 2/28/18	23
4.5	Stored in the new storage device	3 days	Thu 3/1/18	Mon 3/5/18	24
4.6	Database is completed	1 day	Tue 3/6/18	Tue 3/6/18	25
5	Software Development	30 days	Wed 3/7/18	Tue 4/17/18
5.1	User Interface is developed	5 days	Wed 3/7/18	Tue 3/13/18	26, 19
5.2	Functions are aligned	6 days	Wed 3/14/18	Wed 3/21/18	28
5.3	Coding the program for the software function	10 days	Thu 3/22/18	Wed 4/4/18	29
5.4	Black box testing	4 days	Thu 4/5/18	Tue 4/10/18	30
5.5	White box testing	4 days	Wed 4/11/18	Mon 4/16/18	31
5.6	Software is developed	1 day	Tue 4/17/18	Tue 4/17/18	32
6	Documentation and closure	12 days	Wed 4/18/18	Thu 5/3/18
6.1	Making final reports	6 days	Wed 4/18/18	Wed 4/25/18	33
6.2	Submitting the reports	2 days	Thu 4/26/18	Fri 4/27/18	35
6.3	Signing off	1 day	Mon 4/30/18	Mon 4/30/18	36
6.4	Go Live Software	2 days	Tue 5/1/18	Wed 5/2/18	37
6.5	Project is closed	1 day	Thu 5/3/18	Thu 5/3/18	38

Resources Required

The resource table showing the name, type, and rate of the resources required for the project

Resource Name	Type	Std. Rate
Project Manager	Work	$80.00/hr
Documenter	Work	$50.00/hr
Planner	Work	$45.00/hr
Designer	Work	$65.00/hr
IT Engineer	Work	$70.00/hr
Database Developer	Work	$75.00/hr
Designing tool	Material	$599.00
Documents	Material	$50.00
Simulation Software	Material	$179.00
Prototype Software	Material	$189.00
Storage Device	Material	$499.00
Computer Devices	Material	$1,299.00
Network Connection	Material	$349.00
Equipments	Material	$1,500.00
Coding Software	Material	$209.00
Testing Software	Material	$169.00

The project plan has been completed in 6 sub-projects or work packages namely Project Initialization, Plan Development, Designing of the Software, Database Development, Software Development, and Documentation and closure (Martinelli and Milosevic 2016). These sub-projects consist of number of activities that comprises the overall project schedule. The project has run for 106 working days from Thu 12/7/17 to Thu 5/3/18. The project initialization consists of the following activities concept review process, resource accumulation, initial documentation, review and signup, submission of the documents, and charter documentation. The plan development consists of plan outline development, review of the plan, complete plan development, and plan approval. The designing of the software consists of selection of design platform, obtaining the tool required for designing, making design of the software, simulation of the design made, modification of the design made, and design approval. The database development consists of selection of database platform, database migration, prototype testing, storage media is selected, stored in the new storage device, and database is completed. The software development consists of user interface is developed, functions are aligned, coding the program for the software function, black box testing, white box testing, and software is developed. The documentation and closure consists of making final reports, submitting the reports, signing off, go live software, and project is closed.

The critical path of the project is,

1à1.1à1.2à1.3à1.4à1.5à1.6à2à2.1à2.2à2.3à2.4à4à4.1à4.2à4.3à4.4à4.5à4.6à5à5.1à5.2à5.3à5.4à5.5à5.6à6à6.1à6.2à6.3à6.4à6.5

The critical path analysis has divided the project in critical task and summary and non critical task and summary. They have been sorted in the table below,

	Critical	Non-critical
Summary	Project Initialization, Plan Development, Database Development, Software Development, and Documentation and closure	Designing of the Software
Tasks	Concept review process, Resource Accumulation, Initial Documentation, Charter Documentation, Submission of the Documents, Review and Signup, Plan Outline development, Review of the plan, Complete Plan Development, Plan Approval, Selection of database platform, Database Migration, Prototype testing, Storage Media is selected, Stored in the new storage device, Database is completed, User Interface is developed, Functions are aligned, Coding the program for the software function, Black box testing, White box testing, Software is developed, Making final reports, Submitting the reports, Signing off, Go Live Software, and Project is closed	Selection of design platform, obtaining the tool required for designing, making design of the software, simulation of the design made, modification of the design made, and design approval

The critical path of the project has been shown in the following diagram with the help of light red colour highlights and the non critical task is highlighted by blue colour.

Project Schedule

Resource Name	Activities involved in	Work	Cost
Project Manager	Concept review process	40 hrs	$3,200.00
Resource Accumulation	80 hrs	$6,400.00
Review and Signup	16 hrs	$1,280.00
Plan Approval	8 hrs	$640.00
Database is completed	8 hrs	$640.00
Signing off	8 hrs	$640.00
Project is closed	8 hrs	$640.00
Documenter	Initial Documentation	32 hrs	$1,600.00
Charter Documentation	32 hrs	$1,600.00
Submission of the Documents	16 hrs	$800.00
Making final reports	48 hrs	$2,400.00
Submitting the reports	16 hrs	$800.00
Planner	Plan Outline development	40 hrs	$1,800.00
Review of the plan	24 hrs	$1,080.00
Complete Plan Development	64 hrs	$2,880.00
Designer	Selection of design platform	16 hrs	$1,040.00
Obtaining the tool required for designing	32 hrs	$2,080.00
Making Design of the software	40 hrs	$2,600.00
Simulation of the design made	24 hrs	$1,560.00
Modification of the design made	16 hrs	$1,040.00
IT Engineer	Design Approval	8 hrs	$560.00
Storage Media is selected	16 hrs	$1,120.00
User Interface is developed	40 hrs	$2,800.00
Functions are aligned	48 hrs	$3,360.00
Coding the program for the software function	80 hrs	$5,600.00
Black box testing	32 hrs	$2,240.00
White box testing	32 hrs	$2,240.00
Software is developed	8 hrs	$560.00
Go Live Software	16 hrs	$1,120.00
Database Developer	Selection of database platform	16 hrs	$1,200.00
Database Migration	40 hrs	$3,000.00
Prototype testing	56 hrs	$4,200.00
Stored in the new storage device	24 hrs	$1,800.00
Designing tool	Obtaining the tool required for designing	1	$599.00
Documents	Initial Documentation	1	$50.00
Charter Documentation	1	$50.00
Making final reports	1	$50.00
Simulation Software	Simulation of the design made	1	$179.00
Prototype Software	Prototype testing	1	$189.00
Storage Device	Stored in the new storage device	1	$499.00
Computer Devices	Resource Accumulation	1	$1,299.00
Network Connection	Resource Accumulation	1	$349.00
Equipments	Resource Accumulation	1	$1,500.00
Coding Software	Coding the program for the software function	1	$209.00
Testing Software	Black box testing	1	$169.00
White box testing	1	$169.00
Software is developed	1	$169.00

The project crashing is based on the factor that the total increase in the indirect cost would be less than the decrease in the indirect cost (Nakamura et al. 2015). The critical tasks and resources would be used for the modification of the project for crashing and it would help in ensuring that the project would be completed successfully. The feasibility study has shown that following factors need to be kept in mind for crashing the project,

Cost of indirect cost of resources required for crashing should be less than the reduction in direct costs
Overall project duration would be accepted by the client and feasible for implication
Critical tasks should be crashed only as it would form an impact on the overall project duration

Previously in the project plan, the testing, simulation, and analysis were done by designer, database developer, and IT Engineer. However, a Tester was employed at a rate of $40.00/hr for replacing them for the testing activities. The first crashing of the project has the following features,

Change of the project duration from 106 days to 111 days with the introduction of the tester
Increase of the duration of testing activities by 1 day
Decrease of project budget to $66,880.00 from $70,000.00 as the rate of Tester was less than the designer, database developer, and IT Engineer
Reduction in cost of each of the phase of Designing of the Software, Database Development, and Software Development

WBS	Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	Predecessors	Resource Names	Cost
0	Software Development Project	111 days	Thu 12/7/17	Thu 5/10/18			$66,880.00
1	Project Initialization	27 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 1/12/18			$18,128.00
1.1	Concept review process	5 days	Thu 12/7/17	Wed 12/13/17		Project Manager	$3,200.00
1.2	Resource Accumulation	10 days	Thu 12/14/17	Wed 12/27/17	2	Project Manager, Computer Devices[1], Network Connection[1], Equipments[1]	$9,548.00
1.3	Initial Documentation	4 days	Thu 12/28/17	Tue 1/2/18	3	Documenter, Documents[1]	$1,650.00
1.4	Charter Documentation	4 days	Wed 1/3/18	Mon 1/8/18	4	Documenter, Documents[1]	$1,650.00
1.5	Submission of the Documents	2 days	Tue 1/9/18	Wed 1/10/18	5	Documenter	$800.00
1.6	Review and Signup	2 days	Thu 1/11/18	Fri 1/12/18	6	Project Manager	$1,280.00
2	Plan Development	17 days	Mon 1/15/18	Tue 2/6/18			$6,400.00
2.1	Plan Outline development	5 days	Mon 1/15/18	Fri 1/19/18	7	Planner	$1,800.00
2.2	Review of the plan	3 days	Mon 1/22/18	Wed 1/24/18	9	Planner	$1,080.00
2.3	Complete Plan Development	8 days	Thu 1/25/18	Mon 2/5/18	10	Planner	$2,880.00
2.4	Plan Approval	1 day	Tue 2/6/18	Tue 2/6/18	11	Project Manager	$640.00
3	Designing of the Software	22 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 3/8/18			$9,378.00
3.1	Selection of design platform	2 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 2/8/18	12	Designer	$1,040.00
3.2	Obtaining the tool required for designing	4 days	Fri 2/9/18	Wed 2/14/18	14	Designer, Designing tool[1]	$2,679.00
3.3	Making Design of the software	5 days	Thu 2/15/18	Wed 2/21/18	15	Designer	$2,600.00
3.4	Simulation of the design made	4 days	Wed 2/28/18	Mon 3/5/18	16,23	Simulation Software[1], Tester	$1,459.00
3.5	Modification of the design made	2 days	Tue 3/6/18	Wed 3/7/18	17	Designer	$1,040.00
3.6	Design Approval	1 day	Thu 3/8/18	Thu 3/8/18	18	IT Engineer	$560.00
4	Database Development	21 days	Wed 2/7/18	Wed 3/7/18			$11,008.00
4.1	Selection of database platform	2 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 2/8/18	12	Database Developer	$1,200.00
4.2	Database Migration	5 days	Fri 2/9/18	Thu 2/15/18	21	Database Developer	$3,000.00
4.3	Prototype testing	8 days	Fri 2/16/18	Tue 2/27/18	22	Prototype Software[1], Tester	$2,749.00
4.4	Storage Media is selected	2 days	Wed 2/28/18	Thu 3/1/18	23	IT Engineer	$1,120.00
4.5	Stored in the new storage device	3 days	Fri 3/2/18	Tue 3/6/18	24	Database Developer, Storage Device[1]	$2,299.00
4.6	Database is completed	1 day	Wed 3/7/18	Wed 3/7/18	25	Project Manager	$640.00
5	Software Development	33 days	Fri 3/9/18	Tue 4/24/18			$16,316.00
5.1	User Interface is developed	5 days	Fri 3/9/18	Thu 3/15/18	26,19	IT Engineer	$2,800.00
5.2	Functions are aligned	6 days	Fri 3/16/18	Fri 3/23/18	28	IT Engineer	$3,360.00
5.3	Coding the program for the software function	10 days	Mon 3/26/18	Fri 4/6/18	29	IT Engineer, Coding Software[1]	$5,809.00
5.4	Black box testing	5 days	Mon 4/9/18	Fri 4/13/18	30	Testing Software[1], Tester	$1,769.00
5.5	White box testing	5 days	Mon 4/16/18	Fri 4/20/18	31	Testing Software[1], Tester	$1,769.00
5.6	Software is developed	2 days	Mon 4/23/18	Tue 4/24/18	32	Testing Software[1], Tester	$809.00
6	Documentation and closure	12 days	Wed 4/25/18	Thu 5/10/18			$5,650.00
6.1	Making final reports	6 days	Wed 4/25/18	Wed 5/2/18	33	Documenter, Documents[1]	$2,450.00
6.2	Submitting the reports	2 days	Thu 5/3/18	Fri 5/4/18	35	Documenter	$800.00
6.3	Signing off	1 day	Mon 5/7/18	Mon 5/7/18	36	Project Manager	$640.00
6.4	Go Live Software	2 days	Tue 5/8/18	Wed 5/9/18	37	IT Engineer	$1,120.00
6.5	Project is closed	1 day	Thu 5/10/18	Thu 5/10/18	38	Project Manager	$640.00

The project evaluation was done on the basis of keeping the project progress of first third of the overall duration and it was scheduled on 22^nd February, 2018. The following table would show the progress of the project activities till the mentioned date,

WBS	Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	% Complete
0	Software Development Project	111 days	Thu 12/7/17	Thu 5/10/18	33%
1	Project Initialization	27 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 1/12/18	100%
1.1	Concept review process	5 days	Thu 12/7/17	Wed 12/13/17	100%
1.2	Resource Accumulation	10 days	Thu 12/14/17	Wed 12/27/17	100%
1.3	Initial Documentation	4 days	Thu 12/28/17	Tue 1/2/18	100%
1.4	Charter Documentation	4 days	Wed 1/3/18	Mon 1/8/18	100%
1.5	Submission of the Documents	2 days	Tue 1/9/18	Wed 1/10/18	100%
1.6	Review and Signup	2 days	Thu 1/11/18	Fri 1/12/18	100%
2	Plan Development	17 days	Mon 1/15/18	Tue 2/6/18	88%
2.1	Plan Outline development	5 days	Mon 1/15/18	Fri 1/19/18	100%
2.2	Review of the plan	3 days	Mon 1/22/18	Wed 1/24/18	100%
2.3	Complete Plan Development	8 days	Thu 1/25/18	Mon 2/5/18	88%
2.4	Plan Approval	1 day	Tue 2/6/18	Tue 2/6/18	0%
3	Designing of the Software	22 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 3/8/18	0%
3.1	Selection of design platform	2 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 2/8/18	0%
3.2	Obtaining the tool required for designing	4 days	Fri 2/9/18	Wed 2/14/18	0%
3.3	Making Design of the software	5 days	Thu 2/15/18	Wed 2/21/18	0%
3.4	Simulation of the design made	4 days	Wed 2/28/18	Mon 3/5/18	0%
3.5	Modification of the design made	2 days	Tue 3/6/18	Wed 3/7/18	0%
3.6	Design Approval	1 day	Thu 3/8/18	Thu 3/8/18	0%
4	Database Development	21 days	Wed 2/7/18	Wed 3/7/18	0%
4.1	Selection of database platform	2 days	Wed 2/7/18	Thu 2/8/18	0%
4.2	Database Migration	5 days	Fri 2/9/18	Thu 2/15/18	0%
4.3	Prototype testing	8 days	Fri 2/16/18	Tue 2/27/18	0%
4.4	Storage Media is selected	2 days	Wed 2/28/18	Thu 3/1/18	0%
4.5	Stored in the new storage device	3 days	Fri 3/2/18	Tue 3/6/18	0%
4.6	Database is completed	1 day	Wed 3/7/18	Wed 3/7/18	0%
5	Software Development	33 days	Fri 3/9/18	Tue 4/24/18	0%
5.1	User Interface is developed	5 days	Fri 3/9/18	Thu 3/15/18	0%
5.2	Functions are aligned	6 days	Fri 3/16/18	Fri 3/23/18	0%
5.3	Coding the program for the software function	10 days	Mon 3/26/18	Fri 4/6/18	0%
5.4	Black box testing	5 days	Mon 4/9/18	Fri 4/13/18	0%
5.5	White box testing	5 days	Mon 4/16/18	Fri 4/20/18	0%
5.6	Software is developed	2 days	Mon 4/23/18	Tue 4/24/18	0%
6	Documentation and closure	12 days	Wed 4/25/18	Thu 5/10/18	0%
6.1	Making final reports	6 days	Wed 4/25/18	Wed 5/2/18	0%
6.2	Submitting the reports	2 days	Thu 5/3/18	Fri 5/4/18	0%
6.3	Signing off	1 day	Mon 5/7/18	Mon 5/7/18	0%
6.4	Go Live Software	2 days	Tue 5/8/18	Wed 5/9/18	0%
6.5	Project is closed	1 day	Thu 5/10/18	Thu 5/10/18	0%

The analysis of the project progress as on 22 February, 2018 was 33%. However, still the project required 111 days for completion instead of the previous duration of 106 days. Hence second crashing was done and an Assistant was added to the planner for deceasing the complete plan development duration. The second crashing of the project has the following features,

Decrease of the plan duration to 4 days instead of the 8 days required in the initial plan
Increase of the overall progress of the project to 35% for the same period
Decrease of the project cost to $65,920.00 from $66,880.00

WBS	Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	% Complete	Predecessors	Resource Names	Cost
0	Software Development Project	107 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 5/4/18	35%			$65,920.00
1	Project Initialization	27 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 1/12/18	100%			$18,128.00
1.1	Concept review process	5 days	Thu 12/7/17	Wed 12/13/17	100%		Project Manager	$3,200.00
1.2	Resource Accumulation	10 days	Thu 12/14/17	Wed 12/27/17	100%	2	Project Manager, Computer Devices[1], Network Connection[1], Equipments[1]	$9,548.00
1.3	Initial Documentation	4 days	Thu 12/28/17	Tue 1/2/18	100%	3	Documenter, Documents[1]	$1,650.00
1.4	Charter Documentation	4 days	Wed 1/3/18	Mon 1/8/18	100%	4	Documenter, Documents[1]	$1,650.00
1.5	Submission of the Documents	2 days	Tue 1/9/18	Wed 1/10/18	100%	5	Documenter	$800.00
1.6	Review and Signup	2 days	Thu 1/11/18	Fri 1/12/18	100%	6	Project Manager	$1,280.00
2	Plan Development	13 days	Mon 1/15/18	Wed 1/31/18	100%			$5,440.00
2.1	Plan Outline development	5 days	Mon 1/15/18	Fri 1/19/18	100%	7	Planner	$1,800.00
2.2	Review of the plan	3 days	Mon 1/22/18	Wed 1/24/18	100%	9	Planner	$1,080.00
2.3	Complete Plan Development	4 days	Thu 1/25/18	Tue 1/30/18	100%	10	Planner, Assistant	$1,920.00
2.4	Plan Approval	1 day	Wed 1/31/18	Wed 1/31/18	100%	11	Project Manager	$640.00
3	Designing of the Software	22 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 3/2/18	11%			$9,378.00
3.1	Selection of design platform	2 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 2/2/18	100%	12	Designer	$1,040.00
3.2	Obtaining the tool required for designing	4 days	Mon 2/5/18	Thu 2/8/18	0%	14	Designer, Designing tool[1]	$2,679.00
3.3	Making Design of the software	5 days	Fri 2/9/18	Thu 2/15/18	0%	15	Designer	$2,600.00
3.4	Simulation of the design made	4 days	Thu 2/22/18	Tue 2/27/18	0%	16,23	Simulation Software[1],Tester	$1,459.00
3.5	Modification of the design made	2 days	Wed 2/28/18	Thu 3/1/18	0%	17	Designer	$1,040.00
3.6	Design Approval	1 day	Fri 3/2/18	Fri 3/2/18	0%	18	IT Engineer	$560.00
4	Database Development	21 days	Thu 2/1/18	Thu 3/1/18	10%			$11,008.00
4.1	Selection of database platform	2 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 2/2/18	100%	12	Database Developer	$1,200.00
4.2	Database Migration	5 days	Mon 2/5/18	Fri 2/9/18	0%	21	Database Developer	$3,000.00
4.3	Prototype testing	8 days	Mon 2/12/18	Wed 2/21/18	0%	22	Prototype Software[1],Tester	$2,749.00
4.4	Storage Media is selected	2 days	Thu 2/22/18	Fri 2/23/18	0%	23	IT Engineer	$1,120.00
4.5	Stored in the new storage device	3 days	Mon 2/26/18	Wed 2/28/18	0%	24	Database Developer, Storage Device[1]	$2,299.00
4.6	Database is completed	1 day	Thu 3/1/18	Thu 3/1/18	0%	25	Project Manager	$640.00
5	Software Development	33 days	Mon 3/5/18	Wed 4/18/18	0%			$16,316.00
5.1	User Interface is developed	5 days	Mon 3/5/18	Fri 3/9/18	0%	26,19	IT Engineer	$2,800.00
5.2	Functions are aligned	6 days	Mon 3/12/18	Mon 3/19/18	0%	28	IT Engineer	$3,360.00
5.3	Coding the program for the software function	10 days	Tue 3/20/18	Mon 4/2/18	0%	29	IT Engineer, Coding Software[1]	$5,809.00
5.4	Black box testing	5 days	Tue 4/3/18	Mon 4/9/18	0%	30	Testing Software[1], Tester	$1,769.00
5.5	White box testing	5 days	Tue 4/10/18	Mon 4/16/18	0%	31	Testing Software[1], Tester	$1,769.00
5.6	Software is developed	2 days	Tue 4/17/18	Wed 4/18/18	0%	32	Testing Software[1], Tester	$809.00
6	Documentation and closure	12 days	Thu 4/19/18	Fri 5/4/18	0%			$5,650.00
6.1	Making final reports	6 days	Thu 4/19/18	Thu 4/26/18	0%	33	Documenter, Documents[1]	$2,450.00
6.2	Submitting the reports	2 days	Fri 4/27/18	Mon 4/30/18	0%	35	Documenter	$800.00
6.3	Signing off	1 day	Tue 5/1/18	Tue 5/1/18	0%	36	Project Manager	$640.00
6.4	Go Live Software	2 days	Wed 5/2/18	Thu 5/3/18	0%	37	IT Engineer	$1,120.00
6.5	Project is closed	1 day	Fri 5/4/18	Fri 5/4/18	0%	38	Project Manager	$640.00

The project evaluation was done on the basis of keeping the project progress of two third of the overall duration and it was scheduled on 13^th March, 2018. The following table would show the progress of the project activities till the mentioned date,

WBS	Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	% Complete
0	Software Development Project	107 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 5/4/18	69%
1	Project Initialization	27 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 1/12/18	100%
1.1	Concept review process	5 days	Thu 12/7/17	Wed 12/13/17	100%
1.2	Resource Accumulation	10 days	Thu 12/14/17	Wed 12/27/17	100%
1.3	Initial Documentation	4 days	Thu 12/28/17	Tue 1/2/18	100%
1.4	Charter Documentation	4 days	Wed 1/3/18	Mon 1/8/18	100%
1.5	Submission of the Documents	2 days	Tue 1/9/18	Wed 1/10/18	100%
1.6	Review and Signup	2 days	Thu 1/11/18	Fri 1/12/18	100%
2	Plan Development	13 days	Mon 1/15/18	Wed 1/31/18	100%
2.1	Plan Outline development	5 days	Mon 1/15/18	Fri 1/19/18	100%
2.2	Review of the plan	3 days	Mon 1/22/18	Wed 1/24/18	100%
2.3	Complete Plan Development	4 days	Thu 1/25/18	Tue 1/30/18	100%
2.4	Plan Approval	1 day	Wed 1/31/18	Wed 1/31/18	100%
3	Designing of the Software	22 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 3/2/18	100%
3.1	Selection of design platform	2 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 2/2/18	100%
3.2	Obtaining the tool required for designing	4 days	Mon 2/5/18	Thu 2/8/18	100%
3.3	Making Design of the software	5 days	Fri 2/9/18	Thu 2/15/18	100%
3.4	Simulation of the design made	4 days	Thu 2/22/18	Tue 2/27/18	100%
3.5	Modification of the design made	2 days	Wed 2/28/18	Thu 3/1/18	100%
3.6	Design Approval	1 day	Fri 3/2/18	Fri 3/2/18	100%
4	Database Development	21 days	Thu 2/1/18	Thu 3/1/18	100%
4.1	Selection of database platform	2 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 2/2/18	100%
4.2	Database Migration	5 days	Mon 2/5/18	Fri 2/9/18	100%
4.3	Prototype testing	8 days	Mon 2/12/18	Wed 2/21/18	100%
4.4	Storage Media is selected	2 days	Thu 2/22/18	Fri 2/23/18	100%
4.5	Stored in the new storage device	3 days	Mon 2/26/18	Wed 2/28/18	100%
4.6	Database is completed	1 day	Thu 3/1/18	Thu 3/1/18	100%
5	Software Development	33 days	Mon 3/5/18	Wed 4/18/18	21%
5.1	User Interface is developed	5 days	Mon 3/5/18	Fri 3/9/18	100%
5.2	Functions are aligned	6 days	Mon 3/12/18	Mon 3/19/18	33%
5.3	Coding the program for the software function	10 days	Tue 3/20/18	Mon 4/2/18	0%
5.4	Black box testing	5 days	Tue 4/3/18	Mon 4/9/18	0%
5.5	White box testing	5 days	Tue 4/10/18	Mon 4/16/18	0%
5.6	Software is developed	2 days	Tue 4/17/18	Wed 4/18/18	0%
6	Documentation and closure	12 days	Thu 4/19/18	Fri 5/4/18	0%
6.1	Making final reports	6 days	Thu 4/19/18	Thu 4/26/18	0%
6.2	Submitting the reports	2 days	Fri 4/27/18	Mon 4/30/18	0%
6.3	Signing off	1 day	Tue 5/1/18	Tue 5/1/18	0%
6.4	Go Live Software	2 days	Wed 5/2/18	Thu 5/3/18	0%
6.5	Project is closed	1 day	Fri 5/4/18	Fri 5/4/18	0%

The final crashing was done for ensuring the development of the project in the most optimistic time and budget. A junior engineer was employed for decreasing the duration of the remaining activities and ensuring it would be completed in the estimated time duration. The features of the crashing are,

Overall project duration was decreased to 97 days from the 107 days after second crashing
Increase of the progress to 75% till 13^th march, 2018 for increasing the project progress
Decrease of the project budget to $61,240.00 from the budget of $65,920.00

WBS	Task Name	Duration	Start	Finish	% Complete	Predecessors	Resource Names	Cost
0	Software Development Project	97 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 4/20/18	75%			$61,240.00
1	Project Initialization	27 days	Thu 12/7/17	Fri 1/12/18	100%			$18,128.00
1.1	Concept review process	5 days	Thu 12/7/17	Wed 12/13/17	100%		Project Manager	$3,200.00
1.2	Resource Accumulation	10 days	Thu 12/14/17	Wed 12/27/17	100%	2	Project Manager, Computer Devices[1], Network Connection[1], Equipments[1]	$9,548.00
1.3	Initial Documentation	4 days	Thu 12/28/17	Tue 1/2/18	100%	3	Documenter, Documents[1]	$1,650.00
1.4	Charter Documentation	4 days	Wed 1/3/18	Mon 1/8/18	100%	4	Documenter, Documents[1]	$1,650.00
1.5	Submission of the Documents	2 days	Tue 1/9/18	Wed 1/10/18	100%	5	Documenter	$800.00
1.6	Review and Signup	2 days	Thu 1/11/18	Fri 1/12/18	100%	6	Project Manager	$1,280.00
2	Plan Development	13 days	Mon 1/15/18	Wed 1/31/18	100%			$5,440.00
2.1	Plan Outline development	5 days	Mon 1/15/18	Fri 1/19/18	100%	7	Planner	$1,800.00
2.2	Review of the plan	3 days	Mon 1/22/18	Wed 1/24/18	100%	9	Planner	$1,080.00
2.3	Complete Plan Development	4 days	Thu 1/25/18	Tue 1/30/18	100%	10	Planner, Assistant	$1,920.00
2.4	Plan Approval	1 day	Wed 1/31/18	Wed 1/31/18	100%	11	Project Manager	$640.00
3	Designing of the Software	18 days	Thu 2/1/18	Mon 2/26/18	100%			$9,378.00
3.1	Selection of design platform	2 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 2/2/18	100%	12	Designer	$1,040.00
3.2	Obtaining the tool required for designing	4 days	Mon 2/5/18	Thu 2/8/18	100%	14	Designer, Designing tool[1]	$2,679.00
3.3	Making Design of the software	5 days	Fri 2/9/18	Thu 2/15/18	100%	15	Designer	$2,600.00
3.4	Simulation of the design made	4 days	Fri 2/16/18	Wed 2/21/18	100%	16,23	Simulation Software[1], Tester	$1,459.00
3.5	Modification of the design made	2 days	Thu 2/22/18	Fri 2/23/18	100%	17	Designer	$1,040.00
3.6	Design Approval	1 day	Mon 2/26/18	Mon 2/26/18	100%	18	IT Engineer	$560.00
4	Database Development	14 days	Thu 2/1/18	Tue 2/20/18	100%			$8,888.00
4.1	Selection of database platform	2 days	Thu 2/1/18	Fri 2/2/18	100%	12	Database Developer	$1,200.00
4.2	Database Migration	2 days	Mon 2/5/18	Tue 2/6/18	100%	21	Database Developer, Junior Engineer	$1,520.00
4.3	Prototype testing	4 days	Wed 2/7/18	Mon 2/12/18	100%	22	Prototype Software[1], Tester, Junior Engineer	$2,109.00
4.4	Storage Media is selected	2 days	Tue 2/13/18	Wed 2/14/18	100%	23	IT Engineer	$1,120.00
4.5	Stored in the new storage device	3 days	Thu 2/15/18	Mon 2/19/18	100%	24	Database Developer, Storage Device[1]	$2,299.00
4.6	Database is completed	1 day	Tue 2/20/18	Tue 2/20/18	100%	25	Project Manager	$640.00
5	Software Development	27 days	Tue 2/27/18	Wed 4/4/18	41%			$13,756.00
5.1	User Interface is developed	2 days	Tue 2/27/18	Wed 2/28/18	100%	26,19	IT Engineer, Junior Engineer	$1,440.00
5.2	Functions are aligned	3 days	Thu 3/1/18	Mon 3/5/18	100%	28	IT Engineer, Junior Engineer	$2,160.00
5.3	Coding the program for the software function	10 days	Tue 3/6/18	Mon 3/19/18	60%	29	IT Engineer, Coding Software[1]	$5,809.00
5.4	Black box testing	5 days	Tue 3/20/18	Mon 3/26/18	0%	30	Testing Software[1], Tester	$1,769.00
5.5	White box testing	5 days	Tue 3/27/18	Mon 4/2/18	0%	31	Testing Software[1], Tester	$1,769.00
5.6	Software is developed	2 days	Tue 4/3/18	Wed 4/4/18	0%	32	Testing Software[1], Tester	$809.00
6	Documentation and closure	12 days	Thu 4/5/18	Fri 4/20/18	0%			$5,650.00
6.1	Making final reports	6 days	Thu 4/5/18	Thu 4/12/18	0%	33	Documenter, Documents[1]	$2,450.00
6.2	Submitting the reports	2 days	Fri 4/13/18	Mon 4/16/18	0%	35	Documenter	$800.00
6.3	Signing off	1 day	Tue 4/17/18	Tue 4/17/18	0%	36	Project Manager	$640.00
6.4	Go Live Software	2 days	Wed 4/18/18	Thu 4/19/18	0%	37	IT Engineer	$1,120.00
6.5	Project is closed	1 day	Fri 4/20/18	Fri 4/20/18	0%	38	Project Manager	$640.00

Project Conclusion

It can be concluded from the assignment that the development of the project would allow the integration of the operations and it would also allow the analysis of the system integration. The project plan had been completed in 6 sub-projects or work packages namely Project Initialization, Plan Development, Designing of the Software, Database Development, Software Development, and Documentation and closure. The project initialization had consisted of the following activities concept review process, resource accumulation, initial documentation, review and signup, submission of the documents, and charter documentation. The plan development consisted of plan outline development, review of the plan, complete plan development, and plan approval. The designing of the software consisted of selection of design platform, obtaining the tool required for designing, making design of the software, simulation of the design made, modification of the design made, and design approval. The database development consisted of selection of database platform, database migration, prototype testing, storage media is selected, stored in the new storage device, and database is completed. The software development consisted of user interface is developed, functions are aligned, coding the program for the software function, black box testing, white box testing, and software is developed. The documentation and closure consisted of making final reports, submitting the reports, signing off, go live software, and project is closed.

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