Your project may have 20 or more activities depending on how you plan on breaking down each task. EXAMPLE PROJECT TASK Task 1: Train Staff REQUIREMENT: Tribal IT staff need to be trained to install, operate and maintain daily operational availability of the Model Tribal System, including: initial installation, component upgrades, security, data backup and restore, database and operating system restarts, document management, report generation and batch processing operations. All Tribal IT Staff will attend one two-week training course, then receive on-site follow-on training (On-The-Job or OJT Training.). Acme Inc. will perform training for staff. Training Facilities Rental: October 1, 2013 October 13, 2013 – Classroom Instruction: October 20, 2013 November 12, 2013 – On-Site Instruction: December 10, 2013 December 12, 2013 – Helpdesk Support: December 10, 2013 February 28, 2014 – Current Status: Pending approval of APD Once you have completed building out your schedule, you must then create a high level Gantt chart that outlines the timeframes for each task. This can be accomplished using a simple table as shown below. EXAMPLE CHART Chart for Project Tasks FFQ 1 FFQ 2 FFQ 3 FFQ 4 Oct. 1 31 Jan. 1 1 July 1 –Dec. – – – March 31 June 30 Sept. 30 Task 1
Your project may have 20 or more activities depending on how you plan on breaking down each task. EXAMPLE PROJECT TASK Task 1: Train Staff REQUIREMENT: Tribal IT staff need to be trained to install, operate and maintain daily operational availability of the Model Tribal System, including: initial installation, component upgrades, security, data backup and restore, database and operating system restarts, document management, report generation and batch processing operations. All Tribal IT Staff will attend one two-week training course, then receive on-site follow-on training (On-The-Job or OJT Training.). Acme Inc. will perform training for staff. Training Facilities Rental: October 1, 2013 – October 13, 2013 Classroom Instruction: October 20, 2013 – November 12, 2013 On-Site Instruction: December 10, 2013 – December 12, 2013 Helpdesk Support: December 10, 2013 – February 28, 2014 Current Status: Pending approval of APD Once you have completed building out your schedule, you must then create a high level Gantt chart that outlines the timeframes for each task. This can be accomplished using a simple table as shown below. EXAMPLE CHART Chart for Project Tasks FFQ 1 Oct. 1 –Dec. 31 FFQ 2 Jan. 1 – March 31 FFQ 3 1 – June 30 FFQ 4 July 1 – Sept. 30 Task 1
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