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Use some of the information in the body of this text to practice your AtTask skills.

a. Review the sample WBS for the Just-In-Time Training project provided in Chapter 4. Enter the WBS into AtTask, indenting tasks as needed. Print out the Gantt chart or send it to your instructor, as directed.

b. Use another WBS found in this text or find an example of one online. Enter it into AtTask. Print out the Gantt chart or send it to your instructor, as directed.

c. Export a Gantt chart you created in AtTask into Microsoft Project. Use AtTask’s Help facility, if needed. Write a short paper explaining how you did the export and any problems you encountered. Provide screen shots of the file in Project and AtTask.

d. Find a Gantt chart created in Microsoft Project, such as a template file or the file you created in Appendix A. Import the file into AtTask. Write a short paper explaining how you did the import and any problems you encountered. Provide screen shots of the file in Project and AtTask.

 

 
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If you are doing a team project as part of your class or for a project at work, use AtTask to create a detailed file describing the work you plan to do for the project.

a. Create a detailed WBS, add several milestones, estimate task durations, link tasks, enter resources and costs, assign resources, and so on. You can create all of the information in AtTask or import it from Project 2010. Save your file as a baseline and print it out send it to your instructor, as desired.

b. Track your progress on your team project by entering actual information. Create a new baseline file if there have been a lot of changes. View earned value information when you are halfway through the project or course. Continue tracking your progress until the project or course is finished. Print or send your Gantt chart, earned value data, and relevant information to your instructor.

c. Write a two-to three-page report describing your experience. What did you learn about AtTask from this exercise? How do you think AtTask helps in managing a project? You may also want to interview people who use AtTask for their experiences and suggestions.

 
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Prepare a stakeholder register and management strategy for the project. Include all project team members and make up names and information for at least one spouse, one potential financial backer, and one local competitor. Assume that you and your three friends are all team members, and you each invest $10,000 into the business. Your mother, a retired business professor, has decided to provide a substantial loan ($30,000), so she will be the sponsor. You still need to figure out how to get an additional $30,000 for the first-year start-up costs. Use the templates provided on the companion Web site, and review the sample stakeholder register and management strategy in the text.

 
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Prepare a project charter for the New Business Venture Project. Assume the project will take one year to complete and cost about $100,000. Recall that the main project objectives are to prepare a business plan, get financial backing, handle legal issues, develop marketing materials, find a rental place for the music academy, purchase/develop curriculum, hire staff, and open for business by one year from now. Your project team will not get paid for the hours they put into this project, but once the business opens, they will be compensated. You will incorporate the business and hire a lawyer to help with this and other legal issues. Use the template provided on the companion Web site, and review the sample in the text.

 

 
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