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Project Management

Why plan Tasks Project 1 Dependencies Time Management Delegation of Tasks Project Cost Resources

Why Plan

Even simple installs need some amount of planning Do I have the install CD? Is my hardware compliant?

How do I know? Do I understand the product and options?

If getting paid for this, need to plan ahead Look good! Budget time Budget other resources

Tasks

Still live in the “Keep It Simple” world Some projects don’t take much

planning Install Winzip – not a lot of written

planning Management done in your head

Larger projects need more As an example, consider Lab1

Project 1

Install Server1 Install Server2 Add Server2 as Second DC Install Server3 Configure Server3 as Router

Items in italics not covered in detail in class

Project 1

Plan partitioning Just C: or extra partitions?

Plan Software install Anything I can install upfront? Drivers?

Plan naming Plan IP config

Project 1

Plan Active Directory Number of Trees/Domains Name of Tree/Domain Placement of files/logs/etc OU structure

Prereqs Static IP DNS ?

DCPROMO Etc

Dependencies

Can all tasks start at same time? Can I run dcpromo before I install

server1? What needs to be done first, second,

third…

Time Management

Base time off previous engagements if possible Experience is crucial Adjust for learning curve

Every project involves learning at some point Develop estimated timeline and pad for unexpected

variables Common to see 20% Variables include:

Turnover 3rd party providers (telecom, hardware, etc) Availability of facilities Project change—be sure to document and re-quote as an

addendum Better to run “under” estimate than “over”

Typically have to “eat” hours if over budget Set appropriate expectations

Delegation of Tasks

Skills inventory Skill sets of individuals involved in the

project “Security” guru

What skill sets that are required are not present? Would adding additional people speed

things up? Can you afford more people?

Project Cost

Request for Proposal (RFP) Send out an RFP for competitive bids

Physical hardware considerations Funding and depreciation variables Included in budget

Software consideratoins Funding and tax allocation

Resources

Microsoft Project http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/

default.aspx Microsoft Visio

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/visio/ GanttProject

http://www.ganttproject.biz/download Excel (templates available) Pencil / paper / ERASER