Scheduling: Macproject II__________ For the creation of the schedule of SSPP MacProject II software has been used. The outline of the project is broken down into phases which are broken down further into tasks, milestones and dependency lines. Figure 1 The tasks are presented in square boxes (figure x.l) REPORT GROUP: CHANGE THE NUMBER OF THIS FIGURE. A task is a distinct, identifiable activity within the project that can be accomplished within a reasonable amount of time. The basic information which describe a task are the name of the task and the amount of time it will take. In each upper left corner the time is mentioned where a task starts, in the upper right corner where it ends. The duration is mentioned in the lower right corner in months. The milestones are presented in boxes with rounded comers. A milestone marks the begin or the end of a project or sub-project, but it can also be used to mark an interim goal for a phase of the project or a set of tasks. Milestones serve as visual cues and most often do not have a duration. The boxes are connected by dependency timelines. These depict how the tasks and milestones interact. Usually these do not take any time and appear as diamonds in the task timelines. Sometimes durations appear on the dependency lines between boxes. The number without a star is a finish to end dependency, which means that it cannot start after a certain amount of time after the previour task. The one with a star is a start to start dependency, which means that the task cannot start after the start of the previous task. The schedule for the SSPP is broken down into several levels, level 1 is the overall development program. It is broken down into the several subprojects of level 2. These subprojects are again broken down into the sub-projects and tasks of level 3. Every level is shown as a single chart. In this report two kinds of charts are displayed: schedule charts and task timelines. A schedule chart is called a PERT chart in the project management terminology. It graphically depicts all the tasks and milestones, the complete project schedule, and the dependency relationships among tasks and milestones. In the schedule charts task are represented as boxes, milestones as rounded rectangles and supertasks as rectangles with a white oval inside them.
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