Katrina Robinson
Project Planning
From the previous project involving the planning for birthday party, this project breaks down the plan of the work involved, into simple realistic tasks. The working period allowed is two months between End of December 2014 to End of February 2015. The schedule is broken down into 8 weeks.
Tasks Involved
The tasks involved are as listed below:
Decoration
Cleaning of Environment
Invitation
Purchase of Requirements
Preparation for Entertainment
Tent Construction
Actual Party
The project schedule was designed using a Gantt chart as the most appropriate tool. The Gantt chart is presented in table 1 below:
Gantt chart
29 Dec 2014 – 29 Jan 2015 30 Jan 2015 – 28 Feb 2015 1 -March 2015
Tasks Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Birthday
Invitation
Cleaning of Environment
Decoration
Purchase of Requirements
Preparation For Entertainment
Tent Construction
Actual Birthday Party
Table 1: Gantt chart for Birthday Planning
In the Gantt chart, each box represents 1 week, except the last column, representing 1 day, the actual birthday, 1st of March 2015.
Budget Breakdown
The project plans for the financial budget implementation. The total expenditure for the birthday is expected to be US$ 500. This is broken down as shown in table 2 below:
Plan / Requirement Cost (US$)
Food Stuff 160
Entertainment 50
Drinks 60
Tent Hiring and Construction 100
Decoration 50
Cleaning 30
Communication 50
Total 500
Table 2: Budget Allocation for the Birthday Plan
The cost planning is presented in the bar chart in figure 1 below.
Figure 1: Bar Chart for the Analysis of budget Allocation
The highest cost was experienced in the purchase of food followed by the cost of hiring and constructing tents. If the budget experiences further constraints, the alternative decision is to avoid hiring the tent.
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