Project Plan

This is a global economy and, right now, ours is going through some trying times. President Obama is working hard to restore the strength and power of the United States economic powerhouse. We need to employ every possible tool available to maintain and grow existing business. Often times, that means the creative use of technology.

The MS Project Server 2007 software can help companies establish a powerful presence in today’s economy. By leveraging the power of virtual collaboration, one small business can bring together a potent team to produce work that is top of the line. You can tie together a single office or harness the best talent from across the country without concern for office space or costly relocation.

This economy demands creative solutions. These Microsoft products provide just that – creative solutions to produce the most efficient result. Employers can manage projects as geographically diverse group as a group of employees and their projects with one software tool. Employees across the hall to employees across the country can share the same project experience. [...]

Creating a Killer Work Breakdown Structure with Microsoft Project

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a hierarchical decomposition of the project objectives into deliverable-oriented tasks that are executed by the project team to accomplish the overall project goals. The WBS forms the backbone of all the project planning activities. The WBS divides the scope of the project work into smaller, manageable work packages for maintaining better control of the project activities. As you move from the higher levels of the WBS to the lower levels, the definition of the project works gets more detailed with the upper levels representing the major phases of the project. It is imperative to remember that the WBS represents 100% of all the work defined in the project scope. Anything that is not included in the WBS is considered out of scope for the project.

Uses of the WBS

The WBS addresses the following requirements of the project:

· Defining the project scope in terms of deliverables and components

· Providing the framework on which the project status and progress reports are based [...]