CE 332 – Construction Engineering and Management MS Project - Recitation

CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU MICROSOFT PROJECT Microsoft Project is a project management software, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in; 1) Developing a plan 2) Assigning resources to tasks 3) Tracking progress 4) Managing the budget 5) Analyzing workloads The first commercial version of Project was released in 1984. Microsoft Project 95 was the first to use common Office menus. Then 1998 (v9.0), 2000 (v10.0), 2003 (v11.0), 2007 (v12.0), 2010 (v14.0), 2013 (v15.0) versions were released. Last version is released in 2016.

RECITATION PROBLEM CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU RECITATION PROBLEM Activity Number Activity Description Duration (weeks) Dependence Resource Demand 1 Set up site -   2 Excavate left abutment 6 Excavator 3 Excavate left pier 4 Excavate right pier 5 Excavate right abutment Piledriving to right pier 7 Foundations left abutment 8 Concrete team for foundations Foundations left pier 9 Foundations right pier 10 Foundations right abutment 11 Concrete left abutment Concrete team for abutments and piers 12 Concrete left pier 13 Concrete right pier 14 Concrete right abutment 15 Place beams left span 11,12 Crane 16 Place beams centre span 12,13 17 Place beams right span 13,14 18 Clear site 15,16,17

RECITATION PROBLEM The project is planned to start at June 1, 2017. CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU RECITATION PROBLEM The project is planned to start at June 1, 2017. There are no holidays in the work schedule (there will be no holidays on Saturdays, or Sundays, or on official holiday dates). Develop two schedules for a bridge construction project by assuming; a) There are no resource-constraints (unlimited number of resources). b) The availability of each resource is one.

STEP 1: Download MS Project 2016 & Install it to the computer CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 1: Download MS Project 2016 & Install it to the computer Download Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-project-professional-2016 60-day trial version

STEP 2: Create project calendar CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 2: Create project calendar Project → Change Working Time → Create New Calendar

STEP 2: Create project calendar CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 2: Create project calendar Details → Select Day → Set day(s) to these specific working times

STEP 3: Edit project information CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 3: Edit project information Project → Project Information

STEP 4: Enter activity names CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 4: Enter activity names

STEP 5: Enter duration of the activities CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 5: Enter duration of the activities

STEP 6: Choose task calendar CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 6: Choose task calendar

STEP 7: Choose automatically scheduled task for each activities CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 7: Choose automatically scheduled task for each activities

STEP 8: Enter predecessors CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 8: Enter predecessors

STEP 9: Define resources CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 9: Define resources Resource → Choose resource sheet view

STEP 9: Define resources CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 9: Define resources Add resource names → Define initials → Define availability

STEP 10: Assign resources to the related activities CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 10: Assign resources to the related activities Return to Gantt chart view

Project Completion Date: Project → Project Information → Statistics CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Project Completion Date: Project → Project Information → Statistics

Schedule Outputs: Report → New Report → Table CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Schedule Outputs: Report → New Report → Table

SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Outline Level → All Subtasks CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Outline Level → All Subtasks Select Fields → Choose necessary data

SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management METU SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Resource Graph: Resource Graph View → Print (or Print Screen) Scroll mouse or use keyboard arrows to see resource graph of each resource