1. CE 332 – Construction Engineering and Management
MS Project - Recitation

2. CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management
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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.

3. RECITATION PROBLEM CE 332 - Construction Engineering and Management
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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

4. RECITATION PROBLEM The project is planned to start at June 1, 2017.
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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.

5. STEP 1: Download MS Project 2016 & Install it to the computer
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SOLUTION STEPS
STEP 1: Download MS Project 2016 & Install it to the computer
Download Link:
60-day trial version

6. STEP 2: Create project calendar
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SOLUTION STEPS
STEP 2: Create project calendar
Project → Change Working Time → Create New Calendar

7. STEP 2: Create project calendar
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STEP 2: Create project calendar
Details → Select Day → Set day(s) to these specific working times

8. STEP 3: Edit project information
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SOLUTION STEPS
STEP 3: Edit project information
Project → Project Information

9. STEP 4: Enter activity names
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STEP 4: Enter activity names

10. STEP 5: Enter duration of the activities
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STEP 5: Enter duration of the activities

11. STEP 6: Choose task calendar
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SOLUTION STEPS
STEP 6: Choose task calendar

12. STEP 7: Choose automatically scheduled task for each activities
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STEP 7: Choose automatically scheduled task for each activities

13. STEP 8: Enter predecessors
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STEP 8: Enter predecessors

14. STEP 9: Define resources
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STEP 9: Define resources
Resource → Choose resource sheet view

15. STEP 9: Define resources
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STEP 9: Define resources
Add resource names → Define initials → Define availability

16. STEP 10: Assign resources to the related activities
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STEP 10: Assign resources to the related activities
Return to Gantt chart view

17. Project Completion Date: Project → Project Information → Statistics
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STEP 11: Take reports
Project Completion Date: Project → Project Information → Statistics

18. Schedule Outputs: Report → New Report → Table
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STEP 11: Take reports
Schedule Outputs: Report → New Report → Table

19. SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports Outline Level → All Subtasks
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STEP 11: Take reports
Outline Level → All Subtasks
Select Fields → Choose necessary data

20. SOLUTION STEPS STEP 11: Take reports
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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