1. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering MS Project Tutorial CSCI-577a Software Engineering I Fall 2008 Itti Charoenthongtrakul

2. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE2 Outline Overview Tasks Milestones Resources Demo

3. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE3 Overview Project management tools Effectively track and analyze projects –Tasks –Schedule –Resources

4. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE4 Tasks Are parts of the whole work and needed to be done in order to accomplish the goal Can be responsibility of individual or group of people May require some other tasks to finish before it begins (Tasks dependency) May contain subtasks May be treated as milestones

5. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE5 Milestones Anchor points at the end of each phase For 577a - ARB reviews –Exploration Commitment Review –Valuation Commitment Review –Foundations Commitment Review –…

6. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE6 Resources People/equipments/materials/services assigned to various tasks Affect the scope and schedule of projects

7. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE7 Demo Add tasks… Add subtasks… Link tasks… Adjust dates… Add resources… Assign resources… Resolve conflicts…

8. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE8 Assignment From the class schedule, make a project plan for: –Exploration Phase –Valuation Phase –Foundations Phase Tasks should be based on EPG –Provide activities –Provide milestones Add people to resource sheet & assign them to each task Resolve any conflict that may occur

9. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE9 Assignment (Cont.) Due Date: TBD Deliverable: Hard Copy, 2 sheets 1.Gantt Chart with all necessary columns 2.Resource sheet Using MS-Project: –At USC’s computers –Obtain from USC’s MSDNAA (For CS Students)

10. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE10 Q&A

11. University of Southern California Center for Systems and Software Engineering 1/3/2016©USC-CSSE11 References http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/default.aspx http://www.web-enable.com/member_.net/ms_project.pdf http://greenbay.usc.edu/csci577/fall2007/site/tools/Project/MS ProjectF2007.ppthttp://greenbay.usc.edu/csci577/fall2007/site/tools/Project/MS ProjectF2007.ppt