HOTEL PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Hotel Project Management



Hotel Project Management

Entering project details into MS project and analyzing results.

1) Enter the tasks durations and predecessors as below. Do not change the calendar (should be on Standard), but do make sure that Auto Schedule is selected before you start. Make sure that you get the indentations correct, with Wine Tasting Event collapsed; you should only see this one line and the total duration of the project. (see fig 2). With this open, but the sub-phases collapsed you should only see as per fig 3. Note that the total durations and start / finish dates for the project and phases have been deleted from fig 2 and fig 3 as you need to calculate these for yourself. Set the main Wine tasting event with a constraint of start no earlier than 27th July 2012

The Figure below shows the break up the main task i.e. Wine testing event, into two major sub tasks, which are prior to day and on the event tasks. Even these tasks are sub divided into further tasks. The prior to day Sub task includes Arrange Date, Book Room, Agree Numbers, Decide on marking system, send invites, order food, order wine and ice buckets, spit buckets, water pitchers, and finally allocate table / chair numbers. the other sub task, on the event day, includes taking delivery of food, taking delivery of wine, set up tables /chairs, arrange wine etc ready for tasting, arrange ice buckets along with spit buckets and water pitchers, display score cards, serve food, serve wine, collect score cards. The duration of each sub task along with its individual component is also provided and the dependencies of every task can also be observed through this table.

Task Name

Duration

Predecessors

Wine Tasting Event

 

 

Prior to day

 

 

Arrange Date

4 hrs

 

Book Room

4 hrs

3

Agree Numbers

2 hrs

 

Decide on marking system

3 hrs

 

Send invites

4 hrs

5,4

Order Food

5 hrs

7

Order Wine and ice buckets, spit buckets, water pitchers

5 hrs

7

Allocate table / chair numbers

2 hrs

7

On event day Take delivery of food

1 hr

8

Take delivery of wine

1 hr

9

Set up tables /chairs

2 hrs

10

Arrange wine etc ready for tasting

2 hrs

13,14

Arrange ice buckets, spit buckets, water pitchers

1 hr

15

Display score cards

1 hr

16,6

Serve food

2 hrs

12

Serve wine

3 hrs

13

Collect score cards

1 hr

19,17

Pack & remove food

1 hr

18

Pack & remove wine

1 hr

19

Clear & fold tables

1 hr

20

Stack chairs

1 hr

23

Event finished

0 days

24,21,22

(Figure 1)

The Figure 2 below indicates the minimized version of the entire scheduling table which would later be used for project management purposes. The empty table in figure 2 depicts the minimized version of the scheduling table where its solution concludes the total duration of 3.13 days, which starts from 27 July 2012 and end on 1 August 2012.

Task Name

Duration

Start

Finish

Predecessors

Wine Tasting Event

 

 

 

 

(Figure 2)

Task Name

Duration

Start

Finish

Predecessors

Wine Tasting Event

3.13 d

Jul 27' 12

Aug 1' 12

 

(Figure 2 - Solved)

The Figure 3 below also indicates the minimized version of the entire scheduling table which would later be used for project management purposes. However, it is different from figure 2, as it ...