Microsoft Project 2007 Template Project

Chapter 5 - #5

• Ala’a Abu Tabanjha • William Evans• Brian Barkowski• Eric Crump• Ahmad Atiq

Critique

• The template is very clear in what needs to be done.• It includes the duration (start to finish dates), Who

does what, and when it needs to be done by.• The template breaks down tasks, and allows people

to work on smaller parts of the whole project.• On a side note – I did not like the fact that Microsoft

forces you to have cookies enabled in your web browser to download templates (booo!)

Software Development Template

Calendar – Clear and straightforward

Gant Chart – Thorough but unrealistic

Network Diagram – Great workflow, detailed and easy to follow

Resource Usage – Poor, missing key personnel

Marketing Campaign Planning

•Well Organized

•Meticulous

•Too time consuming for certain campaigns

Customer Relations

•Feedback from customers should be evaluated at an earlier stage

Create Buzz

•With the influence of today’s blogosphere, generating “buzz” at an earlier stage may be beneficial in certain marketing campaigns.

Customer feedback monitoring

Customer feedback monitoring

• Very clear template.• Includes follow up procedure for customer

satisfaction

• Limited focus on how the data is collected.

Vendor Request For Proposal (RFP) Solicitation

• Suggestions to make template better– The template should broke down by hours instead

of days. – This will allow the project manager see where the

most time is being the allocated.– The payment rate of wages for each employee

should be add. – This allows the project manager to develop a

budget.