Ocean Research Foundation

Thaisa Fernandes • Mar BlancoScope Description and Recovery Plan

Scope Description

Who is the client?

Ocean Research Foundation. The nonprofit is dedicated to the advancement

of marine conservation.

The primary goals are to support and conduct marine research and

education to enhance stewardship of ocean resources.

Goal

Grow ORF online presence and spread the word in Social Media channels.

Deliverables

Services:

○ Visual identity

○ New Social channels

○ Schedule

○ Communication style

○ Also mentor Social Media content volunteers, providing guidance on

writing style and post schedule.

Assumptions:

○ ORF team is going to support the project and be involved

○ SM channels selected are reliable

○ People are interested and agree with content

Constrains:

○ Budget: 0

○ Volunteer time and engagement

○ Lack of resources

○ Lack of awareness

Not included:

○ Website Design

○ Partnership

○ Publicity & Advertising

○ Volunteer performance

○ Events

Time and Cost:

○ 24 weeks

Start in: 09/21/2015

Finish in: 01/28/2016

○ TOTAL: 1,071 hours

820 volunteer hours

251.70 risk

Project Status

Milestones

○ Plan Approved

○ Approval received

○ Deliver completed project

○ Acceptance, sign-off, :-))

○ Completion

Allocation

Network Diagram

○ The critical activities are 1b, 1e, 1f, 1g, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3g, 4a, 4b, 5a, 6a○ The total project duration is 24 weeks○ 19 activities

Gantt Chart

○ 24 weeks

Start in: 09/21/2015

Finish in: 01/28/2016

Project Status

○ We have completed 7 weeks and we have 17 weeks left.

○ The project is 2 hours of effort late making the project a week behind the schedule.

○ We have completed 99% of the work expected by that time and the 52% of the project.

○ We already spent 302 and we completed 268 of work, so the project is 12% over budget.

Updated status (activities completed)

Activity Hours completed Hours of effort Extra work Efficiency Completion

1a 16 18 12% 0.88 On time

1b 128 133 3% 0.96 On time

1c 6 8 33% 0.75 On time

1d 10 12 20% 0.83 1 week late

1e 30 35 16% 0.85 1 week late

1f 58 63 9% 0.92 1 week late

Updated status (activities in progress)

○ 1g is affected by 1e and 1f

○ 1g It’s on the critical path so it can delay the project

○ 2a cannot start until 1g finishes

Activity Hours completed

Hours of effort Extra work Efficiency Work left

1g 20 25 25% 0.8 2h

Forecast

If we keep working as so far:

○ Total number of weeks: 27 (3 more than expected)○ We are going to need to deliver 921 hours to complete the project (+101

hours)

Recovery plan

○ Since it is a non-profit, we cannot add more budget.

○ Since it is a volunteer job we can ask them to make an extra effort to finish it earlier or agree to finish later

○ They can hire a new volunteer to help them to finish the project on time.

○ We need to extend it 3 more weeks.

Thank You