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Last Updated: 12.05.2000

Team Progress Report
11/14/00
IE 5541
Project Management

Team Members:

James Plotz
Rachel Johnson
Brad Rowell
Sheridan Johnson

I. Accomplishments from mid-October through mid-November on team project:

 ·         A case study has been chosen and work has begun on analyzing the results.  Items such as Gantt charts, a stakeholder analysis, and project summary are all items which will go into this review.  This case summary is on schedule from where it was originally assumed to be at in mid October.

·         The summary of project management articles slipped a few days behind the original schedule (according the Gantt) due to unforeseen academic influences that affected a few of the group members.  The completion of the summaries for these articles, and there placement on the web page should be completed by the end of this week.

·         The webpage is up and running at http://www.geocities.com/pm5541f00/.  On this webpage are most of the article links and their appropriate summaries, a list of the members, and room for the addition of the case study and the Microsoft Project file data.  The construction of the web page is right on schedule with the exception of the missing project summary articles discussed previously.

·         The Microsoft Project file has been chosen and analysis will continue to be done on the data.  This data was more difficult to locate then was originally anticipated.  Therefore the initial Gantt chart was revised to reflect the changes necessary.

II. Plans for the Remainder of November and into early December:

 ·         One of the most important items to be finished in the remainder of this month is the web page.  Data     from the Microsoft Project file and the project case study need to be input onto the page as well as any remaining cosmetic additions

·         The Microsoft Project file must also be reviewed and documented before it can be added to the web page.

·         The team Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator Test results must also be summarized.  The data for these results has already been taken.

·         Analysis of the tools used in this project need to be complete yet also, but this won’t be started until more of the project is in its final stages.

III. Developing Issues:

 ·         The main issue that developed in the team’s project so far has been unavoidable scheduling conflicts that put the team slightly off track near the end of October.  Those time conflicts have been resolved through better scheduling, and they should no longer be a factor in the outcome of the project.

IV. Project Changes

·         On October 22nd, due to difficulty in obtaining an acceptable Microsoft Project file, Brad Rowell asked for an extension in the Gantt chart from October 25 to November 6 in obtaining the necessary file.  The team approved the change and updated the scheduled date for finding a suitable file from 10/25 to 11/6.  The completion time for the summary of this file was not altered.