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to the schedule, agreement to the dates, and agreement to resource commitments.

Legislative approvals, in my experience, actually occur prior to starting the project.
However, I can imagine that a really large, complex public-sector project, such as
building a space station, may require periodic legislative approval and oversight at
strategic points in the project.

Main Street Office Move: Scheduling

One of the deliverables noted in the scope statement is “Survey the Main Street
Office Building and work with functional managers to determine seating charts.”
Working with two key functional managers on the project, you define the following
tasks:

Obtain floor plans for the Main Street Office Building.

Perform a walk-through of the Main Street Office Building.

Interview functional managers.

Obtain current organizational chart from each functional manager.

Provide draft seating charts to functional managers.

Determine office placements and sizes.

Determine cubicle placements.

Determine printer placement.

Determine breakroom areas.

Provide final seating charts to functional managers.

The next step involves sequencing these tasks in the correct order and determining

start and finish dates. You determined the following dependencies:

Task Task Dependency
Number

1 Obtain floor plans. NA

2 Building walk-through NA

3 Interview functional managers. Task 1

4 Obtain current org charts. Task 3

5 Office and conference room Tasks 1–3
placements and sizing
6 Determine cubicle placements. Tasks 1–3 and “Interior

Designer” deliverable

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