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Harvard ManageMentor
— PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOLS
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Worksheet for Developing High-Level Estimates
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Use this worksheet
to divide a complex activity into smaller tasks—a process known as Work
Breakdown Structure (WBS). Once tasks have been broken down into smaller,
more manageable units, estimate the time, costs, and skills needed to
complete each task. These high-level estimates will inform your project plan.
Use multiple pages as needed.
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Description of the
overall project:
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Team Alliance
for Kids will hold a “Maid to Order” to raise $1000 at the County Line Moose
Lodge. We will also hold a silent auction, and sell Entertainment books at
the event.
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What is the smallest
unit of time that you want to schedule? For example, if you want to schedule to the nearest day,
you will need to break down work to the point where tasks take a day to
perform.
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Major Task
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Level 1
Subtasks
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Level 2
Subtasks
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Level 2
Subtask
Duration
(hours/days/weeks)
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Level 2
Subtask
Costs
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Level 2
Subtask
Skills Needed
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Location
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Contact Moose
Lodge about holding the event.
(Kellie)
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1 hour
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$0
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Communic-ation
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Provide
documentation that we are raising money for New Hope for Kids (Kellie)
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1 hour
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$0
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none
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Advertise
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Create
flyers (Cricket)
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2 hours
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$0
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Creativity
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Poker
Night/Silent Auction
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Advertise
in County Line Moose Newsletter
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1 hour
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$0
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none
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Hand out
flyers (all members)
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2 hours
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none
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Supplies/Donations
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Ask for
donations to make baskets for Silent Auction (all members)
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3 hours
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$0
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Good Communic-ation
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Collect
supplies, organize baskets (all members)
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2 hours
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$0
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Creativity/Originality
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Get table
for baskets and Entertainment books
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1 hour
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$0
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none
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Total
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13 hours
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$0
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Communication,
creativity, originality
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