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Unit 7: Project Scheduling

Notes
Different personnel have different research strengths and can or cannot function in different
projects. Their abilities are listed in the following table. You can consider a degree of
redundancy in the work assignments that you may want in case of personnel loss or turnover.

Name Person Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 Scope 4 Scope 5 Ongoing Lab Ongoing Lab
Work 1 Work 2
Rudy Physician- Best Poor Adequate Best Poor Poor Poor
scientist
Chia-Ling Graduate Poor Best Adequate Poor Poor Adequate Best
student
Suzanne Post-doc Poor Poor Best Poor Adequate Adequate Best

Hortence Post-doc Best Adequate Poor Best Adequate Best Adequate

Pradip Post-doc Adequate Best Adequate Poor Best Best Adequate

Things Happen!
In the course of all events it is certain that things will go wrong. While you are working
on your projects the following things have happened in the laboratory. These will affect
your work, and the ability to complete your goal.
1. Rudy quits the laboratory to join a private practice medicine group. If you want to
continue Scope 1 you need to place another person on the project (if you do not
already have another person covering the project).
2. Bob’s Brain Foundation, the group funding your brain tumor research, decides to
perform a review of your program. To keep funding you need to show significant
progress. You need your “best” people doing the ongoing lab work.
Modify your available resources to best accomplish you goals. You may also change your
scope projects, just realize it is a “bit late in the game” to be changing scope projects.

Name Person Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope 3 Scope 4 Scope 5 Ongoing Ongoing
Lab Work 1 Lab Work 2
Chia-Ling Graduate Poor Best Adequate Poor Poor Adequate Best
student
Suzanne Post-doc Poor Poor Best Poor Adequate Adequate Best

Hortence Post-doc Best Adequate Poor Best Adequate Best Adequate

Pradip Post-doc Adequate Best Adequate Poor Best Best Adequate

More Things Happen

Ongoing events affect your final productivity.
Hortence is sick and cannot complete her assigned tasks her productivity goes from “Best”
to “Adequate”, or from “Adequate” to “Poor” depending on the task she has been assigned.

Do not make any additional changes to the table. Copy your previous results onto the
new table and calculate your point score.
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