THE RECYCLING PROJECT

1. Project Activities (Work Breakdown Structure)

The project comprises several separate categories of activities. Of course the

physical/technological activities are important so we will start with them:
• Land acquisition for the factory
• Constructing the ‘factory’ (actually quite a small building)
• Supply of the equipment for processing the used engine oil
• Installing the equipment in the factory

Alongside these are a range of institutional activities, without which the project can
not be implemented or operated
• Gaining all the necessary permits and licenses
• Staffing for the factory

There are also a range of project management activities which need to be

undertaken:
• Project planning and design (the start activity)
• Arranging funding for the project
• Trial run for the completed project (the final activity)

In summary, the project comprises the following activities:

a. land acquisition
b. factory construction
c. supply of equipment
d. installation of equipment
e. permits
f. staffing
g. planning
h. funding
i. trial run

Of course, each of these activities could itself be broken down into a number of
constituent sub-activities or tasks.

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 2. Activity Sequence

Activity Predecessors
a Land Funding must be completed before land can be acquired
acquisition

b Factory Funding, permits and land acquisition must be completed

construction before the factory can be constructed.

c Supply of Planning and funding must be completed before the supply of

equipment equipment

d Installation of Supply must be completed before installation.

equipment The factory must be complete before installation takes place.
Staffing must be completed before installation.

e Permits Planning must be completed before permits are obtained.

f Staffing Planning must be complete before staffing can start

g Planning Planning is the first project activity. All other activities follow it.

h Funding Planning must be complete before funding is arranged

i Trial run Trial run is the last project activity. All other activities must be
complete before the trial run starts

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 Activity table with predecessors

Activity Predecessors

a Land acquisition h

b Factory construction e, a

c Supply of equipment h

d Installation of equipment b, c, f

e Permits g

f Staffing g

g Planning -

h Funding g

i Trial run d

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The network

Staffing

Supply of Installation of
equipment equipment

Planning Trial run

Funding Land Construction

acquisition

Permits

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 Activity Table with Durations

Activity Predecessors Duration

(months)
a Land acquisition h 3

b Factory construction e, a 8

c Supply of equipment h 12

d Installation of equipment b, c, f 3

e Permits g 4

f Staffing g 2

g Planning - 4

h Funding g 3

i Trial run d 1

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Network with activity durations

Staffing

2 months

Supply of Installation of
equipment equipment
12 months 3 months
Planning Trial run

1 month
4 months
Funding Land Construction
acquisition
3 months 8 months
3 months

Activity
Permits
Duration
4 months

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Network with activity durations and activity times

4 6

Staffing
2 months
17 19

7 19 19 22
Supply of
Installation of
equipment
equipment
0 4
12 months
3 months 22 23
Planning
7 19
19 22 Trial run
4 months
1 month
0 4 4 7 7 10 10 18
22 23
Funding Land acquisition Construction
3 months 3 months 8 months
4 7 8 11 11 19
Early Early
start finish time
time
4 8 Activity
Permits Duration
4 months Late start Late finish
time time
7 11

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The Bar Chart

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Activity

Planning

Funding

Permits

Staffing

Land acquisition

Factory construction

Supply of equipment

Installation of equipment

Trial run