iMedia - Work plans

Which of these is a purpose for a work plan?

• To decide who the project is aimed at

• To provide a timescale for completing the project

• To make the project seem more organised to other people

• To tell people what jobs they need to do

What are tasks?

• Key dates when a section may be completed

• Back up plans

• Main sections of a project

• People involved in the project

What is an activity?

• A series of things that you must do to complete a task

• A practice to do before making a project

• A fun idea for your lunch break

• A large section of a project

What are durations?

• The different ways an advert could be broadcasted

• Things that could cause issues within the project

• The amount of time that you have to complete a project

• The amount of time that a task or activity is expected to take

What are timescales?

• How long the overall project will take to complete

• The amount of time that you have to complete tasks or activities

• The date by which the project must be finished

• The different roles within the project

What are milestones?

• The time allowed for tasks or activities

• Sections of activities

• Key dates when a section is completed

• Different standards of quality (e.g. good milestone = good quality)

What are deadlines?

• Options that have been ruled out

• Dates which something must be finished by

• Schedules for different people working on the project

• The times that sections are expected to take

What are resources?

• Food that the law makes project leaders provide

• Back up plans if something goes wrong

• Credits on a project

• What is needed to do the tasks and activities

What are contingencies?

• Different roles in the project

• What if scenarios/back up plans

• Times for people working on the project to meet up

• The expected time that the project will take