Unknown Facts About The 8/80 Rule For Projects

Adeniyi SalauApril 17, 2023

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Unknown Facts About The 8/80 Rule For Projects

What Is Covered

The 8/80 Rule for projects refers to a general guideline regarding work packages; they require more than eight and fewer than eighty hours of effort to be completed.

The 8/80 Rule help project managers create the work package list by identifying which work components should be considered work packages.

Any work component that can be completed in fewer than eight hours does not rise to the level of a work package.

Also, any work component requiring more than 80hours of work is too monumental to be categorised that way.

While the 8/80 Rule may be a useful guide in small projects, it will be impractical to apply it to large projects, which will necessitate tracking millions of work packages.

Activities

An activity is an element of project work packages that requires action to produce a deliverable. Activities lay the foundation for estimating, scheduling, executing, and monitoring and controlling the project work. The characteristics of the activity are:

It has an expected duration
It consumes budget and human resources.

Example:

Some of the activities are:

Revising a user manual
Making a sales presentation
Reserve ng a conference room

Each of these items requires action to produce a deliverable. Each has an expected duration and will consume budget and human resources.

Activity lists …

An activity list is a definitive list of activities that must be completed to produce the desired project deliverables.

It includes an activity identifier and a description of the scope of work for each activity so that each team member understands the work required for completion.

The activities in an activity list are listed in sequential order and are used to estimate project duration and create the project schedule.

An activity list for conducting a Training program…

Determine training budget
Schedule training date
Set training requirements
Identify trainers
Confirm attendees
Reserve conference room
Set up audio-visual materials
Acquire training software
Train attendees
Collect feedback.

Activity components …

Activity can be broken down into smaller components. For example, the activity, Reserve conference room, could be broken down in the following way:

Determine size requirement
Determine date needed
Identify possible room alternatives
Select room
Call to reserve room
File confirmation when received

Activity attributes

Activity attributes obtain additional information about all activities in an activity list.

The attribute describes the activities by listing the different components associated with the activities, which include responsible team members and the level of effort required.

Activity attributes are used to develop project schedules and select, order, and sort planned activities.

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