How to Manage a Project

Making a Project Plan

Additional Materials

Using WORD to make a STAGES diagram

 

stages plan created on Word 

To create the above:

  1. Create a text box, type in Project Scoping, make it Bold, and then centre justify it. Then colour the box filling yellow with "Format Text Box" - see WORD Drawing Tools.
     
  2. Move it into position by selecting it (by clicking the cursor on the box edges) and dragging it into position on the page
     
  3. You can create the other boxes in the same way but to save time you can duplicate it by selecting the box and pressing Ctrl D.
     
  4. Drag this new box into position and change the typing from Project Scoping Study to Outline Design. Do the same for the other two boxes.
     
  5. When all four boxes are correctly laid-out, go to  AutoShapes - Block Arrows and select an arrow to use. Using the hairline cursor draw an arrow between the first two boxes and fill it with blue with "Format Text Box". Then duplicate this for the other boxes.
     
  6. Create a new box, type in Scoping Report and drag it into position. Remove the border by Right-Clicking on the box, selecting "Format Text Box" and selecting "Line Colour" - "No Line".
     
  7. Draw an ordinary line arrow and drag it into position.
     
  8. Do the same  for Proposed Outline and Final Plan & Design.
     
  9. Finally, to avoid moving parts by mistake, select all the boxes and arrows and group them into one object.