Practical Activity. Development of a Project Action Plan

Aim: Develop an action plan for the project.

Topic: Bee farm. New activities.

Instructions:

1. Define the purpose and scope of the project: define what the end goal of the project will be (e.g. how many hives you will have, what products you will produce).

2. Make a list of project activities: make a list of tasks that need to be done to achieve the project objectives (e.g. buy hives, learn about beekeeping, prepare for winter, etc.).

3. Identify the dependencies between activities: specify which activities must be done first and which later (e.g. prepare hives, plan the location before buying a colony).

4. Estimate the duration of the activities and the resources needed: define how long each activity will take and the resources it will require (e.g. how much the bees and equipment will cost, how many days it will take to prepare the hive camp).

5. Create a project plan: project objective, list of activities, dependencies, duration, resources needed, timetable, budget. Document the entire project activity plan on a sheet of paper or on a whiteboard in sequential order.

6. Once the project activity plan has been finalised, discuss it with the participants.

7. Discuss the importance of each planning step in the project implementation.

8. Think about which project performance management tool would suit you.