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Plan activities and tasks

Plan time

Plan HR

In this regard Gantt Charts are very useful. In can be drown both: manually as well as using a computer. Microsoft Project is powerful software used to plan projects.

Example of a simple Gantt Chart

Example of a consulting project plan using Microsoft Project.

Estimate costs

Example of a budget for a training course

Budget for the project «Implementation of 20 keys management system

HACCP & ISO 9001 to ABC JSC»

Period: 1.12.03 — 30.11.04 Duration 12 months

USD

#	Item	Position	Nr. of units	Price per unit	Value
1	Contracts amount	contracts	3		24500
2	including:
3	ISO 9001	days	35	140	4900
4	HACCP	days	47	140	6580
5	20 keys	days	77	140	10780
6	Project Management	days	9	250	2240
7	Company gross profit margin	%	30%		7350
8	Bonus for selling the project	%	10%		2450
9	including:	%
10	Valentin Sverdlic	%	10%		600
11	Dinu Gutu	%	10%		1850
12	Operational expenses	%	60%		14700
13	Transportation	tur retur	50	20	1000
14	Consumables	copies	5000	0.03	150
15	Labor:
16	Gross Salaries				13550
17	Net salaries				7612.36
18	including:
19	Dinu Alexei	ISO Consultant	35	43.50	1522.47
20	Ion Bostan	HACCP Consultant	47	43.50	2044.46
21	Andrei Cojocari	20 keys Consultant	77	43.50	3349.44
22	Andrei Cojocari	MP	8.96	77.68	695.99
23	Taxes				5937.64

Note: A 25% discount was offered to the client because of contracting 3 products at once and assuring 30% advance payment

Note: Agree the plan & budget with company this is part of he proposal and the contract.

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