Activity Identification
Activities shall be identified with the help of WBS technique. List of activities may be short and simple or long and detailed, depending on the size, goals and stage of the project. For example, for project planning at the conceptual stage of a project, activities may be at a broad level and less in number and at the execution stage, activities may be detailed
and more in number. Each activity shall have,
a) defined deliverables or scope of work;
b) trackable duration;
c) resources; and
d) cost.
6.1.4.2 In-house and outsourced activities Activities to be executed by the organization managing the project are in-house activities. Activities to be executed by the external agencies or organizations are outsourced activities.
6.1.5 Productivity Standards Productivity standard of each resource for a particular project is the productivity data to be assumed for scheduling that project. It shall be calculated as per the following formula:
Resources’ productivity standard (p) = Productivity norms × Production efficiency factor
where
Productivity = productivity of resources for the norms minimum unit of scheduling time. For example, if the planning unit for time is a day, output of resources/day is the productivity information required.
This should be obtained from published guidelines such as IS 7272 (Part 1) or other authorized publications such as CPWD analysis of rates and MORTH data book or historical data of similar activities archived in the organization. For new type of work when no previous data is available, productivity norms can be estimated through prototype testing or from the experience of the project team. In a situation where multiple resources are required for an activity, productivity of one group of resources should be considered.
Production = multiplier used to convert production efficiency norms into productivity standards factor expected under job conditions of the project.