3.2 James Lawson has decided to run for a seat as Congressman from the House of

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3.2 James Lawson has decided to run for a seat as Congressman from the House of Representatives, District 34, in Florida. He views his 8-month campaign for office as a major project and wishes to create a work breakdown structure (WBS) to help control the detailed scheduling. So far, he has developed the following pieces of the WBS: LEVEL LEVEL ID NO. ACTIVITY 1 1.0 Develop political campaign 2 1.1 Fund-raising plan 3 1.1.1 ________________________________ 3 1.1.2 ________________________________ 3 1.1.3 ________________________________ 2 1.2 Develop a position on major issues 3 1.2.1 ________________________________ 3 1.2.2 ________________________________ 3 1.2.3 ________________________________ 2 1.3 Staffing for campaign 3 1.3.1 ________________________________ 3 1.3.2 ________________________________ 3 1.3.3 ________________________________ 3 1.3.4 ________________________________ 2 1.4 Paperwork compliance for candidacy 3 1.4.1 ________________________________ 3 1.4.2 ________________________________ 2 1.5 Ethical plan/issues 3 1.5.1 ________________________________Help Lawson by providing details where the blank lines appear. Are there any other major (level-2) activities to create? If so, add an ID no. 1.6 and insert them. Heizer, Jay; Render, Barry; Munson, Chuck. Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (Page 93). Pearson Education. Kindle Edition.

Explanation / Answer

The expected WBS is as follows:

Level

Level ID No.

Activity

1.0

Develop political campaign

1.1

?Fund-raising plan

1.11

set initial goals for fundraising

1.12

set strategies identifying sources and solicitation

1.13

train staff for audit planning

raise the funds

1.2

Develop a position on major issues

1.21

Identify voter's concerns

1.22

Analyze competitor's voting record

1.23

Establish positions on issues

1.3

Staffing for campaign

1.31

Hire campaign manager and political advisor

1.32

Get volunteers

1.33

Hire a staff

1.34

Hire media consultants

1.4

Paperwork compliance for candidacy

1.41

Identify filing deadlines

1.42

File for candidacy

1.5

Ethical? plan/issues

1.51

Train staff for audit planning