Activities and Task Times
0. START (0)
1. Menu- selection (14 days, +4, -2) 15.
2. Menu-pricing and Margins (2 days, +2, -1) 16.
3. Menu- design (2 days, +9, -1) 54.
4. Honey B's Dollar Coupon Design (.5 day, +1, - .25) 2.
5. Marketing- production of flyer with menu, pricing, Honey B's Dollar (5 days, +5, -1) 3., 4.
6. Marketing- distribution of flyer (21 days, +7, -2) 31., 72.
7. Marketing- giving flyer out to customers (1, + 1, -0) F.
8. Marketing- introducing Samosas (1, + 1, -0) F.
9. Marketing- free sampler (1, + 1, -0) F.
10. Marketing- limit one coupon per $4 order (1, + 1, -0) F.
11. Contact and Select Product Suppliers (21 days, + 14, -7) 1.
12. Fryer Oil Supplier (7 days, +7, -2) 1.
13. Product Testing (21 days, +7, -5) 11., 12.
14. Review of competition (14 days, +14, -4) 27.
15. Market analysis (2 days, +5, -.5) 14.
16. Product Pricing (3 days, +4, -1) 13.
17. Attraction Planning- Picnic Tables, Sun Umbrellas, Ping Pong table, Tether Ball (21 days, +14, -7) 2.
18. Parking Lot construction (21 days, +7, -3) 21.
19. Road Cut and Culvert (1.5 days, +.5, -.5) 21.
20. Road Cut Approval (3 days, + 14, -1) 21.
21. Lot Clearing and Grubbing (5, +2, -.5) 65.
22. Fence Posts and Cable Gate (5, +10, -.5) 64.
23. Canada Flag, Pole and Placement (1, + 2, -.5) 31.
24. Open Signs and Placement (1, +2, -.5) 31.
25. Honey B's Wind sock- Placement (.5, +2, -.25) 22.
26. Purchase of French Fry truck (60 days, + 60, -30) 65.
27. Site Selection (45 days, +90, -5) O.
28. Lease Negotiation (30 days, +60, -10) 27.
29. Compliance with Zoning (21days, + 45, -5) 27.
30. Health Inspection (21 days, +14, -5) 32., 33.
31. Municipal License (14 days, +60, -4) 30.
32. Truck Cleaning (2 days, +1, -.5) 45.
33. Propane Tank Filling (1 day, +7, -.5) 36.
34. Changing Fryer Oil (1 day, + 7, -.5) 32.
35. On Site Delivery of Fries and stocking of inventory (10 days, +11, -2) 31., 43., 60.
36. On Site Delivery of Propane (21 days, +7, -2) 37.
37. Permanent Placement of Tanks with Bollards (5 days, +9, -1) 45.
38. Chain and padlocks for ping pong table (1 day, +3, -.5) 74.
39. Chain and Padlocks for two picnic tables (1 day, +3, -.5) 74.
40. Hydro Installation- overhead pole (21 days, +14, -2) 22, 61, 62.
41. Electrical Service and meter (21 days, +14, -2) 40.
42. Truck electrical hook-up (5 days, +5, -1) 41.
43. Outside 'on' lights when open- front mounted on truck (2 days, +6, -.5) 42.
44. Safety Light on Pole (2 days, +5, -.5) 40.
45. Moving Truck to Site- Truck Placement on site- parallel to rod or perpendicular/Truck Placement on site close to road with parking behind or vice versa/ Backing Truck out of existing location- jack knifing (1, +4, -.5) 64.
46. Signage- two A-frames and on-truck menu design, production and installation (21 days, +14, -7) 45.
47. Signage Placement- 400 metre setback from 400 series highways: use of ladder to place high on hydro pole without permit (1 day, +2, -.5) F.
48. Making Character out of Truck- selection of clip art logo, design and decal production and installation (14 days, +7, -2) 64.
49. Permanent Installation of too heavy A-frames (1 day, +1, -.5) F.
50. Staffing- rate of pay (1 day, +1, -.5) 45.
51. Staffing- interview and selection (10 days, +5, -3) 45., 52.
52. Staff training (5 days, +5, -1) 45, 50, 51.
53. Coping with problems- Staffing- turnover, vandalism- breaking of windows, denial of license crisis, running out of fries on opening day (Canada Day 12:15pm), running out of propane, running out of stock (no burgers, no Italian sausage, no Polish sausage), refrigerator breakdown, diet drinks versus regular, water pump malfunction, vendor failure to fix water pump (1 day, +1, -.5) 51., 67., 68.
54. Estimating breakeven (5 days, +5 days, -2) 74.
55. Hand car wash- well, pump, car tent (28 days, +14, -7) F.
56. Bush parties and camping (1 day, +1, -.5) F.
57. Party rental (1 day, +1, -.5) F.
58. Catering (1 day, +1, -.5) F.
59. Telephone service- cell or land line (7 days, +7, -2) 42., 44.
60. Security- police, video, intruder detection, local siren (21 days, + 7, -2) 59.
61. Property Insurance- self insurance (0 days, +0, -0) 64.
62. Liability Insurance (14 days, + 14, -2) 64.
63. Ice Cream freezer, stock, menu (14 days, +14 days, -2) F.
64. Agreement of Purchase and Sale for Chip truck- $12,000 to $50,000 (14 days, +14, -2) 26.
65. Land Lease with Landlord (28 days, + 14, -7) 28, 29.
66. Honey B's candy stock and menu (14 days, +14 days, -2) F.
67. Honey B's Staff Uniforms (14 days, +14 days, -2) 45.
68. Honey B's T-shirts(14 days, +14 days, -2) 45.
69. Honey B's name, web address (short for Beatrice, name of truck is name of 'boat'- can not be changed without bad luck) trademark- Honey Bee Honey Potential Conflict (2 days, +3, -.5) 5.
70. Waste Receptacles (3 days, +4, - 1) 45.
71. Decaling of waste receptacles (14 days, +7, -2) 70.
72. Honey B's web site (14 days, +7, -2) 69., 73.
73. Photos of Honey B's site and personnel (5 days, + 7, -1) 46, 48, 52., 75., 76.
74. Pricing of Ping Pong Play- $1 per 20 minutes (1 day, +1, -.5) 17.
75. Purchase of German Outdoor Ping Pong Table (14 days, +7, -1) 38.,74.
76. Purchase of Picnic Tables (5 days, +7, -1) 39., 74.
F. FINISH/OPEN (0) 6., 23., 24., 25., 35., 46., 48., 72.
