Part
1
Questions (
2
0 points)
Provide responses to the following questions
1.
What is the purpose of a staffing management plan? What does it address?
2. Whom should the project manager consult when performing resource leveling?
3
.
D
escribe the two primary techniques for compressing a schedule?
4
. When crashing a project schedule, describe the two criteria that are considered when considering which activities will be sped up.
Part 2 Project network/schedule -scheduling and compressing a schedule (30 points)
You’ve been asked to manage a project that includes conducting a two-week (
10
working days) computer training class. Using the information in Table below, complete the following:
A ctivity |
I mmediate Predecessor |
Normal Time (days) |
Normal C ost |
Crashed Time (days) |
Crashed Cost |
||||||||||
A – Obtain Instructor |
None |
7 |
$ 5 00 |
4 |
$800 |
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B – Locate Room |
A | 3 |
$200 |
2 |
$350 |
||||||||||
C – Check Coats |
6 |
$900 |
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D – Room Open? |
C | 1 | |||||||||||||
E – Schedule Class |
B and D |
$300 |
Prepare a network schedule showing:
a. Early Starts (ES) for all activities
b. Late Starts (LS) for all activities
c. Slacks for all activities
d. Critical path and its length
e. Non-critical paths and their length
Schedule Compression:
a. What is the crash cost per day for each activity?
b. Which activities should be crashed to meet a project deadline of 10 days with a minimum cost? You may assume that you can partially crash an activity.
c. What is the new cost after crashing the project?
d.
F
ully crash the project to its minimum duration. Prepare a table that shows (for each day the project length is reduced) the project duration, the activities that are crashed, the incremental crash cost, and the total crash cost.
Part 3 Resource Leveling (40 points)
Using the data below
Activity ID |
Activity |
Immediate Predecessor |
Duration in days |
Resource |
Work H ours per Day |
Evaluate freezers |
Alcides |
||||
B |
Chart temperatures |
Joan |
|||
Review service record |
|||||
D |
Consult with HVAC engineer |
A, B, C |
|||
E |
Develop construction plan |
10 | |||
F |
Complete IC assignment |
||||
G |
Complete ROI analysis |
5 | |||
H |
Conduct regulatory review |
||||
I |
Obtain construction approval |
F, G, H |
a. Create a project schedule in MS Excel ensuring that it reflects the predecessor/successor relationships identified in the table.
b. How long will it take to complete the project?
c. Joan and Alcides are not fully dedicated to the project. Joan is only available for 4 hours each day, and Alcides is available for 6 hours per day. The original estimated duration (in 8-hour days) results in over-allocation of Joan and Alcides. Prepare a resource-leveled project schedule in MS Excel. How long will it take to complete the project in a resource-leveled environment?
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