D079 Task 1 Final

Using the information in Table-1, assuming that the project team will work a standard working week (5 working days in 1 week) and that all tasks will start as soon as possible:   Task   Description Duration (WorkingDays) Predecessor/s A Requirement Analysis 5   B Systems Design 15 A C Programming 25 B D telecoms 15 B E Hardware Installation 30 B F Integration 10 C, D G System Testing 10 E, F H Training/Support 5 G I Handover and Go-Live 5 H   (i) Determine the critical path of the project (ii) Calculate the planned duration of the project in weeks (iii) Identify any non-critical tasks and the float (free slack) on each.

To be able to meet delivery dates, a project consultant intimates that a project should be analyzed with activities as follows: ACTIVITY                 IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR       EXPECT                                                                                       DURATION (WEEKS)   A. Initial discussion none 3 B. product design none 5 C. Market survey B 3 D. market evaluation A,C 4 E. product costing D 8 F. sales plan C 2 G. product pricing F 4 H. prototype F 2 I. master inform B 5 J.prototype testing HEG 3 (i) Draw a network to represent the various activities of the project.(ii) Draw up a table showing for each activity, the earliest and latest start and finish times and total float/slack.(iii) Determine the critical path and project duration.(iv) As a management science student, advise the management about the effect on the project completion time If the start time of activity A is delayed by 3weeks, activity G is delayed by 8 weeks

SECTION C - SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS 1. How would you define a project? 2. Give an example of a project found in Botswana, and provide a brief description of its primary goals. 3. Briefly describe a project you know that failed in Botswana. Which of the reasons considered in the course could be responsible for the project’s failure?  4. Explain: a) a project plan  b) a project charter  c) Work Breakdown structure

Define a process in project management with the help of an example?

I just need help with D AND E Please!! The answer that i have for D was wrong and cant figure it out.    You may need to use the appropriate technology to answer this question. Mueller & Associates is a urban planning firm that is designing a new public park in an Omaha suburb. Coordination of the architect and subcontractors will require a major effort to meet the 43-week completion date requested by the owner. The Mueller project manager prepared the following project network. A project network with 10 activities and 14 directed arcs is shown. Activity Start is connected to activity A. Activity A is connected to activity B, to activity C, and to activity D. Activity B is connected to activity F. Activity C is connected to activity E and to activity F. Activity D is connected to activity E. Activity E is connected to activity G and to activity Finish. Activity F is connected to activity G and to activity H. Activity G is connected to activity H. Activity H is connected to…

2. Describe Project Management. Shorts and simple ###########################correct answers from experts.

a.       Develop an AON network for this problem. b.      What is the critical path? c.       What is the total project completion time? d.      What is the slack time for each individual activity? Discussion Question e.       Why do you think project management is needed in this scenario?

With the use of examples, can you explain the working of the triple constraints of project management

Problem 2: Chicago Project You are asked to manage an upcoming project for a client based in Chicago. Your supervisor, Susan, asked you to determine if the project will be completed in 2 months (60 days). Susan sent you the estimated time durations (in days) for the project. The information is given below: 4. Your supervisor was told that the client would like to complete the project in 56 days. Which path in the project network has the greatest risk of running over this new deadline of 56 days? 5. Prepare a report for Susan regarding your findings. Include your recommended strategy to finish the project in the least possible time.

a. Draw a project network. b. What is the critical path? c. What is the normal project cost? d. What is the total cost of the project if you need to crash it by 1 week?

IT Project Management IT 270 on your project scenario that has been suggested by you or by your instructor and approved by your instructor, answer the following questions. Project Title: Scenario Overview: a) Create the charter for your own project.b) Develop the SWOT analysis for your own project. Use any of project management tools to,a) Identify the project milestones and draw Gantt chart.b) Draw PDM network diagram.c) Identify all paths including the critical path for the project.d) Show the forward pass and the backward pass of your project.e) Calculate the free and total slack of each activity.f) Use the Earned Value Management for your project to find out CPI, SPI, and ECg) In one page, create the Lessons-Learned report.

1. Analyze the cost variance metric, and include the equation and what the acronyms stand for. 1. Describe one project software program that could help a project manager control costs.

why the understanding of the triple constraints of project management is useful to a project manager.

The project manager of Good Public Relations gathered the data shown in Table 7.15 for a new advertising campaign.a. How long is the project likely to take?b. What is the probability that the project will take more than 38 weeks?c. Consider the path A–E–G–H–J. What is the probability that this path will exceed 38 weeks?

1. Using the information in this section, write a project plan for NIBCO. 2. Why is change management so important for NIBCO? 3. Use the WBS and start a project plan using Microsoft Project. Write a rationale for each of the cost summary

The Scott Corey accounting firm is installing a new computer system. Several things must be done to make sure the system works properly before all the accounts are put into the new system. The following table provides information about this project. How long will it take to install the system? What is the critical path? Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Time (weeks) A   3 B   4 C A 6 D B 3 E A 5 F C 2 G D,E 5 H F,G 5 The managing partner of the Scott Corey accounting firm has decided that the system must be up and running in 16 weeks. Consequently, information about crashing the project was put together and is shown in the following table: Activity Immediate Predecessor(s) Normal Time (weeks) Crash Time (weeks) Normal Cost ($) Crash Cost ($) A   3 2 8,000 9,300 B   4 3 9,000 10,000 C A 6 4 12,000 15,000 D B 3 1 15,000 15,500 E A 5 3 5,000…

Draw a network representation of the project (nodes = activities, arrows = precedence constraints). Provide early start/early finish as well as late start/late finish times for all activities. What is the duration of the project, and which tasks are on the critical path? Task Description Duration Predecessors A Project Planning 16 days - B Evaluation Existing Apps 20 days - C Define Value Proposition 12 days B D Define User Interface 18 days B E Define Technology Requirements 22 days C and D F Document Requirements 14 days E G Develop Architecture 35 days A and F H Creation Code Design 18 days G I Roadmap Feature Development 12 days G J User Interface Development 74 days H and I K Code Development 92 days H and I L Release Testing 32 days J and K M Get User Feedback 22 days L N Bug Fixing 28 days L O Marketing Plan 54 days E P Release Product 5 days M, N and O

Project Managent 4. Discuss in detail the Project Life Cycle for a typical project explaining each cycle. Use examples/diagrams to illustrate your answer.

Describe approach to tracking a project. What kinds of issues would you focus on if you were a project manager? Why?

Using the following table, calculate the project duration   Task Predecessor Duration (weeks) A - 1 B A 2 C - 2 D - 3 E B 3 F C, D 4 G E,F 6 H F 1

List and describe 3 tools out there that can be used for managing projects on a task level similar to Microsoft Project. State what your preference is and why?

1)List and explain the phases that mark the life of a project.  2) For each project phase identified in 1(a) above, describe at least four (4) project activities/processes performed in the phase.  3) With the use of a diagram, show (illustrate) the typical levels of uncertainty or project risks associated with each phase and throughout a project. 4) With the use of a diagram, show (illustrate) the typical levels of project staffing related to each phase and throughout a project.  5) For each project phase identified in 1(a) above, identify and describe at least one (1) major deliverable (output) of the phase.

1. Determine and provide the following information for Activity 1: Latest Finish Duration Latest Start Start date.2. Explain what does negative 8 (‐8) say about the project

Solve the following project by hand and submit your notes: Activity Normal Time (weeks) Crash Time (weeks) Normal Cost Crash Cost Immediate Predecessor A 4 3 $2,000 $2,100 - B 2 1 $2,200 $2,800 - C 3 3 $500 $500 - D 8 6 $2,300 $2,600 A E 6 3 $900 $1,200 B F 3 2 $3,000 $4,200 C G 4 2 $1,400 $2,000 E, F   How long will the project take? What is the total cost to complete the project in normal time? If the project is to be shortened by 1-week, which activity will be reduced and how much will the cost be increased? What is the maximum time that the project can be crashed? How much will the cost increase if it is crashed the maximum?

Project C is a small (about GHS 2 million in value) but complex project that has as its purpose the development of a new computer-basedmanagement system and is highly complex in nature. It has a number of small interrelated sub-systems that are mutually dependent and does not have a well-defined direction. It is currently about 40 per cent complete. This project is being developed by staff of your organization, with the assistance of specialist contractors as required. Differences between the development staff and organizational management about the direction that the project should take threaten, however, to impact on its successful delivery. Similarly, requests by organizational management for scope change are numerous, and change control procedures are poor. To date, the project manager has successfully managed to manage requests. This may not always be the case. If the new system achieves its desired goals, the organization would be expected to achieve considerable productivity…

Identify at least four (4) critical issues that the project management team faced inexecuting, monitoring, and controlling project work and discuss the strategies used toeffectively manage these issues. The project is the Demolition of an old Building in the City.

With the data attached: 1. Draw a project network. 2. What is the critical path 3. What is the normal project cost? 4. What would be the total cost of this project if need to crash it by 1 week?

Dave Fletcher was able to determine the activity times for constructing his laser scanning machine. Fletcher would like to determine​ ES, EF,​ LS, LF, and slack for each activity. The total project completion time and the critical path should also be determined. Here are the activity​ times:                                                                                                                                Activity Time​ (weeks) Immediate​ Predecessor(s) Activity Time​ (weeks) Immediate​ Predecessor(s) A 7 − E 4 B B 6 − F 5 B C 4 A G 10 C, E D 2 A H 8 D​ , F Part 2 ​Dave's earliest start​ (ES) and earliest finish​ (EF) are:               Part 3       Part 4       Part 5       Part 6       Part 7       Part 8       Part 9       Part 10 ​Dave's latest start​ (LS) and latest finish​ (LF) are:…

Given the project activity table below: (check images) a) Draw a project network from the table  b) What activity(s) is a burst activity?  What activity(s) is a merge activity?      3. What is the length of the project?     4. What is the critical path?  c) Make the Gantt chart  d)  Build the project network using expected activity times based on the new table below (I WROTE "2nd CHART" on it) e)  What would be the expected length of the project?  f)  What would be the project standard deviation?  g)  Using a z-table (one can be found here: https://statisticsbyjim.com/hypothesis-testing/z-table/ ), what is the probability that the project can be completed in 28 weeks?

The Virginia Department of Transportation is undertaking aconstruction project to widen a large section of interstate, highway near Washington, DC, which includes the construc-tion of a number of new bridges, interchanges, and over-passes. The first step in the project is the appointment of a project manger and the development of a project team, someof which will be departmental employees and others will beprivate consultants and operatives. The team for a project thissize also requires a large support staff with varying technicalskills. Once the team is selected and the staff is in place the first task is to select a primary contractor to manage and over-see the actual construction. The following activities are stan-dard for the planning and scheduling of this process: Construct the CPM/PERT network for this project and de-termine the project schedule. Identify the critical path and determine the expected project duration time and variance.Determine the probability that the team and…