Scenario: Suppose you are the manager of a consulting firm that designs and produces custom software solutions for your clients. To accomplish these tasks you supervise a staff of 100 programmer/analysts. For reasons dictated by the needs of your clients, and by the nature of your business, you offer and sell two separate services, technical design specifications (a document describing how best to solve a client’s problem) and actual implementations (in the form of hardware and software).
|
Staff Members Assigned to Design Projects |
Staff Members Assigned to Implementation Projects |
Design Projects Completed |
Implementation Projects Completed |
|
0 |
100 |
0 |
15 |
|
25 |
75 |
20 |
14 |
|
50 |
50 |
35 |
12 |
|
75 |
25 |
45 |
7 |
|
100 |
0 |
50 |
0 |
In the following graph, plot the productions possibilities for the consulting firm:
Questions concerning the scenario described on previous page.
a) What happens to the curve if the programmer/analyst union bargains for reduced work hours and 2 weeks additional vacation per year?
b) What happens to the curve if 1/2 of the employees participate in a certification program which increases their productivity in design ?
c) What happens to the curve if a new software program reduces time spent implementing solutions ?
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