Grt Task 1 Essay

Project C: This project will be a scale-up of a project done last year. All the same processes will be used. The costs for the material and other resources should be scalable based on last year’s costs.

Resources used will be primarily the project team members. To reduce risk all members need to be aware of the project schedule so that the right team members are available at the right times. Adequate computer resources, physical space and other support staff need to be ensured so that the project does not fall behind schedule.

2. (B) The SDLC phase that typically requires the greatest percentage of total cost for a project is the _________ phase. a. definition b. construction c. implementation d. final

Any path that if delayed will delay the completion of the entire project is known as a:

(b) Which activities should be crashed to meet a project deadline of 12 days at minimum cost?

D) The weekly budget is formed by using both the early start and finish times of each activity on the critical path.

The first is to change how MS Project Calculates the schedule. (We will explain this in week 5)

4. Assumed that the job could be done by outside contractors in the specified time frame. Also with money being a problem.

2) In a resource constrained project, the work must be finished by a certain time, or date, as efficiently as possible.

Network Diagram. Using Post-it Notes a network diagram was prepared that allowed for identification of the project critical path and float for non-critical tasks to be undertaken during the project (refer to above Task Schedule):

From Figure 1, we know that the critical path is Activity 1-2-5-7-10-13-15. It is because if there is any change of time in the Activities on the critical path, the whole progress time of the project will change. Therefore, we choose to crash the activities on the critical path with the lowest crash cost in order to lower the time used with minimum additional cost. Activity 7 has the lowest crash cost within the Activities on the critical path. So, we choose to crash Activity 7 first.

Step 2: Answer the following questions: (15 points total) a) Calculate the scheduled completion time. (3 points) 25 b) Identify the critical path (4 points) B,D,G,H c) What is the slack time (float) for activity A?

• Crashing – Crashing involves either adding resources or increasing work hours (overtime, weekends) to shorten task duration. Shorter task durations typically result in higher task costs, so project teams must determine, prior to crashing, whether the total costs savings is enough to justify

Probability of more than 3 = 1 – (0.4 + 0.24 + 0.144 + 0.0864)

d. Task/assignment change: sure some of the tasks have been able to change due to several requirements such as, daily in such part, unavailability of materials and disputes between the contractor and the owner.