PPMP20007 Project Management Concepts Term 1, 2015 Assignment : Report Lecturer: Jarvis Jacqueline Tutor : Ewin Natalie Prepared by : Student name: PATEL RITINKUMAR RAJUBHAI Student ID :S0266570 Course name: Master of Information Technology Course code : COIS20008 Answer 2 a) How long would the project take to complete? 375 days b) What are the start and finish dates of the project. Start date: 07/09/2015 Finish date: 14/03/2017 c) List the tasks that are on the critical path(s) of the project in part A1. If there is more than one critical path, list the tasks on each critical path as a separate list. new industrial controller XYZ • 1.1 hardware • 1.1.1 hardware specifications • 1.1.2 hardware design • 1.1.3 approvals • 1.1.4 order hardware components • 1.1.5 delivery of components • 1.1.6 assemble prototype 1.2 software • 1.2.1 operating system • 1.2.1.4 network interface 1.2.2 utilities • 1.2.2.4 shell 1.3 system integration • 1.3.1 architectural design decisions • 1.3.3 system hard/software test • 1.3.4 integration acceptance testing d) Did the holidays make any difference to the end date of your project? Explain. Yes, yearly occasions have some distinction on the end of particular undertaking in light of the fact that yearly occasions have 11 days break around then advance of the task, it is totally stopped by staff individual from undertaking so it takes 11 days more to complete our venture else it finished within 364
The estimated project completion date is TUE 11/13/13 with duration of 127 days. After leveling and re-allocating work along the project line, the project got delayed for 3 days so that the completion day moved up to FRI 11/21/13 (total duration of 130 days). (MS Project 2007)
Top to Down: When given the total time by project manager, higher level managers tend to squeeze the time to reduce the time and cost. Therefore, lower level manager has to give up the initial schedule to satisfy higher level managers. The finalized time depends on the complexity of the organization: the more layers, the less time to complete a project.
The project path of task A(3weeks) plus task C(4.5weeks) plus task E(5weeks) plus task H(11weeks) plus task J(3.5weeks) which equals 27 weeks total.
need to be upgraded and the existing data will need to be transferred into the new
Part 1: Search the internet for the term "IT outsourcing". Find at least two articles that discuss outsourcing, whether beneficial or controversial. Summarize the articles and answer the following questions in a two to three page paper:
The company I work for is a private engineering consulting firm. Brown and Caldwell is the largest engineering consulting firm solely focused on the U.S. environmental sector. Our services include utilities, government, technology, industry, water, and environmental. I am currently working on a project in which involves increasing the number of monthly project reviews, which is an area that I am responsible for monitoring. This area is the most monitored of all because my organization has a large issue meeting the company required metrics put in place by the Project Management Office. I have until our fiscal year end to
Define a project. What are the characteristics which help differentiate projects from other functions carried out in the daily operations of the organization?
Unit VI Project Part 1 Dependencies A Gain an understanding of the marketplace A1 Assess Supply Chain Management A2 Analyze Competitor trends A1 A3 Analyze investment timing A1 B Analyze your business A B1 Analyze Consumer trends
▸ ▸ List several tasks and outputs of project execution Discuss what is involved in directing and managing project execution as part of project integration management, including the importance of producing promised deliverables, implementing solutions to problems, evaluating work performance information, and requesting changes to a project Explain the importance of recommending corrective actions and updating project-related information as part of quality assurance
A _______________ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.
Let be the number of grade 9 oranges O.J. uses for bags, be the number of grade 9 oranges O.J. uses for juice, be the number of grade 6 oranges O.J. uses for bags, and be the number of grade 6 oranges O.J. uses for juice. The objective is to maximize the profit. For juice, the profit will be ($1.50$1.05)*( + ), and for bags, the profit will be ($0.50-$0.20)*( + ). Thus, the total profit will be . The objective function is: Maximize The constraints are: Constraint 1: The total number of grade 9 oranges is 100,000 lb. That is, Constraint 2: The total number of grade 6 oranges is 120,000 lb. That is, Constraint 3: The average quality of juice is at least 8. That is, This gives us: Constraint 4: The average quality of juice is at least
| Which of the following is true for organizations that have a coherent link of projects to strategy?Answer
Many home improvement products are universal regardless of market. Acme will be able to leverage this existing product knowledge for its Mexico City location. Acme will also be able to learn from competitor Home Depot who has already entered the home improvement market in Mexico. By touring several Home Depot locations in the Mexico City area, Acme will be able to see which store layout, merchandising, and promotional ideas seem the most effective.
Question 1. What project selection method described in the chapter will ABI probably employ for this proposal? Answer According to the description, the project selection method is profitability of numeric model. We might see the points from the business strategy 1) Bid only on good margin products that have the potential for maintaining their margins over a long term. 2) Pursue only new products. 3) Utilize the most advanced technology in new projects. “ project champion” approach to innovation and creativity. no more than 480 employees. 4) Foster the
In project scheduling you normally will have the “finish-to-start relationship” (Brown & Hyer, 2010, pg 207).