For Part B of the MS Project Assignment, complete the Zuma Project - Parts 3, 4, 5 and 6 described at the end of your textbook (pp.630-634).
Answer the questions, following the directions below, and submit your MS Project files in the dropbox. Use the following coding for your filenames - start with your initials, such as XYEM660ZumaP3.mpp. Submit answers to the questions as an MS Word file, with a file name starting with your initials, such as XYEM660ZumaPB.doc. Also save your work to disk as a backup record.
Note: Additional tutorials with video files on how to work with MS Project are given in the Student CD that came with your textbook and are also on the publisher’s website. Worth watching!
Part 3 (20 pts.)
3.0 Top management is
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The available personnel and impact on activity duration are presented in Table A2.7.
3.1.1 Based upon your Part 2 MS Project file, XYEM660ZumaP2.mpp, assign additional personnel as needed to complete the project before Feb. 1, 2009, but minimize the cost.
3.1.2 Develop a schedule that meets the time and resource allocation constraints. [You cannot go back and re-level resources. These new resources are only available for the stated specific tasks according to the schedule created at the end of Part 2.]
3.1.3 Save and submit your MS Project file with a filename starting with your initials, such as XY EM660ZumaP3.mpp. (12 pts.)
3.2 Answer the questions below in your project word file, XYEM660ZumaPB.doc:
3.2.1 (Q#3) What is the new project complete date after assigning additional personnel? (1 pt.)
After additional personnel were added, the new project duration is 281.67 days.
3.2.2 (Q#4) Which additional personnel assignments would you choose to complete the project before February 1st deadline at the cheapest cost? (Q#5) Explain your choices. Also, (Q#6) explain the reasons for not choosing specific options. (3 pts.)
3.2.3 (Q#7) How have these changes affected the sensitivity of the network? (1 pt.)
3.2.4 (Q#8) What is the amount range for the slack on non-critical activities? (1 pt.)
Part 4 (13 pts.)
4.0 Robin Lane and top management have approved the schedule generated at the end of Part 3.
Save the file
Once you have obtained a schedule that meets the time and resource constraints, prepare a memo that addresses the following questions:
2. Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve any overallocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens?
4. What is your opinion on the potential for the project to be completed on time?
Enter your first and last name then click [Create]. You should save your project folder in the Projects folder located in the Smithville_Bingham folder created when the downloaded files were unzipped. For your own protection against hard-drive failure, you should create a dated backup file at the end of each session on a removable disk (CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive). This step creates the accounts and funds that you will need to complete the “City of Smithville” cumulative problem.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top of this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read thesestep-by-step instructions or watch this TutorialDropbox
2. Then, on your solution explorer, right-click on your project file and click on add>reference.
(b) Which activities should be crashed to meet a project deadline of 12 days at minimum cost?
* Task D. was the next task that would need to be crashed in order for the project to be completed within 30 weeks.
A project can be developed in two ways. First when a user wants to execute the code when a specific document is open. Second, user want code to be available whenever the application is running. Thus to provide both the types of functionality following types of project templates for VSTO-based Office development are provide by Visual Studio
In almost every business, project management is critically important. The critical path method (CPM) will provide a timeline for the project manager for when tasks should be completed. In addition, providing a deadline and the negative effects it will have on the following successors if not completed on time. These many task are interdepended. Therefore, the CPM provides the start and finishes times of the tasks, and identifies the few tasks on the critical path that the project manager should observe to determine which task needs the most attention. Already discovering and incorporating the details the task or assignments may require, CPM calculates all task times, which can be measured in hours, days, weeks, and months. For any unintended manually input errors, a warning message will be provided. Including an automatic successor generator, task numbering comment, and data validation, makes it easier on the project manager.
Students often ask about the use of project management software applications in this course. In the past we required the use of MS Project for this course but removed it as a requirement when we rewrote the course. The reason we removed it was that MS Project has a very steep learning curve for all but the most basic functions. The software is very expensive and is not web-based so it requires installation on
Problem 12 (page 82) Table 2.5 on page 82 contains information about an environmental clean-up project. Shorten the project three weeks by finding the minimum-cost schedule. Assume that project indirect costs and penalty consts are negligible. Identify activities to crash while minimizing the additional crash costs. Solution: AON Diagram for the environmental project:
4. Discuss the impact of cost and time constraints on networking techniques and project schedules.
The following paper analyzes the Whitbread World Sailboat Race case scenario presented at the end of chapter 9 in the Gray and Larson text, Project Management: the Managerial Process. The project encompasses two main objectives; one, design, build and test a new vessel, and two, select and train a crew capable of winning the race. Both objectives must be completed within 45 weeks, the start of the race, and with a planned budget of $3.2 million.
4. During which month of the project are the highest and lowest costs expected to