mplementation of projects without a strong priority system linked to strategy creates problems. Explain how project portfolio system can go a long way to reduce, or even eliminate the impact of these problems?

Office Automation Inc., developed a proposal for implementing a software system that will standardize the accounts payable function by automatically issuing an electronic payment upon receipt of the vendor invoice. Contained in the proposal is a list of activities that must be accomplished to complete the project. The following table contains relevant information about the activities.       Time (weeks) Cost ($1,000s) Activity Description ImmediatePredecessor Normal Crash Normal Crash A Plan needs   10 8 30 70 B Order equipment A 8 6 120 150 C Install equipment B 10 7 100 160 D Set up training lab A 7 6 40 50 E Conduct training course D 10 8 50 75 F Test system C, E 3 3 60   (a) Develop a project network. A project network with 8 activities and 8 directed arcs is shown. Activity Start is connected to activity A. Activity A is connected to activity B and to activity C. Activity B is connected to activity D. Activity C is connected to activity E. Activity D is…

Joe and Noël have just gotten engaged. Seeing as they are both business students, they thought that they’d try to plan out their wedding preparation as a project. Here’s the WBS they’ve determined is necessary for a simple but elegant wedding. Assume all durations are deterministic. Although perhaps not realistic to real wedding planning, use the standard calendar in ProjectLibre (use default working days in software). Based on the project you created, answer the following questions. Please note that each question is independent and not built upon each other. a) If Joe and Noël start wedding planning on January 1, 2023, when is the wedding day? b) What is the critical path? List all critical tasks in chronological order. c) Will the critical path change if Noël decides she needs two extra weeks for the Bridal Diet? If yes, what is the new critical path and when should the wedding be held? d) Assume that band auditions take twice as long as expected. Does this affect the…

You may need to use the appropriate technology to answer this question. Due to population growth in the area, the new Liberty High School has just opened in a local school district. The athletic director at Liberty High is planning the launch of the school's track and field team. The first team practice is scheduled for April 1. The activities, their immediate predecessors, and the activity time estimates (in weeks) are listed in the following table.       Time (Weeks) Activity Description ImmediatePredecessor Optimistic Most Probable Pessimistic A Meet with board   1 1 2 B Hire coaches A 4 6 8 C Conduct fundraiser A 2 4 6 D Announce program B, C 1 2 3 E Meet with coaches B 2 3 4 F Order team equipment A 1 2 3 G Register athletes D 1 2 3 H Reserve buses for meets G 1 2 3 I Plan first practice E, H, F 1 1 1 (a) Draw a project network. A project network with 11 activities and 13 directed arcs is shown. Activity Start is connected to activity A. Activity A…

Refer to exercise #6 (page 54) in your textbook. Given the information in that exercise, which one should be Broken Arrow's first priority (you must include values for NPV/ROR/ROI and/or other information used to finalize your decision)? Calculate NPV for the project with first/highest priority. What is the maximum investment level for the project with the lowest priority that will lead to the same NPV as that for the project with first/highest priority (assume that the revenue stream does not change for that project)? Hint: You may use Excel's goal seek method (shown in the Chapter2_help file) to find the unknown investment value in year 0, given known revenue stream, final NPV value known from the project with highest priority, and rate of return (ROR) as 20%. Note: You must include values for NPV/ROR/ROI and/or other information used to finalize your priority. Answers provided without quantitative reasons will receive zero credits. Use the editor to format your answer

Project Managers are often required to report on the conduct of their projects. The reporting is usually done at regular intervals, such as weekly status reports to the project Sponsor, monthly reports to the executive team on some sort of dashboard, and perhaps to the project team at major milestones. Create a table that displays the requirements and advantages of status reporting for each of the following roles: • Board of directors • Executive sponsor • Business partner • Project manager • Team leads • Project management Trainer • Key vendor • Stockholder. APA references

Montgomery Healthcare System is a  health system that has 14 hospitals and 32 outpatient clinics. The leader is responsible for working with a team of health professionals to improve clinical errors, compile reports, implement evidence based management practices, and collaborate to provide training to health professionals at all levels. The leader is working with an interdisciplinary team of various specialties, backgrounds, and personalities. This is a high visibility project as the  CEO wants weekly reports on progress  based on the outcomes.  Unfortunately there are a  few team members that do not get along and it is challenging to get these professionals to work together to achieve the goals defined.  Please remember to write from a 3rd person perspective and use references to support ideas, assumptions, and answers for this analysis.  Thank you!    Please write a paper describing the following:  Who's on the team? Define team roles? What is the actual interpersonal conflict? How…

During the planning phase, the team is fully engaged in the development of scope of work, design criteria, key deliverables, execution strategy, project timeline, cost estimates and resource planning, however often there are important areas that could be overlooked due to time constraints or lack of focus. What are the critical aspects to oversee?

All projects utilise several different resources to successfully complete the project successfully tothe customer or sponsors requirements.Resources add another dimension to planning and scheduling. This includes people, materials,equipment, tool, facilities and so forth.The quantity and availability of these resources are often limited and cause project to face risks orconstraints which needs to be managed carefully.With the above statements , differentiate between Resource smoothing and resourcelimited scheduling then to substantiate your answer by providing at least two (2) situations whereresource limited scheduling may occur

Describe the role of a business analyst in the requirement analysis process and the skills and techniques they employ to ensure project success.