The Family Planning Research Centre of

Nigeria

Project Management
Training on New Method of Birth Control

Written by:
Mosese Manuofetoa, Almadin Tukutau, Erling Veetutu
This report is to help Dr. Adinombe Watage to achieve his goals of
completing the projects within the required period.

10/31/2011

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
2
2. INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENT
2
3. PROJECT OVERVIEW
3
4. DEFINING THE CRITICAL PATH
4
5. REQUIRED STAFF AND MANPOWER ALLOCATION AT NORMAL TIME
4
6. MINIMIZING THE DURATION (CRUSH TIME)
5
7. REQUIRED STAFF AND MANPOWER ALLOCATION AT CRUSH TIME
5
8. COST ISSUES
6
9. MONITOR AND CONTROL

10.IMPORTANT ASPECTS AND REPORTING NEEDS

8
11.STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDERS
9
12.KEY SKILLS FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER
9

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13.PROJECT FORECAST
10
14.RELEVANT LOCAL CONTEXT
10
15.MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS
10
16.SUMMARY OF RESULTS
11
17.RECOMMENDATIONS
11

1. Executive Summary
This primary purpose of this project is to train five teams of field workers to
demonstrate the acceptance of a new method of birth control. The objective of this
project is to complete all the activities planned within 60 days using the existing 10
staff at the minimum financial cost. At the initial analysis of the activities identified
using normal time, the primary budget is $25,400 and is estimated to be completed
within 67 days. In order to achieve the target date of 60 days, we had to reduce the
duration of Activity C and I by 2 and 5 days respectively at a minimum cost of $100
for C and $400 for I giving a minimum total cost of $25,900. Additionally, we will
need to increase the number of persons to 13 in order to perform tasks that can be
done in parallel. Analysis and rescheduling of activities, costs and human resources
were carried out using PERT/CPM software.
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2. Introduction and Problem Statement
Dr. Adinombe Watage, deputy director of the Family Planning Research Center in
Nigeria's Over-The-River Providence, was assigned the task of organizing and
training 5 teams of field workers. The project is to demonstrate acceptance of a new
method of birth control. There will be 10 persons working on this project and there
are 2 types of materials that must be prepared for the training:
1. Those for use in training the workers
2. Those for distribution in the field.
Detailed bellow in table 1 is the breakdown of the activities, tasks and cost assigned
to each at Normal and Crash time respectively.
Table: 1

Act.
Act.
Activity
Must Normal Crash Normal
# Name
Description
Follow
Time Time
Cost
1
A Identifyfaculty
5
2
400
2
B Arrange transport
7
4 1,000
3
C Identify/collect trainingmaterials
5
3
400
4
D Makeaccomodations
A
3
1 2,500
5
E Identifyteam
A
7
4
400
6
F Bringinteam
B,E
2
1 1,000
7
G Transport facultyto base
A,B
3
2 1,500
8
H Print programmaterials
C
10
6 3,000
9
I
D
Programmtime
ateriathat
ls each type ofHtasks can be
7 completed
2
200
The normal
time
iseliv
theerestimated
0 given
J conditions.
Trainteam The normal time is associated
D,F,G,Iwith its cost
15 of 1course.
0 5,000
under1the
Crash 1time
possible
shortest time to complete an activity.
Crash
1 isKthe D
o fieldwork
J
30 time20for 1an
0,000
activity can be determined by the flexibility of that particular activity.

3. PROJECT OVERVIEW
Detailed below in Table 2 is the scheduling of the activities using PERT/CPM
software if the project is to be carried out at normal time. Figure 1 is the network
diagram for the project at normal time. Refer Exhibit 1 for Gantt chart visualizing
the activities.
Table 2:

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700
1,450
500
3,000
850
2,000
2,000
4,000
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Act.
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
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Act. OnCritical
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A
no
B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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H
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I
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J
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K
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5
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5
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7
15
30

Earliest
Start
0
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5
5
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22
37

Earliest
Finish
5
7
5
8
12
14
10
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22
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67

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8
12
0
19
13
20
19
5
15
22
37

Project
Completion
Total
Costof
Numberof Critical

Time
Project
Path(s)

=
=
=

67 days
$25,400
(Coston
1

Latest
Finish
13
19
5
22
20
22
22
15
22
37
67

Slack
(LS-ES)
8
12
0
14
8
8
12
0
0
0
0

CP=

$18,600

4. DEFINING THE CRITICAL PATH

Critical path is the longest time path through the network of tasks. These tasks will
delay the completion of the projects if they are not completed on time. All of these
tasks must be completed on schedule if the project is to be completed as planned.
There can be more than 1 critical path in a project.
In this project, three activities can start in parallel. They are: tasks (A), (B) and (C)
as indicated in the network diagram. These three tasks start at the same day but
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they differ in the duration taken to for completion. We can see that the total cost of
this project is t $25,400 and the completion time is 67 days. The table above shows
us the critical path. This path is the shortest way to complete the tasks. The critical
path might skip some tasks as with this project, and the cost associated with this
path is $18,600. The critical path in this case is to achieve tasks (C (H), (I), (j) and
(K) as highlighted in figure 1.
5. REQUIRED STAFF AND MANPOWER ALLOCATION AT NORMAL TIME
After analyzing the data we found that we cannot limit the number of staff to less
than 10 persons and we may need at least 1 additional person. Refer to table 3
below.
Table 3:

Act/Time 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23-3
A
2 2 2 2 2
B
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
C
2 2 2 2 2
D
1 1 1
E
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
F
1 1
G
2 2 2
H
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
I
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
As shown
J in table 3 above, some tasks can be achieved parallel, at the same time.
In the K
Sixth day the tasks are (B: Arrange transport).(D: Make accommodations), (E:
Identify team), (G: Transport faculty), and (H: Print material). The required persons
otal
7 7(B)7we7need
7 143 1
4 13 12 12
10 17person,
7 6 (E)
3 we
3 need
3 34 3 3 3
in the T
following
tasks;
person,(D)
we10
need
persons, (G) we need 2 persons and (H) we need 6 persons.
It is clear from the above, that if every activity starts at its earliest start time (using
normal time),we cannot complete the project with 10 persons. However, we can still
complete the project at normal time if we reschedule activity E and F to start at
their latest start times respectively. Refer to Exhibit 2 for details of this reallocation.

6. MINIMIZING THE DURATION (CRASH TIME)

Provided that the project must finish within 60 days, our analysis showed that the
required time is 67 days if activities are carried out at normal duration. We can
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minimize the project duration by minimizing the required time for the activities: (C)
Identify materials to 3 days and (I) Deliver material to 2 days. In doing so, we will
incur an additional cost of $100 for (C) and $400 for (I), totaling to $500 which leads
to $25,900 for the whole project. This is the minimum cost that can be achieved to
meet the 60 days duration. The explanation: As shown in table 1, the cost per day
for each activity varies. However, we choose the lowest cost and minimize their
duration accordingly (C) costs $50/day and (I) costs $80/day. The critical path is this
case would be as shown in figure 2:
Figure 2:

7. REQUIRED STAFF AND MANPOWER ALLOCATION AT CRUSH TIME

At Crush time of 60 days (refer table 4 below), we can clearly see that after
reallocating activities D, E and G to start at the latest start times we will need extra
manpower of at least 1 to 3. With that, we are recommending to recruit this extra
manpower on a temporary arrangement or outsource them to appropriate agents.
Refer to Exhibit 3 for Gantt chart at Crush visualizing the activities at crunch time.

Table 4:
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Act/Time
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16-30
A
2 2 2 2 2
B
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
C
2 2 2
D
1 1 1
E
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
F
1 1
G
2 2 2
H
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
I
3 3
8. COST
J ISSUES
0
K associated with this project can be divided into Direct and Indirect costs.
The costs
Refer Table
Total 4. Direct7costs
7 are
7 expenses
11 11 that
9 13
come
10out
10of10
the 1project
0 10 budget
13 7 7
0
directly. For example, if you have outsourced some of your development work, the
developers are expected to put in a specific amount of time, which is then billed for.
The developer salaries are direct costs. Indirect costs are those shared across
multiple projects. For example, in software development projects, it is regular for a
project manager or an architect to be partially allocated across numerous projects.
Hence, the cost of the project manager or architect will be shared among the
projects they are allocated to. Note that the project managers are usually an
indirect cost to the project. This is because their work is to supervise. They dont
actually do the work! The people that do the work, like developers and designers,
are Direct Costs to the project. Refer to exhibit 4 for more detailed direct and
indirect costs.
Table 5:

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9. MONITOR AND CONTROL
It is critical for the project to be monitored and controlled closely to ensure that
everything is working as planned or variation from the initial plan is kept to a
minimum. The most important thing is to monitor the budget of this project. We
suggest giving a unity for this project. Establishing a committee for instance,
helps a lot to track every single aspect or concern at any stage in the project.
Four steps control process repeated through implementation stage as shown in
figure 3 below.
Figure 3:

To explain the model above, we will discuss each step in details:

Lead the project and manage the motivation of the project team. We
should consider the project in real world; therefore the plan should be
(Logical, Consistence, Well Defined, Simplified model, Assumptions). The
influence of people on project success. Project manager responsible about
the project culture. Motivation and satisfaction at work are significant point
which will effect implementation obviously.
Monitor the status of the project activities. In monitoring the project
activity, four things should be seriously considered and they are: 1. How
many days have been spent on the task?... (Work) 2. How many days
are left until the task is complete?.. (Work) 3. On what date did we
start?.... (Duration) 4. On what date did you finish?..( Duration)

Analyze the status of the project in number of ways. We can analyze

the project status or positioning in several ways: By using the tracking Gantt
chart as schedule reporting tool. By analyzing the impact of variation to the
baseline plan. These variations should be measured in (Cost/Duration).

Produce corrective action plan (contingency plan) to get the project

back on schedule. Furthermore we suggest giving roles to each person.

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And of course, the reporting process will be handled efficiently by discussing
the outcomes in meetings which will be held in a weekly basis.

The roles will be as the following:

Table 6:

PersonName
Committeehead
Headindeputy
PublicRelations

RequiredPersons
1
1
2

They will be the spoken persons of the project and responsible for all the project
issues. Identify the faculty, arrange transportation and make accommodations. They
must have the ability to negotiate. Identify the materials, print the materials and
deliver the materials. They are the backbone of the project. They must give a
clarification of the material requirements. They are assigned to identify the team,
bring the team in and train the teams. Since there are 5 teams, we need 5
representatives and the proposed organization structure would be as show in figure
4.
Figure 4:

10.IMPORTANT ASPECTS AND REPORTING NEEDS

a. Financially: Each week the committee has to report the expenses of the
project as they go. And that to keep track of all expenses assigned to the
given budget
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b. Human Resources: The tasks must be achieved according to each person.
The commitment of each member is required. Hence, every week the
report of the committee evaluates the quality and quantity of tasks
assigned to each member of the committee.
c.

11.

Community: The persons working on the project must be highly qualified

and have a good reputation that the community would accept and trust
their project achievements. Refer Exhibit 5 for details on the reporting
needs of this project.

STRATEGIC STAKEHOLDERS
a. Family research center. They are the main stakeholders in the project.
Pathminder fund. Team (staff). Worker is related to the pathminder fund
because their performance depends and related to them.
b. Faculty. They are strategically related because if the faculty doesnt have
the necessary skills to provide the right education so even if the project
finished in 60 days (on time), but yet the result will not be as wanted.

Additionally, it is the task of the project manager to prepare for and run an effective
objective-Setting meeting in which all the stakeholders agree and sign off. Influence
stakeholders must: Be fully involved from an early stage. Have ownership of the
objectives document. Have access to all relevant briefing information. Have read
the information before the meeting takes place. Refer to Exhibit 6 for more detailed
on this projects stakeholders.
12.

KEY SKILLS FOR THE PROJECT MANAGER

The following can be considered as key skills for the project manager: 1. Analytical
skills: The ability to analyze the requirements and well-understand them. 2.
Communication skills: The ability to discuss, negotiate and cooperate with others. 3.
Leadership skills: The ability to be a team player (Calmness) and can divide the task
to smaller tasks and must revise every outcome to ensure they are in accordance
with budget. 4. Problem solving: The ability to solve any type of issues that arise
from the tasks as the project goes on. 5. Technical skills: The ability to document
everything using computer 6. Timeliness The ability to meet strict deadlines. Refer
Exhibit 7 for overview of these skills.
The project managers receive high visibility in a firm and are responsible for making
sure that: 1. All scheduled activities are completed on time and on appropriate
sequence. 2. The project is progressing within budget. 3. The project achieves its
high quality goals. 4. The people assigned to the project receive the motivation,
directions and be able to organize activities from variety of disciplines. Also project
manager specialized in conversion of resource inputs and outputs. Project manager
must be a unique person. Thats why they can manage temporary, non repetitive
activities and frequently acts independently of the formal organization. Project
manager should have leadership skills to provide direction, coordination, and
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integration to the project team. Project manager are responsible for performance
(frequently with too little authority). It is there role to ensure that appropriate tradeoffs are made between the time, cost, and performance requirement of the project.

13.

PROJECT FORECAST

If the project is executed again in 2 years time, we forecast that the cost/overall
management of the project to decrease and change as follows. Since two years is
not a very long time materials used now can be reused meaning we could avoid
some material cost. We can also save cost in identifying the teams as we have
already chosen the team. As a result, this will not cost us time and effort to choose
new team. In Training the team, time will be minimized because we need just to
refresh the team not to retrain them. We also believe in the Law of Gravity,
meaning that given the global financial crisis, we expect the global economy to
bounce back in 2 years time resulting in reduction in costs for material and supplies.
Lastly, the former dictator of Libya Col. Gaddafi has been removed from his power
which will result in excess availability of oil. This will ultimately result in reduction in
costs for fuel and transportation. We are predicting a decrease in overall costing of
10% in two years time. Refer Exhibit 8 for details of the costs associated with each
activity.
14.

RELEVANT LOCAL CONTEXT

An example of a local application of such project is the implementation of ICT

projects by the local telecom company Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC)
such as building mobile communication towers. Challenges faced include a.
Environment/Weather Natural calamities and unfavorable weather conditions can
delay the completion of projects. b. HR Issues limited availability of local experts
can result in delay to completion of projects. c. Cultural Events events such as
funerals may result in having several key staff unavailable at key stages of the
projects. d. Religions religious beliefs may also restrict staff from working on
several days a week including Sundays is never a working day in Tonga.
15.

MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS

Quite simply Time Management is a key ingredient in Project Management?

Understanding the life-cycle for project management will help you to understand
how to apply the key skill of time management to it. Time management and you
ability to organize the resources vitally important. Time management is much more
than simply allocating portions of time to certain jobs. You need to analyze exactly
what it is youre spending your time on and how important are those tasks and
portions of time to the successful completion of the project. For example, managers
could easily spend up to an hour a day just reading emails. This is a task you can
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delegate to PAs, get them to be the person that sorts the important from the not so
important, telling you what needs dealing with immediate and what can be left until
later. That hour youve saved you can use inspecting a part of the project
checking on progress or quality etc. This time management philosophy should be
applied to most things the manager do; do you need to attend that meeting or can
be delegated to someone else? Project managers are primarily there to do the
strategic planning, overall monitoring and be creative and innovative in solving
problems not micro-manage everything.
Given the above, Manager need to be aware that effective project management can
bring Business advantage - through timely achievement of goals, optimal resource
utilization and information based decision making, Competitive advantage - through
workforce energized by culture of execution and collaboration and customer
satisfied by getting the right results reliably, Individual advantage through
sound business decisions and making course corrections quickly.
16.

SUMMARY OF RESULTS

In summary, when activities are performed at normal time, it will require 67 days to
complete at a cost of $25,400 and the critical path costs $18,600. If duration is
shortened to 60 days, the cost would be higher by $500, which means $25,900. And
this is the minimum cost to achieve this project in 60 days.
17.

RECOMMENDATIONS

We recommend that:
i.

Team to be increased to 13 persons, and this to equally divide the tasks

ii.

The project structure must be well-built in order to keep working on track.

iii.

The documentation process must be highly specific and clear.

iv.

The project is implemented as per schedule of activities in Table 4 (i.e. Action

Plan)

v.

This project is important, and it serves the community of Nigeria. Its critical
to work on such project, and the results must be highly efficient to meet its
cost.

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Appendix:
Exhibit 1: Gantt chart for project at normal time:

Exhibit 2: Reallocating Manpower at Normal time to start at Latest start

time

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Act/Time
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Total

1
2
3
2

2
2
3
2

3
2
3
2

4
2
3
2

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2
2
3 3 3
2
1 1 1
4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1
2 2 2
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
3 3 3 3 3 3

7 7 7 7 7 10 10 9 8 8 6 6 6 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 4

Exhibit 3: Gantt chart for project at crush time

Exhibit 4: Details of Direct and Indirect Costs

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Exhibit 5: Projects Reporting Needs

Exhibit 6: Projects Stakeholders Analysis

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Exhibit 7: Key Skills of the Project Manager

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Exhibit 8: Details of Costs for each Activity when forecast for next 2 years

Activity
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Activity
Name
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
Overall

Critical
Path
no
no
Yes
no
no
no
no
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Project:

Normal
Time
5
7
5
3
7
2
3
10
7
15
30

Crash Suggested Additional

Time
Time
Cost
2
5
0
4
7
0
3
3
$90
1
3
0
4
7
0
1
2
0
2
3
0
6
10
0
2
2
$360
10
15
0
20
30
0
60

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Norma
Co
$360
$900
$360
$2,250
$360
$900
$1,350
$2,700
$180
$4,500
$9,000

$450 $22,860

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