Project Management

Due on 14 November 2016

Pop the champagne cork! The project charter has been signed. You have an international job
estimated in euros (). You expect this job to be a 3-4 year endeavor. Now the real work begins.
You have designed the project with the following table of activities and information:
Activity

Time (weeks)

Predecessor

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L

20
24
12
12
40
60
30
20
12
60
10
8

A,B
B
B,C
E,F
E,F
D,G
H
I,J
I,J

Be very careful when printing a document with this assignment to avoid wasting paper. Be
sure to use Print Preview often to resize your output file before printing. Only print the
minimum to answer the questions.

Copy/paste/edit the response template at the end of this document to create your response!
(I) Sketch an AOA network, (II) using the ASAP scheduling rule, determine how long this project will take, and (III)
determine the critical path. (IV) Create an activity list including ES/EF LS/LF schedules and slacks. (V) Determine
the total project baseline budget at complete (BAC) which includes labor, material and other direct costs. (VI)
Assume budgetary charges are uniformly distributed across any individual activity. Create a weekly budget plan
identifying labor, material and total cost per week utilizing the ASAP scheduling rule. (VII) Construct a total labor
weekly requirements bar chart for the project. (VIII) Construct a cumulative total labor weekly requirements
connected marker chart for the project. (IX) Construct a production department weekly requirements bar chart for
the project. (X) Construct a cumulative production department weekly requirements connected marker chart for the
project. (XI) Given that you only ever have available 5 production staff in any given week, create a new schedule
that better balances the production department load. Rescheduling tasks is your only option to better level the
schedule. Should your revised schedule extend the project by time, no penalty would be incurred. Explain your
leveling adjustment action to reduce the scheduled production staffing in any week to a maximum of 5 production
staff. (XII) Show your revised schedule. (XIII) Describe the impact of your leveling decision to schedule and
budget. The following are the estimated worker-weeks staffing needed for each activity.
Activity

Mgmt*

Fin*

Prod*

Manu

Mktg

Print

Material and
other Direct
Charges

40

20

10

40

12,000

48

24

24

72

240,000

48

12

12

12,000

24

12

24

24

80

40

60

320

80

400,000

120

60

120

120

30,000

120

30

30

45

40

20

40

30

5,000

24

12

24

18

6,000

120

120

60

600

120

120

1,200,000

20

10

15

100

40

40,000

16

16

16

32

32

4,000

Assume 2900/week/management*, production* and finance* employee compensation.

Assume 2300/week/marketing and manufacturing employee compensation.
Assume 1200/week/print employee compensation.

You may work together in small teams to

understand the budget building process but
that is as far as the common work should
go.

Ultimately, each person should build their

own budget and make their own leveling
decision and recommendation.
Use the following template to create your
response and turn in your work.
(Please do not print this page
or the prior pages!)

Name _____________________________________________
I.

Sketch the AOA network.

II.

Based on the given duration times, estimate how long this project will take.

III.

Determine the Critical Path (give activity labels.)

IV.

V.

Create an activity list including ES/EF LS/LF schedules and slacks.

Activity

Duration

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L

20
24
12
12
40
60
30
20
12
60
10
8

ES

EF

LS

LF

Determine the total project budget estimate at completion (BAC) which includes labor,
material and other direct costs.

Total Labor Cost = ________________________

Total Material and other direct costs = ______________________
BAC = __________________________________

Insert responses to VI, VII, VIII, IX, and X here and the following pages.
VI.

Assume budgetary charges are uniformly distributed across any individual activity.
Create a weekly budget plan identifying labor, material and total cost per week.

VII.

Construct a total labor weekly requirements bar chart for the project. (See the handout
for an example!)

Construct a cumulative total labor weekly requirements connected marker chart for the
project. (See the handout for an example!)

IX

Construct a production department weekly requirements bar chart for the project. (See
the handout for an example!)

X.

Construct a cumulative production department weekly requirements connected marker

chart for the project. (See the handout for an example!)

Insert responses to XI, XII and XIII here and following pages.
XI.

Given that you only ever have available 5 production staff in any given week, create a
new schedule that better balances the production department load. Explain your leveling
adjustment action to reduce the scheduled production staffing in any week to a maximum
of 5 production staff. Overtime assignments are not available. Leveling is your only
option to address any production staffing issue. It is permissible to extend the project
duration if needed to accommodate the 5 production staffing requirement. It is better if
you can keep the first draft critical path time.

XII.

Show and describe how your revised schedule meets the production staffing requirement.
(See the handout for an example!)

XIII.

Describe the impact of your leveling decision to schedule and budget if any.