The Nightingale Project
Surname Thomas
First Name Jarred
Student ID 2012004738
Name of Programme Diploma Project Management
Name of Paper DPM103
Facilitator Dennis Crewe-Brown
Assignment No. 2
Unit Standard No.
(If Applicable) N/A
Total No. of pages
(including cover) 9
Submission Date 12/11/2012
Date received by facilitator
Date returned to student ____________________________________________
DPM103
CASE STUDY 2
THE NIGHTINGALE PROJECT
BY JARRED THOMAS
2012004738
NIGHTINGALE PROJECT - A
1. Will the project as planned meet the October 25th Deadline? No, currently the project is schedule to be completed on the 9th of December 2010. This will make the project 33 working days overdue.
2. What activities lie on the critical path? The critical path is highlighted in red, the activities in order from commencement are as follows;
• ARCHITECTURAL DECISIONS • FEATURE SPECIFICATIONS • DATABASE • REVIEW DESIGN • INTEGRATION • PROCURE PROTOTYPE COMPONANTS • ASSEMBLE PROTOTYPE • LAB TEST • FIELD TEST • ADJUSTMENTS • ORDER STOCK PARTS • ASSEMBLE FIRST PRODUCTION UNIT • TEST UNIT • PRODUCE 30 UNITS • TRAIN SALES REPS
3. How sensitive is this network? I believe that this network is not too sensitive, there is definitely room to shorten the total program length. The critical path is not too reliant on numerous other activities being completed so it is quite a practical network also.
Below is the gantt chart for the current project schedule.
NIGHTINGALE PROJECT – B
Report to Project team
Project crashing is to take place on critical path items only, other activities will not reduce the project timeframe
Activities on critical path that can be crashed ;
• Creation of database for $35,000 we gain 5 days
• Procure prototype components for
First Name Jarred
Student ID 2012004738
Name of Programme Diploma Project Management
Name of Paper DPM103
Facilitator Dennis Crewe-Brown
Assignment No. 2
Unit Standard No.
(If Applicable) N/A
Total No. of pages
(including cover) 9
Submission Date 12/11/2012
Date received by facilitator
Date returned to student ____________________________________________
DPM103
CASE STUDY 2
THE NIGHTINGALE PROJECT
BY JARRED THOMAS
2012004738
NIGHTINGALE PROJECT - A
1. Will the project as planned meet the October 25th Deadline? No, currently the project is schedule to be completed on the 9th of December 2010. This will make the project 33 working days overdue.
2. What activities lie on the critical path? The critical path is highlighted in red, the activities in order from commencement are as follows;
• ARCHITECTURAL DECISIONS • FEATURE SPECIFICATIONS • DATABASE • REVIEW DESIGN • INTEGRATION • PROCURE PROTOTYPE COMPONANTS • ASSEMBLE PROTOTYPE • LAB TEST • FIELD TEST • ADJUSTMENTS • ORDER STOCK PARTS • ASSEMBLE FIRST PRODUCTION UNIT • TEST UNIT • PRODUCE 30 UNITS • TRAIN SALES REPS
3. How sensitive is this network? I believe that this network is not too sensitive, there is definitely room to shorten the total program length. The critical path is not too reliant on numerous other activities being completed so it is quite a practical network also.
Below is the gantt chart for the current project schedule.
NIGHTINGALE PROJECT – B
Report to Project team
Project crashing is to take place on critical path items only, other activities will not reduce the project timeframe
Activities on critical path that can be crashed ;
• Creation of database for $35,000 we gain 5 days
• Procure prototype components for