project. A 3-point estimation was used to define best case‚ worst case and expected timeframes. The project also used a robust scheduling tool Primavera to help track the critical path at each point of the project. These tools had a large impact on the project. Some positive and some negative. Primavera was used to analyze the critical path‚ but the debate over whether it was accurate or not distracted from some of the real issues that were plaguing the project. 3. What lessons should Teradyne take
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Specs->Equipment Rehab-> Production Trials->Quality Trials->Quality Metrics->Quality Training->Prepare Product Launch 7c: Select Distributors has the most total slack at 50 days. 7d: This network is very sensitive. It has 2 critical paths and free slack ranges from 5 to 50 days. 7e: The two milestones I chose were the production trials and preparing the product launch. I chose these because there would be no product without trials and preparing the product launch means that
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activities along with their required times for completion a. Draw a Network diagram for the activities b. Calculate the earliest expected completion time. 24 weeks c. Show the critical path d. What would happen if activity 6 were revised to take 6 weeks instead of 2 weeks? The critical path would change to include activity 6 as well as activity 7. The overall duration of the project will remain 24 weeks. 8. Construct a Gantt chart for the project defined in Problem and Exercise
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Case 2: Project Management at Arnold Palmer Hospital 1- Develop the network for planning and construction of the new hospital at Arnold Palmer. 2- What is the critical path and how long is the project expected to take? The critical path is Activities 1-3-5-6-8-10-11-12-14-16-17-19- 20-21. The project will take around 47 months (4 years). 3- Why is the construction of this 11-story building any more complex than construction of an equivalent office
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viable. The major challenge for the project manager Angelo Bella was because this Bart Film Scanner previously failed attempts by other teams at GDR to develop a low cost but not profitable dental film scanner. GDR has an edge of providing far more critical detail than the competitors like Kodak‚ Fuji and Agfa. The object of this case study is to find out how Bella meet time to market and cost goals by motivating his team. QUESTIONS: COMMUNICATION: 1. As a project manager‚ what should Bella do
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Conveyor Belt Project WBS and Network Diagram This document contains Work Breakdown Structure and Network Diagrams for the Conveyor belt project. The document also contains screenshots of MS Project schedule and Gantt chart. Conveyor Belt Project 1. Work Breakdown Structure WBS for Conveyor Belt Project is illustrated below: Does this information (WBS) allow you to define any milestones of the project? Why or why not? What are they? The information provided in PART 1 alone is insufficient
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TASK 1: CASSOP Ltd 1. Network diagram *Notes: EST: Earliest start time EFT: Earliest finish time LST: Latest start time LFT: Latest finish time Non-critical path Critical path 2. Timing of activities and total float Base on the methodology in the text: Project Management‚ Field and Keller (2007.p.197‚ p.198 & p.391)‚ we can using forward pass and backward pass to calculate EST‚ EFT‚ LST and LFT a. Forward pass The formula to calculate the forward
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Young’s response to the director should be as follows: She should accept the full responsibility for the project mismanagement‚ apologize to all members‚ and avoid responding defensively to everyone’s complaints and frustration. She should admit that the project is experiencing more issues than it was anticipated. However‚ she should assure the director and the staff that the issues are manageable and clearly explain how she will respond to the issues and propose the plan of actions she will implement
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Psychological Association’s Guidelines Mary Lynn Zastrow Liberty University Part 1 1. The project is estimated to be completed in 260 working days. The project starts on January 2nd‚ 2015 and ends on January 8th‚ 2016. 2. The critical path for the project is as follows: Market Analysis‚ Product Design‚ Product Design Selection‚ Detailed Project Design‚ Build Prototypes‚ Field Test Prototypes‚ Finalized Product Design‚ Final Manufacturing Process‚ Order Components‚ Order Production
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PROJECT “The Wedding” Due: 12-8-2013 Project Description This project requires research imagination‚ and logic in applying the content of this course and book. Go to Chapter 4 and pick Case Study# 2 titled “The Wedding” It starts at page 132. This case study will continue in Chapters 5 through 8. You will follow every step and answer questions in a presentation format. Project Requirements Assignment Due: This project assignment should be uploaded to the course ASSIGNMENTS no later
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