project management

Today’s date is July 8, 2015, the milestone date for the completion of the Prototype. You are charged with preparing a status report for top management. Table A2.8 summarizes progress on the Red Zuma project:

TABLE A2.8 Red Zuma Project Update
Task Name Act. Start Act. Finish % Comp. Phys. % Comp. Act. Dur. Rem. Dur.
1 1 Red Zuma Fri 1/9/15 NA 46% 0% 125.85 days 146.4 days
2 1.1 Market Analysis Fri 1/9/15 Thu 2/12/15 100% 0% 25 days 0 days
3 1.2 Product Design Fri 2/13/15 Wed 4/1/15 100% 0% 35 days 0 days
4 1.3 Manufacturing Study Fri 2/13/15 Fri 3/6/15 100% 0% 16 days 0 days
5 1.4 Product Design Selection Thu 4/2/15 Fri 4/17/15 100% 0% 13 days 0 days
6 1.5 Detailed Marketing Plan NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 15 days
7 1.6 Manufacturing Process NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 30 days
8 1.7 Detailed Product Design Mon 4/20/15 Wed 6/24/15 100% 0% 49 days 0 days
9 1.8 Build Prototypes Wed 6/10/15 NA 39% 0% 9 days 14 days
10 1.9 Lab Test Prototypes NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 10 days
11 1.10 Field Test Prototypes NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 15 days
12 1.11 Finalized Product Design NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 20 days
13 1.12 Final Manufacturing Process NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 10 days
14 1.13 Order Components NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 7 days
15 1.14 Order Production Equipment NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 14 days
16 1.15 Install Production Equipment NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 35 days
17 1.16 Celebrate NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 1 days
Submit a professional status report to Robin Lane that addresses the following questions:
How is the project progressing in terms of cost and schedule?
What activities have gone well? What activities have not gone well?
How much of the project has been accomplished (PCIB)?
What is the forecasted cost at completion (EACf)?
What is the estimated completion date?
How is the project doing in terms of priorities (see Part 1)?
Report and interpret relevant Earned Value metrics in your report.
Include a Tracking Gantt chart as well as an Earned Value Table with your memo.

Hint: After adjusting the Installation of Production Equipment and Finalized Product Design, level outside of slack to eliminate any resource over allocation problems.

project management

Today’s date is July 8, 2015, the milestone date for the completion of the Prototype. You are charged with preparing a status report for top management. Table A2.8 summarizes progress on the Red Zuma project:

TABLE A2.8 Red Zuma Project Update
Task Name Act. Start Act. Finish % Comp. Phys. % Comp. Act. Dur. Rem. Dur.
1 1 Red Zuma Fri 1/9/15 NA 46% 0% 125.85 days 146.4 days
2 1.1 Market Analysis Fri 1/9/15 Thu 2/12/15 100% 0% 25 days 0 days
3 1.2 Product Design Fri 2/13/15 Wed 4/1/15 100% 0% 35 days 0 days
4 1.3 Manufacturing Study Fri 2/13/15 Fri 3/6/15 100% 0% 16 days 0 days
5 1.4 Product Design Selection Thu 4/2/15 Fri 4/17/15 100% 0% 13 days 0 days
6 1.5 Detailed Marketing Plan NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 15 days
7 1.6 Manufacturing Process NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 30 days
8 1.7 Detailed Product Design Mon 4/20/15 Wed 6/24/15 100% 0% 49 days 0 days
9 1.8 Build Prototypes Wed 6/10/15 NA 39% 0% 9 days 14 days
10 1.9 Lab Test Prototypes NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 10 days
11 1.10 Field Test Prototypes NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 15 days
12 1.11 Finalized Product Design NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 20 days
13 1.12 Final Manufacturing Process NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 10 days
14 1.13 Order Components NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 7 days
15 1.14 Order Production Equipment NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 14 days
16 1.15 Install Production Equipment NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 35 days
17 1.16 Celebrate NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 1 days
Submit a professional status report to Robin Lane that addresses the following questions:
How is the project progressing in terms of cost and schedule?
What activities have gone well? What activities have not gone well?
How much of the project has been accomplished (PCIB)?
What is the forecasted cost at completion (EACf)?
What is the estimated completion date?
How is the project doing in terms of priorities (see Part 1)?
Report and interpret relevant Earned Value metrics in your report.
Include a Tracking Gantt chart as well as an Earned Value Table with your memo.

Hint: After adjusting the Installation of Production Equipment and Finalized Product Design, level outside of slack to eliminate any resource over allocation problems.