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Construction Project Management
Discuss how the concepts of MBO and MBE can be integrated for project planning purposes.
Discuss some of the criteria that can be used to assess the technical feasibility of a project.
Prepare the technical section of a project proposal dealing with environmental impact assessment for a new industry. Select a specific industry type for your response.
Prepare the management section of a project proposal dealing with environmental impact assessment for a new industry. Use the same industry type selected in Exercise 2.9.
Use the combination and permutation formulas to compute and plot the complexity of project communication against varying values of n, the number of discussants. Discuss what you observe in the
Suggest a suitable organization structure for an industrial development project.Justify your recommendation with a discussion.
Discuss how a poor organization structure can lead to project failure.
Which organization structure was used on the last project that you worked on?
Discuss how the matrix structure can be implemented in an organization that traditionally adheres to strict hierarchical structure.
Develop a model for a mixed organization structure using matrix, product, and functional structures.
Draw a market organization structure for a new product to be marketed worldwide. Select a specific product type to answer this exercise.
Develop a table of advantages and disadvantages of the different organizational structures presented in this chapter.
Show that, for any PERT project network, the probability of finishing the project in exactly x time units is zero.
Repeat the crashing exercise presented in Table 4.5 by crashing only the three critical activities C, E, and G. What is the new project duration? What is the new total project cost?Table 4.5 Option
The following historical data was compiled for the time (days) it takes to perform a task: 11, 18, 25, 30, 8, 42, 25, 30, 13, 21, 26, 35, 15, 23, 29, 36, 17, 25, 30, 21. Based on the given data,
Answer the following questions using the tabulated PERT project data.a. Draw the AON CPM network for the project, perform the forward and backward computations, and determine the project duration.b.
The following CPM network is subject to the following two simultaneous restrictions:a. The project cannot start until 5days from time 0 (i.e., ES of the start node = 5).b. There is a deadline of
Using the mathematical expressions for FS and TS, show that FS cannot be larger than TS.
Show that even if TS > 0, FS may or may not be greater than 0.
Suppose five activities are on a CPM critical path and each activity has TS = 2.Determine the overall effect on the critical path length if two of the critical activities are delayed by 2 time units
Give practical examples of SS, SF, FF, and FS precedence constraints.
Suppose two serial activities A and B are the only activities in a precedence diagramming network. Activity A precedes activity B. There is an SS restriction of 4 time units and an FF restriction of
Perform a PERT analysis of the following project and find the probability of finishing the project between 16 and 20 days inclusive. Activity Predecessors Duration Estimates (Days) (a, m, b) 1 3 4,5
Answer the following questions using the tabulated project data.a. There is a penalty of $3,000/day beyond the normal PERT duration. Perform a crashing analysis to compare total normal cost to total
Suppose it is known that the duration of a project has a triangular distribution with a lower limit of 24months, an upper limit of 46months, and a mode of 36months.Find the probability that the
Suppose it is known that the duration of a project is uniformly distributed between 24 and 46months. Find the probability that the project can be completed in 40months or less.
You are given the following project data:If the PERT time estimates for each activity are defined as\[ \begin{aligned} & a=t-0.3 t \\ & m=t \\ & b=t+\sqrt{t} \end{aligned} \]find a
Suppose we are given the following data for a project:There is no penalty if the project is completed on or before the normal PERT duration. However, a penalty of \(\$ 3,000\) is charged for each day
Presented in the following are the data for a precedence diagram problem. The \(\mathrm{SS}, \mathrm{SF}\), and \(\mathrm{FF}\) relationships between pairs of activities are given.SS \((\) between
a. What potential effect(s) does the crashing of a noncritical activity have on the critical path and the project duration?b. Use a hypothetical example of a CPM project network consisting of seven
Assume that you are the manager responsible for the project whose data is presented as follows:a. Draw the CPM diagram for this project.b. Perform the forward and backward pass calculations on the
Assume that we have the following precedence diagramming network data:The following PDM restrictions are applicable to the network:\[ \begin{aligned} & \mathrm{SS}_{\mathrm{AB}}=3 \\ &
Repeat Exercise 4.20 and consider the lead-lag PDM restrictions. Draw the Gantt chart schedule that satisfies all the lead-lag constraints.Exercise 4.20Assume that we have the following precedence
Would you classify the CPM procedure as a management by objective approach or a management by exception approach? Discuss.
In activity scheduling, which of the following carries the higher priority?i. Activity precedence constraint ii. Resource constraint
For the project data in Exercise 4.20, assume that the given activity durations represent the most likely PERT estimates \((m)\). Define the other PERT estimates \(a\) and \(b\) as follows:\[
The median rule of project control refers to the due date that has a 0.50 probability of being achieved. Suppose the duration, \(T\), of a project follows a triangular distribution with end points
Draw an AOA network for the project described in Exercise 4.19. Use as few dummy arcs as possible.Exercise 4.19Assume that you are the manager responsible for the project whose data is presented as
For the problem given in Exercise 4.12, assuming that the variance of duration is 0 for all the project phases, determine the time-cost trade-off curve by defining the strategies and calculating
Sketch a diagram to illustrate the relationships among a system, a program, a project, a task, and an activity in a project environment.
Define the functions of project planning, scheduling, and control.
What project parameters or variables may be important for defining qualitative responsibility for project management?
What project parameters or variables may be important for defining quantitative accountability for project management?
Give examples to illustrate the differences between a project specialist and a technical specialist.
How can integrated project management tools be used to develop a project implementation strategy?
Discuss the differences between a leader and a manager.
Develop a tabulated comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making.
How is project management different from traditional management functions?
Define a project system.
Expand the flowchart presented in Figure 1.12 to include other important functions within the project management cycle.Figure 1.12 Project Inputs Identify Variables Set Performance Measures Determine
Select your favorite leader in your organization. Discuss how he or she satisfies the characteristics listed in the project leadership loop.
Select your least favorite leader in your organization. Identify which characteristics in the leadership loop he or she does not have. Discuss how you can counsel this individual on being a better
Consider the eight operating points in Figure 1.2 (box of scope boundary), analyze and discuss the circumstance of each point with respect to the combination of levels of requirements, cost, and
Consider the compromise surface modeled in Figure 1.3. Develop a table of data (real or hypothetical) to actually model a three-dimensional surface representing a specific type of project of
List five additional disadvantages of the Blobs structure shown in Figure 1.5 and five additional advantages of value-stream structure shown in Figure 1.6.Figure 1.5Figure 1.6 Inputs Blobs Result
Verify that the system integration double integral here yields the same result of 2.2083 as the computational example presented earlier in this chapter: 21 v = [[(x + xy)dxdy 10
A construction contract differs from contracts that we generally deal with that focus on an easily defined physical object because the physical object can be examined. How is the object of a
What does the owner contribute to the project and what does the contractor contribute to the project?
For what type of project is a line-of-balance schedule particularly suited? Identify specific examples.
Describe the type of project for which impacted baseline techniques are most appropriate.
Describe the situation for which but-for or collapsed as-built analysis is most appropriate.
Many contracts require that the contractor prepare and present the construction schedule and receive the owner's approval before any contract payments are made. What are the three elements of the
The construction schedule is the only project document that fully communicates the contractor's intentions for delivering the contracted scope of services over the full course of the project
What are the three main considerations involved in managing subcontractors?
Why is float a valuable resource, and why is free float more valuable than total float?
To improve overall production through the application of lean principles, where does the Last Planner Process $\odot$ focus?
What are the four planning quality characteristics that will likely improve the reliability of planning at the activity level?
What criteria are considered in deciding on the frequency of progress reporting for a project?
Why is an independent review of work accomplishment preferred over having the foreman responsible for the work do the assessment?
The entire process of project time management can be enhanced considerably by scheduling periodic job progress meetings. What is the objective of such a meeting, and who should participate?
What is the basic objective of a schedule update, and what does it achieve?
The construction team uses various models to describe the project that is to be built. What are the various models used by the construction team, and what does each depict?
What are the two important objectives of the project cost-control system?
What essential role does the cost-coding system play?
Why does the project manager focus primarily on labor and equipment costs and less on materials, subcontracts, and project overhead?
Current technology gives project managers instant access to cost accounting systems virtually anytime. Why is weekly reporting still the most common cycle for construction cost accounting reports?
Why is accurate and honest time reporting critical?
What advantage does an Earned Value Management System have over more traditional cost-control and schedule-control systems?
Why is production cost reduction the primary means to deal with cost overruns?
Why does the placement of blame have no place in the postproject evaluation process?
Why is it important for the project manager to be accurate in the submission of pay applications? What is lost if the amount requested is low? What is the risk if the amount requested is more than
What is the importance of the schedule of values in project financial management?
Describe ways in which the project manager can positively or negatively impact the project cash flow.
Describe steps the project manager can take to protect the contractor's interests in a change order situation.
Why is it important for the project manager to expedite closeout of the project?
Why is the job log important?
What is the approximate annual value of construction, and how does this compare to the gross domestic product?
If each construction project is unique, how can it be governed by processes that are consistent from job to job?
What are the three stages of development of a construction project?
What unique part does each of the following play in a construction project?a. Ownerb. Designerc. General contractord. Specialty contractor
What are the distinguishing characteristics of the following project delivery systems?a. Design-bid-constructb. Design-constructc. Construction Managementd. Work-by-force accounte. Turnkeyf.
How can an aspiring project manager develop, or a practicing project manager improve, the four essential attributes required for an effective project manager?
At what point in the project are project cost and time objectives defined for the contractor?
The construction process consists of numerous standardized and repetitive procedures. Why is expert guidance by a project manager necessary for a successful project?
What differences are there between constructing a large project and manufacturing a large batch of a product?
Describe the basis of management-by-exception in construction.
What is the first step in the process of time control?
Why is it critical to identify cost and time anomalies early?
What resources are the primary target of "resource management"?
What are the primary ways in which project managers use estimates throughout the project?
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