Case Study Project Apollo The Apollo Project is moving along and is now into its second year and has just finished the first quarter. Ellie is getting ready for your monthly status meeting with the team and is issuing the project's monthly internal status report. Here are the statuses Ellie has received from the team members: Name Status Ansh Held weekly meetings with Saturn staff. Everything is on track for the pilot in 2 months. I have found out through my sources, that the local Saturn PM has another job offer, which he is seriously considering. This will impact the project as the PM is driving the project here. Brenda Not much is going on. Reached out to the Saturn marketing group and only held 2 meetings this month. Responded to 50 inquiries during the month. The Saturn project is on schedule, and there are no outstanding issues. Claire The final contracts were completed this month. All supply chain deliverables are now complete. David Saturn is having trouble reconciling the finances. It is so hard to work virtually with the team; I think I should travel to Saturn's head office to resolve this. The Saturn reports are showing the project is over budget, but I do not understand why. Ellie There are serious risks that Saturn is ignoring. They have not looked at the risk register in two months and seem to be ignoring everything we talked about on how to manage risks. Francis I have to chase the team for their status. You The project is working well, but we need to schedule our next face-to-face meeting, which is part of the schedule. Saturn has asked for additional support for managing their suppliers. From the JKLM finance department, you have received the following information: Last Year (Year 1) Current Year (Year 2) Planned Value (PV) $975,000 $125,000 Earned Value (EV) $950,000 $120,000 Actual Cost (AC) $925,000 $110,000 The Budget at Completion (BAC) for the Project Apollo is $5,000,000, including all approved change requests and profit. The project schedule, which you are maintaining and is on the project SharePoint site, shows the project is now scheduled to be completed Year 2 month 10, a one-month delay. This will have to be investigated. The following activities are to be completed in Year 2, Month 4: Start of the pilot with Saturn