Fnewconnect.mheducation.com% Topic 2 Assignment i Saved Help Save & Exit Check m 6 You work for a company that makes cell phones and have been made project manager for the design of a new cell phone. Your supervisors have already scoped the project, so you have a list showing the work breakdown structure, and this includes major project activities. You must plan the project schedule and calculate project duration. Your boss wants the schedule on his desk tomorrow morning! You have been given the information in Exhibit 4.13. It includes all the activities required in the project and the duration of each 2 activity. Also, dependencies between the activities have been identified. Remember that the preceding activity must be fully points completed before work on the following activity can be started. Your project is divided into five major subprojects. Subproject "P" involves developing specifications for the new cell phone. Here, decisions related to such things as battery life, size of the phone, and features need to be made. These details are based on how a Book customer uses the cell phone. These user specifications are redefined in terms that have meaning to the subcontractors that will Hint actually make the new cell phone in subproject "S" supplier specifications. These involve engineering details for how the product will perform. Print The individual components that make up the product are the focus of subproject "D." Subproject "I" brings all the components together, and a working prototype is built and tested. References Finally, in subproject "V." suppliers are selected and contracts are negotiated. Exhibit 4.13: Work Breakdown Structure and Activities for the Cell Phone Design Project MAJOR SUBPROJECTS/ ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY IDENTIFICATION DEPENDENCY DURATION (WEEKS) Product Specifications (P) Market research P1 Overall product specifications P2 P1 Hardware P2 GUI AN P3 Software DA P3 Supplier specifications (S Hardware P4 Software 52 PA Product design (D) Battery D1 Mc Graw Hill Search ClearTopic 2 Assignment i Saved Help 6 Exhibit 4.13: Work Breakdown Structure and Activities for the Cell Phone Design Project MAJOR SUBPROJECTS/ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY IDENTIFICATION DEPENDENCY DURATION (WEEKS) Product Specifications (P) Market research P1 2 Overall product specifications P2 P1 points Hardware P3 P2 Software P4 P3 Supplier specifications (S) Hardware P4 eBook 51 Software 52 P4 Hint Product design (D) Battery D1 51 Print Display D2 51 Camera D3 Outer cover D4 References D1, D2, D3 Product integration (I) Hardware I1 D4 User interface 12 D2 Software coding T3 I2 Prototype testing T4 I1, 13 Subcontracting (V) Suppliers selection V1 $1 , 52 w O Contract negotiation V2 14, V1 a. Calculate the start and finish times for each activity. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0" wherever required.) Mc Gra Prey 6 of 15 Next > 75OF Search W Clear PnchUri=https%25BA%252F%252Fnewconnect.mheducation.com%252F#/ac Topic 2 Assignment i Saved Help 6 a. Calculate the start and finish times for each activity. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "O" wherever required.) Activity Earliest Start Time Earliest Finish Time Latest Start Time Latest Finish Time P1 2 points P2 P3 P4 eBook S1 Hint $2 Print D1 D2 References D3 D4 11 IN 13 14 V1 V 2 Mc Prev. 6 of 1 15 Next > 75F Search ClearTopic 2 Assignment i Saved 6 2 points b. Determine the minimum number of weeks for completing the project. eBook Minimum number of weeks 49 Hint Print References c. Find the activities that are on the critical path for completing the project in the shortest time. O P1-P2-P3-P4-S1-D2-D4-11-14-V2 D P1-P2-P3-P4-$1-D2-12-13-14-V2 P1-P2-P3-P4-$1-D3-D4-11-14-V2 O P1-P2-P3-P4-51-D1-D4-11-14-V2 Mc Prev. 6 of 15 Next > 75"F Search M W G Clear p