Mike is the owner of a small manufacturing company. He and his ten employees make minimalist wallets. Mike was recently married and his new wife Lisa also owns her own companywith a similar number of employeesmanufacturing luxury purses. Not long after the marriage Mike announced he and Lisa will merge and consolidate their two companies. As part of the merge and consolidation they plan to use their combined expertise to create a third product line of messenger bags, which they plan to market both to professionals and college students.

THE PROJECT

You have been hired as the project manager to plan all activities associated with merging and consolidating these two companies. The major deliverables of this project include a new corporate location (CL), purchasing and moving furniture and equipment (F&E), set up information systems (IS), and design and launch a new website (WS). This project must be completed six months from todays date. The project has two initial budgets: $500,000 to perform all tasks related to labor costs for the planning effort only (this budget does not include the financing required to procure and set up the facilities or buy equipment and furniture), and $10,000 for the design and creation of a new website.

ASSUMPTIONS AND CONSTRAINTS

1. Assume the following Finish-to-Start relationships must be adhered to for the listed tasks:
   1. Task 1.1.1 must be completed first
   2. Task 1.1.2 must be complete before task 1.2.1
   3. Task 1.2.1 must be complete before task 1.2.2
   4. Task 1.2.2 must be complete before tasks 1.1.3 and 1.3.1
   5. Task 1.3.1 must be complete before task 1.2.3
2. All other tasks can be sequenced using your best logic
3. Assume the resources listed in the Project Resource Pool are available for your use at any time during the project
4. Assume a 7-day work week and an 8-hour work day
5. Assume anything not listedbut relevant to this company merge (i.e., merging operations, HR decisions)is out-of-scope and will be handled by Mike and Lisa

WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

PROJECT RESOURCE POOL

Resource Name	Cost	Availability	Production Rate	Quality
PM Team	$150/hr	Company	Per Schedule	High
Upper Management Team	$300/hr	Company	Per Schedule	High
Mid-Management Team	$200/hr	Company	Per Schedule	High
Leadership Firm #1 Leadership Firm #2	$220/hr $300/hr	Any Time Any Time	Per Schedule Per Schedule	Med High
IS Consulting Firm #1 IS Consulting Firm #2	$275/hr $450/hr	Any Time Any Time	Per Schedule Per Schedule For task 1.3.2 add 4 days	Low High
Facility Planning Firm #1 Facility Planning Firm #2	$275/hr $350/hr	Any Time Any Time	Per Schedule Per Schedule	Med High
Moving Team #1 Moving Team #2	$200/hr $150/hr	Any Time Any Time	Per Schedule 2 X Schedule	Med High
Web Developer Firm #1 Web Developer Firm #2	$20/hr $18/hr	Any Time Any Time	Schedule + 2 days Per Schedule	High Med

WORK PACKAGE INFORMATION

Deliverable 1.1 New Corporate Location

Task 1.1.1 Determine Space Needs: Planned Duration is 10 days. Task involves having a facility planning consultant work with each department to determine space requirements. Required resource is one Facility Planning Firm.

Task 1.1.2 Procure Appropriate Facility: Planned Duration is 30 days. Task involves having a facility planning consultant assist in procuring an appropriate facility that is the right size, promotes the right image and is in a good location to best accomplish the new company setup. Required resource is one Facility Planning Firm.

Task 1.1.3 Assign Space to Departments: Planned Duration is 7 days. Task involves having a facility planning consultant work with each department to determine and assign final space allocations. Required resource is one Facility Planning Firm.

Deliverable 1.2 Move and Purchase Furniture & Equipment

Task 1.2.1 Determine F&E Needs: Planned Duration is 10 days. Task involves having a facility planning consultant work with each department to determine furniture and equipment requirements in the new building. Required resource is one Facility Planning Firm.

Task 1.2.2 Move Existing F&E and Buy/Install New: Planned Duration is 35 days. Task involves having a facility planning consultant work with each department to determine what furniture and equipment must be purchased to successfully accomplish the new company setup. The facility planning consultant will also determine which existing furniture and equipment to keep and move into the new facility. Required resource is one Mid-Management Team.

Task 1.2.3 Move Occupants into Building: Planned Duration is 10 days. Task involves moving people and supplies, by department, into the building. Required resource is one Moving Team.

Deliverable 1.3 Set up Information Systems

Task 1.3.1 Identify Information System Needs: Planned Duration is 10 days. Task involves having an IS consulting team work with the Mid-Management Team to determine the information system needs of the new company. Of particular interest is accounting and invoicing. Required resource is one IS Consulting Firm.

Task 1.3.2 Work with IT Firm to Design and Install Systems: Planned Duration is 30 days. Task involves having an IS consulting team work with management to design and install all hardware and software systems to be used by the new company. Required resource is one IS Consulting Firm.

Task 1.3.3 Train Staff on New Systems: Planned Duration is 10 days. Task involves having an IS consulting team train all staff members on the new systems. Required resource is one IS Consulting Firm.

Deliverable 1.4 Design/Launch New Website

Task 1.4.1 Identify Website Needs: Planned Duration is 10 days. Task involves having a website development consultant work with the Mid-Management Team to determine the website needs of the new company. Required resource is one Web Developer Firm.

Task 1.4.2 Work with Web Developer to Create Website: Planned Duration is 45 days. Task involves having a website development team work with the Mid-Management Team to create a website according to the requirements of the new company. Design reviews, redesigns, domain name procurement, and web server setup planned in. Required resource is one Web Developer Firm.

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