Part 1: Background -the president of a commercial development company needs to secure investor financing to develop a retail plaza.

• She needs to analyze the costs / benefits / issues / risks as well as the scope of the project and then document a Business Case.
• She wants to create value while reducing risk for both her company and the investors when deciding whether or not to move forward with this venture.
• She has one week to complete the Business Case.
• She has contacted you, as the Project Manager to complete the work.

You need to review your staff availability and skills / experience (see table below) and determine the tasks involved in this work.

Resource Name	Skills/Experience
Neil Parekh	Senior Business Analyst, Business Administration degree, 5 years of experience
David Temple	Marketing Consultant, Graduate degree in Marketing, 10 years of experience
Cheryl Francis Nurse	Junior Risk Analyst, certification in risk management from PMI, 3 years of experience
Mihaela Pop	Junior Business Analyst, working on degree in business administration, 1 year experience
Dilash Krishnapillai	Cost Analyst, MBA, 3 years of experience
Elaine Gergolas	Communications Consultant, MBA, 7 years of experience
Rehan Sher	Senior MS project scheduler, Certification in MS Project Black Belt, 9 years of experience
Wayne Ferrell	Quality Assurance Analyst, MBA, 3 years of experience

define the following:

1. List the tasks required to do both the analysis and document a Business Case
2. Use the Decision Matrix to determine:
   1. the complexity of the tasks (low or high) - provide a rationale for your rating
   2. who you will assign (you can assign more than one resource to a task)
   3. the level of oversight required - provide a rationale for the level chosen

Decision Matrix Table

#	Task Description (start to finish)	Complexity & Rationale	Resource Assigned & Rationale	Level of Oversight & Rationale