PPT 3976 - Assignment 4 - Can you help with Questions 2 and 4.

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES 3976 - Project Tools and Techniques Assignment 4 Schedule Overview In Assignment 1, you developed the WBS for the 3.0 Administration workstream. In this assignment, you will develop the schedule baseline for this workstream. WBS Name Duration Predecessor Cost 3.0 Administration $75,000 3.1 Legal $24,500 3.1.1 Lawyer hired 3.4.1 $1,250 3.1.2 Contracts 3.1.1 $15,000 3.1.3 Contracts signed 1 3.1.2 $4,250 3.1.4 Legal requirements 5 3.1.3 $4,000 3.2 HR $25,000 3.2.1 Firm hired 3.4.1 $3,750 3.2.2 Staff contract 3.2.1 $3, 750 3.2.3 New contracts 3.2.2, 3. 1.4 $7,500 3.2.4 Severance packages 10 3.2.2, 3.1.4 $7,500 3.2.5 Staff Communications Daily 3.1.4, 3.2.1 $2,500 3.3 Office move $12,750 3.3.1 Plan move 5 3.1.2 $1,500 3.3.2 Office packed 10 3.3.1 $3, 750 3.3.3 Office moved 5 3.3.2 $7,500 3.4 Project management $12,750 3.4.1 Planning 10 $4,750 3.4.2 Status reports Weekly 3.4.1 $4,000 3.4.3 Admin completed 0 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.3.3, 3.4.2 $4,000 All dependencies are Finish-to-Start. After putting together the Gantt Chart, you let the Project Sponsor know the duration of the workstream. The Project Sponsor was not pleased and requested that you cut the duration by 10 days. The good news is that you have a cost constraint of $100,000 (excluding the HR firm contract), and your budgetary estimate is below the budget You talked to the team, and they provided you with the following ideas to compress the schedule. WBS Description Duration Cost Full / Normal Normal Crash Crash Impact Impact Partial Time Cost Time Cost 3.1.1 Can be started 6 days $0 Full $1,250 $1,250 with a 5 day lead with 3.4.1 3.2.2 Can be completed 2-day 20% Partial 5 $3,750 3 $4,500 in 3 days, using reduction increase in overtime total cost 3.2.4 be completed 5-day $750 per Partial 10 $7,500 5 $11,250 n 5 days, using a reduction day second person 3.3.2 Can be completed 5-day $500 per Full 10 $3,750 5 $6,250 in 5 days reduction dayUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES 3976 Project Tools and Techniques . :1 Impact Impact Partial Time Cost Time Cost -------- of $500/re nort As you review the list, the good news is the planning team has agreed to prioritize the hiring of the lawyer, so you can hire the lawyer in parallel with the planning, with no additional charges. You will make that change first. Assignment Requirements 1. Use MS Project or Smartsheet to create a Gantt Chart: 0 In your submission, ensure the following columns are visible: - WBS Number and Description - Start and End Date - Duration - Predecessor - Cost 0 The start date of the project is on a Monday; there are no holidays or vacations and assume a ve-day workweek o The overall duration is shown 2. On the Gantt Chart, include: o The full Gantt Chart is one page wide (do this by changing the timeline) o The critical path is shown 0 The duration is correct 3. Submit your Gantt Chart prior to compression that ts on one page 4. Your recommendation of which items to compress 0 Include the order of items that you compressed o The impact on the schedule duration and the project budget after each step 0 The total cost to reduce the schedule by 10 days 0 Your Gantt Chart after each compression step 0 Rememberto change the duration of3.2.5 and 3.4.2 to 1 day prior to doing implementing any compression 5. A well-structured, professional document with title page and page numbers. Help Videos 0 Smartsheet: Some videos that may be helpful from the Smartsheet website to create a Gantt Chart: . Microsoft Pr0ject: Check YouTube; there are lots of videos 0 Here is one that is not bad, ignore the bit on resources; the critical path is at the end r1: 1 = -, ;:.:-:> .z- ..,:.., '- I: :r ~ .; ._.. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO SCHOOL OF CONTINUING STUDIES 3976 - Project Tools and Techniques Submission Instructions . Submit your assignment in Quercus before midnight on the day before the next class . Submit your assignment as one file in PDF, Microsoft Word, or Microsoft Excel format. The filename must include the student's last name and the assignment number. Grading Rubric Available | Not Many Some Few Items Fully Marks completed Items Items Missing Complete Missing Missing Gantt Chart - 2 0 Detail 0 out of 2 items 1 out of 2 items 2 out of 2 items correct (columns correct (columns correct (columns shown, totals) shown, totals) shown, totals) Gantt Chart - 3 0 2 3 Format 0 out of 3 1 out of 3 2 out of 3 3 out of 3 items correct items correct items correct items correct (1-page, 1-page, (1-page, 1-page, critical path, critical path, critical path, critical path, duration) duration) duration) duration) Compression 4 0 4 0 out of 4 out of 4 2 out of 4 3 out of 4 4 out of 4 items items items items items correct correct correct correct correct (cost, (cost, (cost, cost, (cost, duration) duration) duration) duration) duration) Format 0 0.5 0 or 1 of 3 2 of 3 submission 3 of 3 submission submission instructions followed instructions instructions followed followed