The owners of Global Green Books Publishing understand the importance of the project management life cycle, and so they have set up a project scope. They have asked you to assist them with a cost-benefit analysis to analyse the financial viability of their project.

First, they require you to calculate the total production cost and the total profit of each unit sold. Then, discuss how team dynamics such as conflict management can affect the viability of the project in the case study? Use the information provided to calculate the following?

? The total cost for each task completed.

? The total cost of internal labour;

? The total cost of other expenses;

? The total cost of production;

? The total profit of if a 30% profit margin is applied.

Use the following equation: Total cost of production x 30% = Profit per unit sold

Internal Labour Costs Task Staff Rate per hour (including Estimated hours overhead rate of 1.5 per task Receive order Customer service 1.00 R18.00 representative Check order Customer service 1.00 R18.00 representative Verify order Customer service 1.00 R18.00 representative Plan work Supervisor R45.00 1.00 Assign work Supervisor R45.00 1.00 Estimation Supervisor R45.00 2.00 Reserve equipment Supervisor R45.00 1.00 Acquire permissions Publisher's liaison R37.50 1.00 Desktop publishing DTP specialist R42.00 15.00 Content conversion DTP specialist R42.00 20.00 Produce e-book DTP specialist R42.00 25.00 Quality checks Quality technician R30.00 4.00 Track production Supervisor R45.00 3.00 Other Costs Description Cost Material costs of permissions R1,000.00 Equipment costs R1,000.00 Subcontractor labour R500.00 Computer support R500.00 Network infrastructure R1,000.00