You are hired as a consultant to advise both the primary contractor and the customer of a ship building project aimed to deliver a new large building/facility. When answering the following questions, you should make assumptions on particularities of the project, but make sure that they are realistic and you explain them clearly. You should also define what type of a ship building project your essays focuses on and what activities it includes, which you can decide freely on (you can choose a real or an imaginary project). You have the following information about the project (see Table 1). Table 1. Project details. Activity Description Project duration (days) Predecessor Budgeted Optimistic Most cost () likely Pessimistic A [Describe here the 5 7 10 - 7000 B the different 2 4 6 - 3000 C activities of the 2 3 7 B 2000 D project ...] 9 11 15 A 8500 E 3 6 9 D 3000 F 10 15 22 C 9000 G 6 8 14 E 6500 H 5 7 12 F 6000 I 8 12 16 H 8000 J 3 5 8 G 3000 IB9S7M:09 Page 2 of 4 ESSAY Write an individual essay in response to this case. Follow the tasks a-e below to guide your essay. You are free to structure your essay also in a different order as long as you clearly discuss and answer all parts a-e. Your essay should form a logical and coherent written piece of work.

Identify the duration and critical path of the project using appropriate project management tool(s)/framework(s). Explain your chosen approach, justify your decision for it and explain the assumptions made. (10%) b) The customer requires your company to deliver the whole project within 44 days. Use the most appropriate project management tool(s)/framework(s) for your analysis so that you can identify how probable it is that the project will be completed on time. (20%) c) After the project has been running for 22 days, your project review reveals the following information about the project's progress: (I)Tasks A-D and F are completed. (II) Cost variance of tasks A-D and F is positive, altogether at -1000. (III) Tasks E and H are 50% complete and progressing on budget. You should inform the customer about the project's progress through measures on cost and schedule performance. The customer also wants to understand what these measures tell about the project's progress and if any changes to the project would be advisable based on the measures. (20%) d) The contractor needs to make a decision on the best organizational structure for the ship building