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Question I – Brandon installs sheds and storage buildings for Shedmax, LLC.  Brandon must be at work each day by 8:00 a.m. and is off at 5:00 p.m. and is paid at a rate of $12/hour.  Brandon uses tools provided by Shedmax to do his work.  However, when Brandon is completing the installation process, he is often working alone.  Is Brandon an employee of Shedmax or an independent contractor?  Give a reasoning for your answer.
Question II – Paul is the sole incorporator of Hemp Co., a company that processes hemp into clothing.  Prior to incorporation, Paul enters into a contract on Hemp Co.’s behalf with a local farmer for the purchase of the crop.  After formation of the corporation, the board does not ratify the contract because Paul bought the crop at 3 times the market price.  Who is liable to the farmer?
Question III – Tina Technology is looking to raise $85,000 worth of capital, and she is looking to raise that money through the internet and still fall under an SEC exemption.  How should Tina go about raising that money?  Due to the amount of capital she is looking to raise, will Tina be subject to any other special requirements?

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Question I – Brandon installs sheds and storage buildings for Shedmax, LLC.  Brandon must be at work each day by 8:00 a.m. and is off at 5:00 p.m. and is paid at a rate of $12/hour.  Brandon uses tools provided by Shedmax to do his work.  However, when Brandon is completing the installation process, he is often working alone.  Is Brandon an employee of Shedmax or an independent contractor?  Give a reasoning for your answer.

Question II – Paul is the sole incorporator of Hemp Co., a company that processes hemp into clothing.  Prior to incorporation, Paul enters into a contract on Hemp Co.’s behalf with a local farmer for the purchase of the crop.  After formation of the corporation, the board does not ratify the contract because Paul bought the crop at 3 times the market price.  Who is liable to the farmer?

Question III – Tina Technology is looking to raise $85,000 worth of capital, and she is looking to raise that money through the internet and still fall under an SEC exemption.  How should Tina go about raising that money?  Due to the amount of capital she is looking to raise, will Tina be subject to any other special requirements?

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COURSE PROJECT GOAL (IE)

 
Identification of Problems/Tasks:

  • Understand the problems presented
  • Provide appropriate information with associated objective evidence

Analysis:

  • Evaluate and provide relevant impact of the problems presented
  • Provide responses using information from quantitative measures as derived from software tool results

Solutions and Recommendations:

  • Provide solution to task/problems presented along with any associated action plans

 

PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

 
Use the project response Word document posted in doc sharing and begin to respond to all questions
Be sure and address each question/request in detail providing emphasis on project objectives
All graphs/charts/tables are to be produced in the native format (excel, project, etc.) and then copied into the response area of the Management Word document
Major Submission Requirement: Post BOTH the Management Word document with all responses/graphs/charts/tables AND the objective evidence (the native documents from where you copied the charts/graphs/tables)
 
Project Due Date: 30 November 2020
 

GRADING CRITERIA

 
Cover all points in the response. Use the Word document posted as the template for all responses and task work. The Word document will be the formal response back to Astin Martin Electronics. All tables, graphics, and figures created by other tools should be copied and pasted in the Word document maintaining a professional appearance with appropriate labeling of all figures, diagrams, tables, artifacts pasted. As this is a professional document, do not leave template examples in your submission.
Where applicable, provide clear documentation, graphics, diagrams, and tables that help clarify any responses.

STATEMENT OF WORK SUMMARY    

 
Software Project Team (YOU): JBB Software
Customer: Astin Martin Electronics LLC
RFP awarded for specific message services which will be incorporated into an electronic instrument company (Astin Martin Electronics LLC) interface to electronic gauges. Topical level requirements for the software were provided. Deliverable products include:

  • Systems Engineering to provide appropriate requirements decomposition
  • Software Engineering to provide design/development/unit test of software
  • System Test Engineering to provide component and enterprise level testing
  • Quality Engineering to provide quality control through the entire development life cycle
  • Management functions to include all primary functions (project management, finance, planning & scheduling, Overhead support (contracts, engineering matrix, etc.)

Award date of May 15 and required completion date (deliverables provided) of November 15.
Astin Martin Electronics request of planned deliverables, acceptance criteria, quality plan, and work breakdown structure. These items need to be provided in an acceptable time for Astin Martin to review and approve.
Astin Martin Electronics further requests other deliverables to include final software (source and binary) which meets all approved acceptance criteria, associated design documents (system and development level)
All project questions or request for project scope changes should be directed to the Astin Martin Electronics designee (course instructor).
There is no requirement relative to project tools used to generate the required data.
Topical requirements include:

  • System Engineering: UML design artifacts for graphic widgets to display aeronautical expanse gauges for interface testing within the technical specs guidelines for twenty-five different visual aspects. Include appropriate level of peer review. Design should include graphical mock-up of gauges.
  • System Engineering: Derive component level requirements for Software Engineering to design, code, and unit test and System Test can provide System and Enterprise level testing
  • Software Engineering: Provide appropriate level design artifacts from System Engineering UML design artifacts. Include appropriate level of peer review.
  • Software Engineering: Code and Unit Test software modules that execute the software which meets all topical and derived requirements
  • System Test Engineering: Derive sell-off acceptance criteria. Include appropriate peer review (including System Engineering) and customer approval.
  • System Test Engineering: Derive System and Enterprise Level Test Cases. Include appropriate level of peer review.
  • System Test Engineering: Execute test cases as software modules become available
  • Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks during the processes described for System Engineering, Software Engineering, and System Test Engineering as appropriate
  • Include the following customer related reviews: Design Review (after System Engineering completes design artifacts), Pre-Ship Review (provided prior to Astin Martin Electronics acceptance of software), and Final Acceptance Test (software demonstration at customer facility showing software meets all requirements as installed)

Approved labor rates as follows:

  • System Engineer I: 41.15
  • System Engineer II: 47.37
  • System Engineer III: 51.17
  • Lead System Engineer: 56.91
  • Software Engineer I: 42.38
  • Software Engineer II: 47.62
  • Software Engineer III: 51.01
  • Lead Software Engineer: 58.83
  • System Test Engineer I: 41.78
  • System Test Engineer II: 43.62
  • System Test Engineer III: 49.25
  • Lead System Test Engineer: 55.25
  • Quality Engineer I: 40.38
  • Quality Engineer II: 47.55
  • Quality Engineer III: 52.01
  • Lead Quality Engineer: 59.83
  • Project Manager: 91.55 (LOE – Level of Effort)
  • Chief Engineer: 75.41 (LOE – Level of Effort)

Approved overhead rates as follows:

  • Finance: 6.2% of total hours
  • Planning & Scheduling: 5.5% of total hours
  • Management (Contracts/Senior Management): 2.1% of total hours
  • Facility: 1.2% of total hours
  • HR/Staffing: 0.55% of total hours

ACTIVITY / TASK LIST BY LOWEST WBS LEVEL LEG

 
2.1 Systems Engineering: UML Design for Interface
System Engineering: Create outline of UML and derived requirements artifacts.
Software Engineering: Assist system engineering.
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks
 
2.2 Systems Engineering: System/Software Design
System Engineering: Design appropriate software components to display aeronautical expanse gauges within the technical specs guidelines for twenty-five different visual aspects. Include appropriate level of peer review.  Software Engineering: Assist system engineering.
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
2.3 Systems Engineering: Approve design
System Engineering: Derive component level requirements for Software Engineering to design, code, and unit test and System Test can provide System and Enterprise level testing.
Software Engineering: Assist system engineering
System Test Engineering: Derive sell-off acceptance criteria. Include appropriate peer review (including System Engineering) and customer approval.
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
3.1 Software Engineering: Approve Content S/W Component Design
System Engineering: Assist software engineering
Software Engineering: Provide appropriate level design artifacts from System Engineering UML design artifacts. Include appropriate level of peer review.
System Test Engineering: Derive sell-off acceptance criteria. Include appropriate peer review (including System Engineering) and customer approval.
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
3.2 Software Engineering: Code and Unit Test
System Engineering: Assist software engineering
Software Engineering: Code and Unit Test software modules that execute the software which meets all topical and derived requirements.
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
3.3 Software Engineering: Function Test (with actual gauges)
System Engineering: Assist software engineering
Software Engineering: Check the function
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
4.1 Test Engineering: Design Test Artifacts
System Engineering: Support with other engineers for opinion
Software Engineering: Support with other engineers for opinion
System Test Engineering: Derive System and Enterprise Level Test Cases. Include appropriate level of peer review.
Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
4.2 Test Engineering: Perform Environment Level Tests
System Engineering: Support with other engineers for opinion
Software Engineering: Support with other engineers for opinion
System Test Engineering: Execute test cases as software modules become available Quality Engineering: Provide quality checks.
 
4.3 Test Engineering: Approve Test Services (with Customer Acceptance Criteria)
System Test Engineering: Assist Quality Engineering
Quality Engineering: Quality checks during the processes described for System
Engineering, Software Engineering, and System Test Engineering as appropriate  Include the following customer related reviews: Design Review (after System
Engineering completes design artifacts), Pre-Ship Review (provided prior to Astin Martin Electronics acceptance of software).
 
4.4 Test Engineering: Run Test on Live Environment (Customer Facility)
System Test Engineering: Assist Quality engineering
Quality Engineering: quality checks, and Final Acceptance Test (software demonstration at customer facility showing software meets all requirements as installed) installed)
 
4.5 System Test Engineering: Deploy to Operational Environment (Customer Facility) System Test Engineering: work with customer facility team for full deployment
Use approved installation instructions to deploy software into operational environment with support from customer facility team
 
*** Add more WBS activities as required or you deem necessary ***
Example: May want to add WBS level for Quality Engineering for derived tasks or those tasks could be incorporated in the WBS items noted above.
 

NOTIONAL ACTIVITY DURATION         SCHEDULE

 
Notional Activity estimated Duration
The estimated total elapsed time for how long an activity will take from starts to finish, including associated waiting time. Also referred to as activity resource estimated or estimated activity resources.
 
Example only: Does not reflect tasks of this assignment.
 
 
 

PROJECT QUESTIONS & TASKS     

 

  1. Provide a project objective associated with the Astin Martin Electronics project. Include a list of assumptions about the project.

 

  1. What is a work breakdown structure? What is a responsibility matrix? Using the Astin Martin Astin Martin Electronics project activity list and activity duration schedule, create a WBS and RAM.

 
Work Breakdown Structure (Should provide hierarchical graph)
???
Responsibility Assignment Matrix
???                              (Example RAM Template: From different requirements)
 
 
 
(Major) List all activity costs. From the project activity list and activity duration schedule, estimate the cost of each activity. Then, determine the Total Budgeted Cost (TBC) for the Astin Martin Electronics project. Provide the information in table format by month. Objective evidence of derived costs is required for credit. Use labor and overhead rates as provided in your derived calculations.
 
(Example Template: Does not reflect tasks associated with this assignment)
 
 
 
 

  1. Provide a cumulative budgeted cost curve and monthly budget curve for the Astin Martin Electronics project. Provide in appropriate graph format. This should represent both monthly budget and TBC over the period of performance of the project.

 

  1. Astin Martin Electronics wants to know if you plan to use a management reserve for their project. Explain what the term reserve means and why you will use contingency reserve in the project or not. Be sure and consider the implications of using or not using the reserve. Provide appropriate detail in your response.

 

  1. Astin Martin Electronics wants to know how JBB Software plans to employ cost management and earned value (EV) in their project. Explain to Astin Martin Electronics why it is necessary to calculate the earned value of work performed and how you plan to execute this task.

 

  1. Astin Martin Electronics is concerned about how JBB Software will manage risks. Describe what JBB Software plans to do in order to manage risk on the Astin Martin Electronics project and if a risk assessment matrix will be employed and why. Provide appropriate level of detail in your response.

 
 

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Bonadio Electrical Supplies distributes electrical components to the construction industry. The company began as a local supplier 15 years ago and has grown rapidly to become a major competitor in the north central United States. As the business grew and the variety of components to be stocked expanded, Bonadio acquired a computer and implemented an inventory control system. Other applications such as accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and sales analysis were gradually computerized as each function expanded. Because of its operational importance, the inventory system has been upgraded to an online system, while all the other applications are operating in batch mode. Over the years, the company has developed or acquired more than 100 application programs and maintains hundreds of files. Bonadio faces stiff competition from local suppliers throughout its marketing area. At a management meeting, the sales manager complained about the difficulty in obtaining immediate, current information to respond to customer inquiries. Other managers stated that they also had difficulty obtaining timely data from the system. As a result, the controller engaged a consulting firm to explore the situation. The consultant recommended installing a database management system (DBMS), and the company complied, employing Jack Gibbons as the database administrator. At a recent management meeting, Gibbons presented an overview of the DBMS. Gibbons explained that the database approach assumes an organizational, data-oriented viewpoint as it recognizes that a centralized database represents a vital resource. Instead of being assigned to applications, information is more appropriately used and managed for the entire organization. The operating system physically moves data to and from disk storage, while the DBMS is the software program that controls the data definition library that specifies the data structures and characteristics. As a result, both the roles of the application programs and query software and the tasks of the application programmers and users are simplified. Under the database approach, the data are available to all users within security guidelines.

  1. Explain the basic difference between a file-oriented system and a database management system.

 
 

  1. Describe at least three advantages and at least three disadvantages of the database management system.

 
 

  1. Describe the duties and responsibilities of Jack Gibbons, the database administrator. (CMA Adapted)

 
Please use 2 APA citation to explain your answers. Make sure you answer all three questions. 
 

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 Scenario: 
Pastas R Us, Inc. is a fast-casual restaurant chain specializing in noodle-based dishes, soups, and salads. Since its inception, the business development team has favored opening new restaurants in areas (within a 3-mile radius) that satisfy the following demographic conditions:

  • Median age between 25 – 45 years old
  • Household median income above national average
  • At least 15% college educated adult population

Last year, the marketing department rolled out a Loyalty Card strategy to increase sales. Under this program, customers present their Loyalty Card when paying for their orders and receive some free food after making 10 purchases.
The company has collected data from its 74 restaurants to track important variables such as average sales per customer, year-on-year sales growth, sales per sq. ft., Loyalty Card usage as a percentage of sales, and others. A key metric of financial performance in the restaurant industry is annual sales per sq. ft. For example, if a 1200 sq. ft. restaurant recorded $2 million in sales last year, then it sold $1,667 per sq. ft.
Executive management wants to know whether the current expansion criteria can be improved. They want to evaluate the effectiveness of the Loyalty Card marketing strategy and identify feasible, actionable opportunities for improvement. As a member of the analytics department, you’ve been assigned the responsibility of conducting a thorough statistical analysis of the company’s available database to answer executive management’s questions.
Report: 
Write a 750-word statistical report that includes the following sections:

  • Section 1: Scope and descriptive statistics
  • Section 2: Analysis
  • Section 3: Recommendations and Implementation

Section 1 – Scope and descriptive statistics

  • State the report’s objective.
  • Discuss the nature of the current database. What variables were analyzed?
  • Summarize your descriptive statistics findings from Excel. Use a table and insert appropriate graphs.

Section 2 – Analysis

  • Using Excel, create scatter plots and display the regression equations for the following pairs of variables:
  • “BachDeg%” versus “Sales/SqFt”
  • “MedIncome” versus “Sales/SqFt”
  • “MedAge” versus “Sales/SqFt”
  • “LoyaltyCard(%)” versus “SalesGrowth(%)”
  • In your report, include the scatter plots. For each scatter plot, designate the type of relationship observed (increasing/positive, decreasing/negative, or no relationship) and determine what you can conclude from these relationships.

Section 3: Recommendations and implementation

  • Based on your findings above, assess which expansion criteria seem to be more effective.Could any expansion criterion be changed or eliminated? If so, which one and why?
  • Based on your findings above, does it appear as if the Loyalty Card is positively correlated with sales growth? Would you recommend changing this marketing strategy?
  • Based on your previous findings, recommend marketing positioning that targets a specific demographic. (Hint: Are younger people patronizing the restaurants more than older people?)
  • Indicate what information should be collected to track and evaluate the effectiveness of your recommendations. How can this data be collected? (Hint: Would you use survey/samples or census?)

Cite references to support your assignment.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

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Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 14(chapter 14) (answer in 450 words with references )

Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 14
Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

  1. Why do so many projects end up terminated as a result of termination through starvation?  Discuss the role that ego, power, and politics in this form of termination.
  2.  Why do “lessons learned” programs often fail to capture meaningful information that could help guide future projects?

 

Activity 14(each question half page)

Case Study 14.1—New Jersey Kills Hudson River Tunnel Project
This case illustrates the challenges in making an early termination decision.  Often, particularly in the case of public projects, there is a real difficulty in stopping a project once it has gotten “on the books.”  As a result, projects with huge cost overruns, like Boston’s “Big Dig” are allowed to continue almost indefinitely.  New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made a tough call in deciding to cancel the Hudson River Tunnel project because he was given a number of rosy projections that did not match the actual costs incurred to that date.  This is a great case to let students pick sides: should Christie have cancelled the project or not? There are arguments to be made that the need was strong (although others could argue that the need was over-sold).  On the other hand, the history of the project to date and the uncertainty about future federal funding made it a real gamble, especially during a time of economic recession.
Questions

  1. How would you respond to the argument that it is impossible to judge how successful a project like this one would have been unless you actually do it?
  2. Take a position, either pro or con, on Christie’s decision to kill the ARC. Develop arguments to support your point of view.
  3. In your opinion, how clearly must a large infrastructure project like ARC have determined its need, costs, and so forth before being approved?  If the criteria are too stringent, what is the implication for future projects of this type?  Would any ever be built?

 

Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 6(chapter 13 and 14 )

Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 6
Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

  1. Pauline has been asked to reorganize her department, eliminating at least two people within the office. Pauline has strong personal relationships with everyone in her office and being asked to complete this task is very hard on her. Thinking back to Stage Four of the conflict process, discuss one of the types of intentions with which Pauline might struggle in this situation.?
  2.  What are the various individual factors that make a person more likely to engage in political behavior?

 

Problem Set #6(each answer half page)

1. Contrast leadership and power.
2. What can managers do to manage conflicts effectively in their organizations?

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College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
MGT 312
Assignment 3
Deadline: End of Week 12, 28/11/2020 @ 23:59
 
 

Course Name: Decision Making and Problem Solving Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT 312 Student’s ID Number:
Semester: I CRN:
Academic Year: 1440/1441 H

 
For Instructor’s Use only

Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:  Marks Obtained/Out of Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

  • The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
  • Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
  • Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
  • Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
  • Late submission will NOT be accepted.
  • Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
  • All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
  • Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

 
 
 
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered

  • Identify and analyze different perspectives on understanding problems for different situations. (3.1)
  • Utilize different decision making tools to enhance problem solving and decision making approaches.   (4.3)
  • Identify organized alternatives and select among possible alternative to evaluate business options. (2.10)
  • Create a Decision Making and Problem Solving worksheet document.  (4.5)

 
Critical Thinking Questions:                                                        (Marks 5)
 
Question 1:                                                                                     (1 Mark)
Suppose you are a member of a group asked to find ways to cut costs throughout your organization for the upcoming year. Sales have fallen sharply, and the company is in danger of going out of business. After gathering information, your group concludes that the company will save the most money by freezing pay for a year, despite a tradition of annual salary increases. How can you make sure this is a fair decision? How can you make sure that others in the organization will see it as a fair decision?
 
Question 2:        Case Analysis                                                        (2 Marks)
Care, a health consultancy company in Saudi Arabia, is studying the economic benefits of a program of preventative COVID-19 flu vaccinations. Care has to give advice to government for COVID-19 vaccination.  If vaccinations are not introduced then the estimated cost to the government if flu strikes in the next year is SR.70m with probability 0.1, SR.100m with probability 0.3 and SR.150m with probability 0.6. It is estimated that such a program will cost SR.70m and that the probability of flu striking in the next year is 0.75.
One alternative open to the committee is to institute an “early-warning” monitoring scheme (costing SR.30m) which will enable it to detect an outbreak of flu early and hence institute a rush vaccination program (costing SR.100m because of the need to vaccinate quickly before the outbreak spreads).
 Question

  • As a consultant of Care, Develop a decision tree for alternatives and make recommendation to Indian government that which alternative can maximize expected economic benefits?

 
Question 3:                                                                                     (1 Mark)
Decision support tools rely on objective, mathematical data. What part does ethics play in using decision support software?
 
Question 4:                                                                            (1 Mark)
If you collect too much information for analyzing a decision, you can suffer from analysis paralysis, where you spend too much time thinking about a decision rather than making one. Recall a major financial decision you made recently, such as of a car or housing purchase or rental. Describe your process for making the decision. How could analysis paralysis have affected this process?
 
 
 
[Please answer in the next page]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Answers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Comprehensive Change Management Process (130 points) 
The final critical thinking assignment for this course requires a comprehensive Change Management Process, including its origination and implementation. To complete this project, address the following:

  • Choose a Middle Eastern organization in which you are currently working, or with which you are familiar. Provide a brief description of the organization, including its history, number of employees, products/services, mission/vision, strategies, etc.
  • Discuss the problem or issue confronting the organization. Why is there a need to change (e.g., falling profits, low morale, challenges recruiting talented employees, etc.)?
  • Assess the principle reasons for the organization’s problem or issue. What is the root cause and what are other causes of the problem/issue?
  • Identify the intended change you propose for the organization. Detail the reasons for the change, including any research you conducted that led you to this recommendation (for instance, similar organizations in a similar situation followed this strategy, or studies indicated this was the preferred solution for other organizations in a similar situation).
  • Identify a plan to implement the change. Be clear about the steps or processes that you propose to implement this change, including any resources which may be needed throughout the process.
  • Identify the measurement/control mechanisms you would utilize to determine if the change management process is working effectively. Also, include any contingency plans you would propose if/when the plan is not implemented as intended.
  • Finally, offer a brief statement about what you learned from completing this project and how your research in this course has affected your perspective/perception of change.

Your well-written paper should meet the following requirements:

  • Be 6-8 pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
  • Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
  • Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least four scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
  • It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into the Turnitin Originality Check prior to submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
  • Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

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Consider a recent project that you have worked on. This could be for a company or organization with which you are familiar, or even a personal project such as purchasing a home or planning a party.
After your opening paragraph, which includes your thesis statement, identify your selected company or organization in no more than three paragraphs. Then, complete the following:
*Note: for the charts/diagrams, use MS Word, Excel, Google Docs or Google Sheets. You may also use any other suitable project-based software. A free Project management software called Libre is also available for download here https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/

  1. Create either a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) of the project or Gantt Chart for planning and scheduling the project. Discuss why you used the type of chart you did.
  2. Determine and document both probabilistic (t0, tp, and tm) and deterministic time estimates. Discuss how you arrived at these time estimates.
  3. Using MS Word, Google Docs, or similar software, create a PERT network diagram with the Critical Path (CP) identified.
  4. Calculate the slack time for each activity. Discuss the ramifications of slack in the CP for the activities and the project as a whole.
  5. Develop the network diagram from the probability estimates. Discuss which path you would take and why.
  6. For each activity, determine hypothetical costs in a table. Include budgeted costs, percent complete, actual/projected cost, and over/under budget (and total). Discuss the rationale for how you derived these costs.
  7. Crash an activity on the Critical Path. Discuss the ramifications of crashing the activity you crashed.

Formatting requirements:

  • Your essay is required to be 5-6 pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
  • Charts/diagrams should be labeled and can be added within the body of your paper.
  • Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
  • Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources. Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
  • It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.

Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.