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- The expected times and variances for the activities for a project for Test Marketers, Inc. are given below. (Assume time is provided in days.) ID 12345678 Description Pilot production Select channels of distrib. Develop mktg. program Test market Patent Full production Ad promotion Release Predecessor None None None 1 1 4 3 2,5,6,7 t₂ 6 7 4 4 10 16 3 2 Varlance [(b-a)/6]² 34225221 10Q4/ The table below shows the duration and direct costs for the activities of a construction project. It is required to caleculate the duration of the project that achieves the lowest possible total cost using the technique of crashing if the indirect costs are 20% from direct cost. Normal Time (NT) Normal Cost (NC) S Crash Time Crash Cost Activity (CT) weeks (CC) S weeks A 6. 1000 3. 7000 В 4 9000 5 10000 C 3 6000 1 10000 D 4 8000 2. 11000 E 6. 1000 4 13000 5 6. D A 3 End Start 6. B EWhat is the minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days? NORMAL CRASH TIME (DAYS) TIME (DAYS) NORMAL COST 8 6 6 4 ACTIVITY Design (A) Wiring (B) Chip install (C) Software (D) Testing (E) 8 5335 400 1,000 600 1,000 1,100 CRASH COST 450 1,100 700 1,300 1,625 IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR(S) A, B C The minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days is $900 (enter your response as a whole number).
- AABCDE Activity J К Predecessor None PZABUD FGHL-KL EOFICI LA C H с H J.I,K Draft PDS Identify team Kickoff team meeting Source previous rocket Identify & order missing or new materials/parts Assembly Simulation Alpha Test Beta Test Training of key people Buy food to bring Launch DITONT Duration (wks) 1 1 0 2 4 8722860 1. Show the Critical Path. Give reasons for your answer. 2. If you needed to shorten the duration of the project, which activity or activities would you shorten and why?What is the minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days? NORMAL TIME (DAYS) CRASH TIME (DAYS) 5 4 ACTIVITY Design (A) Wiring (8) Chip install (C) 7 5 3 4 7 2 2 4 NORMAL COST 300 900 500 CRASH COST 1,100 1,200 350 975 575 Software (D) Testing (E) The minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days is $1,875 (enter your response as a whole number). IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR(S) 1,300 1,650 A, B сWhat is the minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by 4 days? NORMAL CRASH TIME (DAYS) TIME (DAYS) 9 7 7 6 5 4 6 4 9 6 ACTIVITY Design (A) Wiring (B) Chip install (C) Software (D) Testing (E) The minimum cost of crashing the following project at Sawaya Robotics by. 4 days is $ NORMAL COST 200 800 600 1,100 1,200 CRASH COST 300 875 675 1,300 1,875 IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR(S) (enter your response as a whole number). A, B C
- 15. For the network shown: Crash Cost/week - (CC-NC)/(NT-CT) TOTAL COST-$44,000 Crash D-$1,000 Crash G-$2,000 Crash A-$3,000 0 0 ATS) Activity A B 54 C D E F 45 45 B(10) C(8) 1514 15 10 13 12 14 Normal Time 5 8 6 7 14 15 15 D(6) 21 20 19 21 a. Determine the critical path and the early completion time in weeks for the project. b. For the data shown, reduce the project completion time by three weeks. Assume a lin- ear cost per week shortened, and show, step by step, how you arrived at your schedule. 20 19 E(7) 14 13 17 F(4) 17 21 Normal Cost $7,000 12,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 6,000 7,000 21 20 21 25 G(4) 25 Crash Time 3 7 7 24 23 22 A 2 B3 C1 D1 E1 5 6 F1 3 G1 Crash Cost $13,000 18,000 7,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 9,000 A $3,000 B $2,000 C $2,000 D $1,000 E $3,000 F $1,000 G $2,000Company: ABC Civil Engineering - an engineering firmSituation: ABC company has recently made significant cuts in staff and the workload on existingemployees has increased. A major RFP is dueCharacters: Ted Waltz – Managing Director of ABC EngineeringElaine Tillman – Civil Engineer____________________________Elaine Tillman looked at her watch – it was 7:30 pm. Just then she knew she would not make it to her son’s final high school basketball game. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tear that had started down her face and onto the ragged-edged 100 plus page RFP she was working on. The RFP,the largest opportunity that ABC Civil Engineering had a chance to bid on in 6 months, was far fromready for the 9:00 AM deadline the following day.Normally in this situation, Elaine would have collaborated with a proposal team putting together such a big proposal but, since the economic down turn hit, ABC has had to make significant cuts in its staff. It started with administrative…Company: ABC Civil Engineering - an engineering firmSituation: ABC company has recently made significant cuts in staff and the workload on existingemployees has increased. A major RFP is dueCharacters: Ted Waltz – Managing Director of ABC EngineeringElaine Tillman – Civil Engineer____________________________Elaine Tillman looked at her watch – it was 7:30 pm. Just then she knew she would not make it to her son’s final high school basketball game. It took her a moment to collect herself and wipe the tear that had started down her face and onto the ragged-edged 100 plus page RFP she was working on. The RFP,the largest opportunity that ABC Civil Engineering had a chance to bid on in 6 months, was far fromready for the 9:00 AM deadline the following day.Normally in this situation, Elaine would have collaborated with a proposal team putting together such a big proposal but, since the economic down turn hit, ABC has had to make significant cuts in its staff. It started with administrative…
- Opp l +O 90% 10:31 33,19 K/s UNIVERSITY OF GHANA 35 Part 1 of 1- Question 1 of 100 . refers to how the project is expected to work and solve the stated problem in project or proposal writing. A. Project Portfolio B. Portfolio of Activities C. Plan of Activities D. Project Activities Reset Selection [1] Question ProgressEX8-14 (Algo) Given the time-phased work packages... Given the time-phased work packages and network, complete the baseline budget form for the project. 0 0 0 A 3 Design 3 3 A Design prototype B Build prototype C Order parts Legend ES ID EF SLK Descrip LS DUR LF ID A B C D E F G D Prepare production E Prepare marketing F Assemble and test G Launch Total 3 0 B 5 Build 3 2 5 Budget Cumulative 21 12 17 62 32 36 12 192 Soccer Toy Project Cost By Week ($000) 3 5 12 20 5 2 10 0 14956682 1 10 2 2 4 18 18 5 0 1 6 5 0 5 5 1 6 ... C 8 с Order 3 9 D 9 Prod. 4 9 E 10 Mktg 5 11 8 22 16 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enter the appropriate values in the truncated portion of the budget form shown below. 4 5 0 Enter the appropriate values in the truncated portion of the budget form shown below. 0 0 0 0 0 12 Time Periods 8 9 F 11 0 Assy. 9 2 11 9 11 0 11 10 G 12 Launch 1 12A B с D E FL ד G H J K L M N P R S T U V 1 On Week 3 Forecast 4 2 a) Smell Fresh Customer Orders hand 1 2 20 20 5 3 5 PAB 20 50 30 3222 4 5 6 7 8 Problem 6: Georgia Clay and Gravel was updating the MPS record for one of its products, Smell Fresh Cat Litter. Partially-completed MPS time-phased record is given below. 20 30 30 30 30 30 Week 10 30 50 20 40 10 Item: Smell Fresh On hand 1 6 Available to Promise 7 MPS 50 50 50 50 Forecast 20 8 MPS lot size = 50 9 20 10 On Week hand 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 53 43 78 30 30 30 30 30 3220 2233 -250 30 10 30 50 6 8 45 12 13 14 PAB 15 11 b) Smell Fresh Forecast Customer Orders Available to Promise 16 MPS 17 MPS lot size=50 18 19 20 21 23 24 222 Orders Projected available balance Available-to-promise MPS MPS Lot Size = 50. 50 20 40 10 50 50 50 a) Complete the MPS time-phased record (the first table on the left). The following events occurred during week 1: • Actual demand during week 1 was 25 units. • Marketing forecasted that 40 units would be needed for…