BUS353: Part 1 You are a member of a Project team Assigned to Develop the new Razor Scooter code-named “Red Zuma: Project Management Homework, SUSS, Singapore

Part 1

You are a member of a project team assigned to develop the new razor scooter code-named “Red Zuma.” Table A2.5 contains the information necessary to create a project schedule. For the purpose of this case assume the following:

1. The project begins on January 2, 2015.

2. The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (Last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25.

3. If a holiday falls on a Saturday, then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday, then Monday will be given as a day off. If December 25th falls on a Friday then Monday will not be given a day off.

4. The project team works eight-hour days, Monday through Friday.

Construct a network schedule for this project and prepare a memo that answers the following questions:

1. When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project take?

2. What is the critical path for the project?

3. Which activity has the greatest amount of slack?

4. How sensitive is this network?

5. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices.

Include the following printouts:

• A Gantt chart.
• A network diagram highlighting the critical path.
• A schedule table reporting ES, LS, EF, LF, and slack for each activity.

Part 2

The following person has been assigned full-time to the Red Zuma project team:

• 4 marketing specialists
• 4 design engineers
• 4 development engineers
• 4 industrial engineers
• 4 test riders
• 2 purchasing agents

Use the file from Part 1 and the information contained in Tables A2.6 and A2.7 to assign resources to the project schedule.

Part A

Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions:

1. Which if any of the resources are overallocated?

2. Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve any overallocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens?

3. What is the impact of leveling within slack on the sensitivity of the network?

4.Assume that the project is resource-constrained and no additional personnel is available. How long will the project take given the resources assigned? (Hint: Undo leveling performed in Part A before answering this question.)

5. How does the new duration compare with the estimated completion date generated from Part 1? What does this tell you about the impact resources can have on a schedule?

Include a Gantt chart with a schedule table displaying free and total slack depicting the resource-constrained schedule.