Assignment (doc) on Project Business Management

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MGT 2225
Introduction to Project Management
Final Examination
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 - Books, notes and extra paper are not permitted.
2 - Calculators are permitted. Cell phones are not allowed.
3 - All questions must be answered on this paper.
4 – Case Study must be returned along with this paper.
Question Minutes
Marks
Available
Your
Score
1 – Schedule Plan 20 6
2 – Budget Plan 20 6
3 – Risk Analysis 15 5
4 – Status Report 15 4
5 – Project Dependencies 20 3
6 – Major Project 10 2
Total 100 25
STUDENT NAME: ___________________________________________
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Question 1 (20 minutes 6 marks)
With details from the project found in the Case Study, create an Activity-Based
Schedule. Utilize a start date of February 2020, and assume that documentation and
flow charts can be completed in parallel with other tasks.
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Task Name Duration Start Finish
Activity based
Schedule
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days
Fri
04/17/20
Mon
03/22/21
Initiation 37 days Fri
04/17/20
Mon
06/08/20
Creation of
project charter 12 days Fri
04/17/20
Mon
05/04/20
Business case
document 13 days Tue
05/05/20
Thu
05/21/20
Feasibility
Study 12 days Fri
05/22/20
Mon
06/08/20
Project
planning 34 days Tue
06/09/20
Fri
07/24/20
Business
research 13 days Tue
06/09/20
Thu
06/25/20
Primary
research 11 days Fri
06/26/20
Fri
07/10/20
Secondary
research 10 days Mon
07/13/20
Fri
07/24/20
Execution 128 days Mon
07/27/20
Wed
01/20/21
Management
go-ahead 1 day Mon
07/27/20
Mon
07/27/20
release of
preliminary system
specs.
14 days Tue
07/28/20
Fri
08/14/20
receipt of bids
on specs. 7 days Mon
08/17/20
Tue
08/25/20
Order hardware
and systems
software
7 days Wed
08/26/20
Thu
09/03/20
Flow charts
completed 14 days Wed
08/26/20
Mon
09/14/20
Applications
programs
completed
43 days Tue
09/15/20
Thu
11/12/20
receipt of
hardware and
systems software
21 days Fri
11/13/20
Fri
12/11/20
Testing and
debugging done 14 days Mon
12/14/20
Thu
12/31/20
Documentation, if
required
14 days Fri
01/01/21
Wed
01/20/21
Monitoring 6 days Thu
01/21/21
Thu
01/28/21
Analyze the
results 2 days Thu
01/21/21
Fri
01/22/21
Compare the
results 4 days Mon
01/25/21
Thu
01/28/21
Project closure 37 days Fri
01/29/21
Mon
03/22/21
Risk
assessment 10 days Fri
01/29/21
Thu
02/11/21
risk detection 11 days Fri
02/12/21
Fri
02/26/21
risk elimination 16 days Mon Mon
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Question 2 (20 minutes 6 marks)
With details found in the case study, create a budget for this project over 18 months.
Assume a total cost of $500,000.00. Assume also that the bid-process, testing and
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