ENGG461: Project Management Report on POS Scanner Rollout

This project management assignment analyzes the rollout of POS scanners across multiple retail outlets. The report includes sections on MS Project tasks, interpretation of results, and a comprehensive project report. The report provides Gantt charts with critical paths and summary tasks, network diagrams, and cost reports to evaluate project duration, working days, and final costs. The project utilizes resource leveling techniques to address resource constraints, and the report details the impact of leveling on project duration and cost. Assumptions made for project scheduling are clearly outlined. The assignment provides a detailed breakdown of costs associated with different project phases, including hardware specifications, operating system, utilities, and system integration. The final cost is estimated to be $313,450. The project is expected to be completed in 230 working days.

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Table of Contents
Section A – MS Project Tasks and Interpretation of the Results....................................................2
Section B – Assignment Report.......................................................................................................6
Introduction and Assumptions.........................................................................................................6
Gantt Chart with Critical Path.........................................................................................................7
Network Diagram with Critical Path...............................................................................................8
Gantt Chart with Summary Tasks....................................................................................................9
Cost Report....................................................................................................................................10
Project Duration and Working Days..............................................................................................12
Final Cost.......................................................................................................................................18
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................22

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Section A – MS Project Tasks and Interpretation of the Results
Importance of Summary Tasks:
Summary tasks in MS Project represent different phases in the project. Without summary
tasks, the work packages or activities will be clustered together and it will be impossible to
determine which task is to be executed in which phase.
Resource graphs showing over-allocations:
Figure 1 and 2: Resource Graphs

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Source: Created by Author)
Resource Leveling:
There are different techniques to level resources so that there are no over-allocations in
the project. For this project, it has been analyzed that cost and time are not major constraints but
resource is a constraint. Hence, for resource leveling in the project, resource constrained leveling
technique has been utilized. The gantt chart before and after leveling of resources are shown in
the following diagrams.

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Figure 3 and 4: Gantt charts before and after Leveling
Source: Created by Author)
Effects of Leveling on Duration and Cost:
Before Leveling After Leveling
Duration = 210 days Duration = 230 days
Cost = $308,500 Cost = $313,450

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Cost Reports:
Figure 5: Task Cost Report
Source: Created by Author)
From the task cost report, it can be seen that the hardware specifications work is the most
expensive phase and the utilities is the least expensive phase. It is required to monitor the
spending in order to ensure no additional costs are required.

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Figure 6: Resource Cost Report
Source: Created by Author)
From the resource cost report, it is seen that the developers DEV) have the highest
wages for working in the project. They also have maximum duties in the project that will result
in maximum work hours and wages.
Section B – Assignment Report
Introduction and Assumptions
This particular project is based on the rolling out of a POS scanners required by a
particular group of client. This project covers the entire stage of production to development of
the particular product. The assignment mainly focuses on the scheduling of the development and
rolling out process and also estimates resource requirements and budget required for the project.
In order to schedule the project, some assumptions have been made that are listed as
follows.

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 It has been assumed that the project can be initiated by 10th July 2020.
 It has been assumed that in case of bug detection, it will not take more than 2
weeks to remove the bugs.
 It has been assumed that all the human resources will completely support their
project and will fulfill their daily work requirements during the project.
Gantt Chart with Critical Path
Figure 1: Gantt Chart with Critical Path

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Source: Created by Author)
Network Diagram with Critical Path
Figure 2: Network Diagram with Critical Path
Source: Created by Author)

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Gantt Chart with Summary Tasks
Figure 3: Gantt Chart with Summary Tasks

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Source: Created by Author)
Cost Report
WBS Task Name Predecessors Resource Names Cost
0 Roll Out POS Scanners $308,500.00
HW 1.0 Hardware Specifications
Mobile Site
Office, Office
equipment
$103,625.00
HW 1.1 Hardware Specifications DS $12,000.00
HW 1.2 Hardware Design 2 DS $16,000.00
HW 1.3 Hardware Documentation 3 DOC $1,600.00
HW 1.4 Procure Circuit Boards 4 PUR $9,600.00
HW 1.5 Build Prototypes 4 DEV, DS $20,400.00
HW 1.6 Test Prototypes 6 DEV, DS, TT $9,600.00
HW 1.7 Pre-Production Models 5,7 DEV, DS $20,400.00
OP 1.0 Operating System
Mobile Site
Office, Office
equipment
$69,500.00
OP 1.1 Kernel specification 8 DEV, DS $6,800.00

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OP 1.2 Drivers $11,200.00
OP
1.2.1
Disk drivers 10 DEV $5,600.00
OP
1.2.2
I/O drivers 10 DEV $5,600.00
OP 1.3 Code Software $41,600.00
OP
1.3.1
Code software 10 CD $9,600.00
OP
1.3.2
Code interfaces 12,13,15 CD $6,400.00
OP
1.3.3
Document software 15,16 DOC $3,200.00
OP
1.3.4
Beta test software 12,13,17 DEV, TT $22,400.00
UT 1.0 Utilities
Mobile Site
Office, Office
equipment
$53,050.00
UT 1.1 Utilities specifications 8 DS $4,000.00

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UT 1.2 Routine utilities 20 DEV $5,600.00
UT 1.3 Complex utilities 20 DEV $11,200.00
UT 1.4 Utilities documentation 21,22 DOC $1,600.00
UT 1.5 Beta test utilities 23 DEV, TT $22,400.00
SI 1.0 System Integration
Mobile Site
Office, Office
equipment
$82,325.00
SI 1.1 Configuration decisions 18,24 DEV, DS $13,600.00
SI 1.2 Integration hard/sof 26 DEV $8,400.00
SI 1.3 System hard/software test 27 DEV, TT $11,200.00
SI 1.4 Project documentation 28,30FF+1 wk DOC $9,600.00
SI 1.5
Integration acceptance
testing
28 DEV, DOC, TT $28,800.00
Project Duration and Working Days
The detailed project duration is shown below.

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WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 Roll Out POS Scanners 210 days Fri 7/10/20 Mon 5/10/21
HW 1.0 Hardware Specifications 85 days Fri 7/10/20 Fri 11/6/20
HW 1.1 Hardware Specifications 3 wks Fri 7/10/20 Thu 7/30/20
HW 1.2 Hardware Design 4 wks Fri 7/31/20 Thu 8/27/20 2
HW 1.3 Hardware Documentation 1 wk Fri 8/28/20 Thu 9/3/20 3
HW 1.4 Procure Circuit Boards 6 wks Fri 9/4/20 Fri 10/16/20 4
HW 1.5 Build Prototypes 3 wks Fri 9/4/20 Thu 9/24/20 4
HW 1.6 Test Prototypes 1 wk Fri 9/25/20 Thu 10/1/20 6
HW 1.7 Pre-Production Models 3 wks
Mon
10/19/20
Fri 11/6/20 5,7
OP 1.0 Operating System 60 days
Mon
11/9/20
Thu 2/4/21
OP 1.1 Kernel specification 1 wk
Mon
11/9/20
Fri 11/13/20 8
OP 1.2 Drivers 10 days
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20
OP Disk drivers 2 wks Mon Fri 11/27/20 10

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1.2.1 11/16/20
OP
1.2.2
I/O drivers 2 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20 10
OP 1.3 Code Software 55 days
Mon
11/16/20
Thu 2/4/21
OP
1.3.1
Code software 3 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 12/4/20 10
OP
1.3.2
Code interfaces 2 wks
Mon
12/7/20
Fri 12/18/20 12,13,15
OP
1.3.3
Document software 2 wks
Mon
12/21/20
Wed 1/6/21 15,16
OP
1.3.4
Beta test software 4 wks Thu 1/7/21 Thu 2/4/21 12,13,17
UT 1.0 Utilities 50 days
Mon
11/9/20
Wed 1/20/21
UT 1.1 Utilities specifications 1 wk
Mon
11/9/20
Fri 11/13/20 8
UT 1.2 Routine utilities 2 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20 20

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UT 1.3 Complex utilities 4 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 12/11/20 20
UT 1.4 Utilities documentation 1 wk
Mon
12/14/20
Fri 12/18/20 21,22
UT 1.5 Beta test utilities 4 wks
Mon
12/21/20
Wed 1/20/21 23
SI 1.0 System Integration 65 days Fri 2/5/21 Mon 5/10/21
SI 1.1 Configuration decisions 2 wks Fri 2/5/21 Thu 2/18/21 18,24
SI 1.2 Integration hard/sof 3 wks Fri 2/19/21 Thu 3/11/21 26
SI 1.3 System hard/software test 2 wks Fri 3/12/21 Thu 3/25/21 27
SI 1.4 Project documentation 6 wks Fri 3/26/21 Mon 5/10/21 28,30FF+1 wk
SI 1.5
Integration acceptance
testing
4 wks Fri 3/26/21 Mon 4/26/21 28
From this table, it can be seen that the project is expected to be completed by 10/5/21.
Additionally, the project is expected to take an estimated 210 working days.
However, due to resource leveling performed earlier, the duration undergoes some
changes as reflected in the table below.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors

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0 Roll Out POS Scanners 230 days Fri 7/10/20 Mon 6/7/21
HW 1.0 Hardware Specifications 17 wks Fri 7/10/20 Fri 11/6/20
HW 1.1 Hardware Specifications 3 wks Fri 7/10/20 Thu 7/30/20
HW 1.2 Hardware Design 4 wks Fri 7/31/20 Thu 8/27/20 2
HW 1.3 Hardware Documentation 1 wk Fri 8/28/20 Thu 9/3/20 3
HW 1.4 Procure Circuit Boards 6 wks Fri 9/4/20 Fri 10/16/20 4
HW 1.5 Build Prototypes 3 wks Fri 9/4/20 Thu 9/24/20 4
HW 1.6 Test Prototypes 1 wk Fri 9/25/20 Thu 10/1/20 6
HW 1.7 Pre-Production Models 3 wks
Mon
10/19/20
Fri 11/6/20 5,7
OP 1.0 Operating System 12 wks
Mon
11/9/20
Thu 2/4/21
OP 1.1 Kernel specification 1 wk
Mon
11/9/20
Fri 11/13/20 8
OP 1.2 Drivers 2 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20

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OP
1.2.1
Disk drivers 2 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20 10
OP
1.2.2
I/O drivers 2 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 11/27/20 10
OP 1.3 Code Software 11 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Thu 2/4/21
OP
1.3.1
Code software 3 wks
Mon
11/16/20
Fri 12/4/20 10
OP
1.3.2
Code interfaces 2 wks
Mon
12/7/20
Fri 12/18/20 12,13,15
OP
1.3.3
Document software 2 wks
Mon
12/21/20
Wed 1/6/21 15,16
OP
1.3.4
Beta test software 4 wks Thu 1/7/21 Thu 2/4/21 12,13,17
UT 1.0 Utilities 16 wks
Mon
11/9/20
Thu 3/4/21
UT 1.1 Utilities specifications 1 wk
Mon
11/9/20
Fri 11/13/20 8
UT 1.2 Routine utilities 2 wks Mon Fri 12/11/20 20

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11/30/20
UT 1.3 Complex utilities 4 wks
Mon
11/30/20
Tue 12/29/20 20
UT 1.4 Utilities documentation 1 wk
Wed
12/30/20
Wed 1/6/21 21,22
UT 1.5 Beta test utilities 8 wks Thu 1/7/21 Thu 3/4/21 23
SI 1.0 System Integration 13 wks Fri 3/5/21 Mon 6/7/21
SI 1.1 Configuration decisions 2 wks Fri 3/5/21 Thu 3/18/21 18,24
SI 1.2 Integration hard/sof 3 wks Fri 3/19/21 Mon 4/12/21 26
SI 1.3 System hard/software test 2 wks Tue 4/13/21 Mon 4/26/21 27
SI 1.4 Project documentation 6 wks Tue 4/27/21 Mon 6/7/21 28,30FF+1 wk
SI 1.5
Integration acceptance
testing
4 wks Tue 4/27/21 Mon 5/24/21 28
As per this new schedule, the project is expected to be complete by 7/6/21 and it will take
230 working days to complete.
Final Cost
The final cost breakdown after resource leveling is shown below.
WBS Task Name Predecessors Resource Names Cost

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0 Roll Out POS Scanners $313,450.00
HW 1.0
Hardware
Specifications
Mobile Site Office,
Office equipment
$103,625.00
HW 1.1
Hardware
Specifications
DS $12,000.00
HW 1.2 Hardware Design 2 DS $16,000.00
HW 1.3
Hardware
Documentation
3 DOC $1,600.00
HW 1.4
Procure Circuit
Boards
4 PUR $9,600.00
HW 1.5 Build Prototypes 4 DEV, DS $20,400.00
HW 1.6 Test Prototypes 6 DEV, DS, TT $9,600.00
HW 1.7
Pre-Production
Models
5,7 DEV, DS $20,400.00
OP 1.0 Operating System
Mobile Site Office,
Office equipment
$69,500.00
OP 1.1 Kernel specification 8 DEV, DS $6,800.00

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OP 1.2 Drivers $11,200.00
OP
1.2.1
Disk drivers 10 DEV $5,600.00
OP
1.2.2
I/O drivers 10 DEV $5,600.00
OP 1.3 Code Software $41,600.00
OP
1.3.1
Code software 10 CD $9,600.00
OP
1.3.2
Code interfaces 12,13,15 CD $6,400.00
OP
1.3.3
Document software 15,16 DOC $3,200.00
OP
1.3.4
Beta test software 12,13,17 DEV, TT $22,400.00
UT 1.0 Utilities
Mobile Site Office,
Office equipment
$58,000.00
UT 1.1 Utilities specifications 8 DS $4,000.00
UT 1.2 Routine utilities 20 DEV $5,600.00
UT 1.3 Complex utilities 20 DEV $11,200.00

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UT 1.4
Utilities
documentation
21,22 DOC $1,600.00
UT 1.5 Beta test utilities 23 DEV, TT $22,400.00
SI 1.0 System Integration
Mobile Site Office,
Office equipment
$82,325.00
SI 1.1
Configuration
decisions
18,24 DEV, DS $13,600.00
SI 1.2 Integration hard/sof 26 DEV $8,400.00
SI 1.3
System hard/software
test
27 DEV, TT $11,200.00
SI 1.4 Project documentation 28,30FF+1 wk DOC $9,600.00
SI 1.5
Integration acceptance
testing
28 DEV, DOC, TT $28,800.00
Hence, the final cost of the project is estimated to be $313,450.

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