Project Management Analysis: Cloud Computing Implementation Project

This project management assignment analyzes a cloud computing implementation project. The solution provides estimated completion times for the project without crashing, with crashing, and in an optimistic scenario, along with the associated project budgets. It identifies the critical path and calculates the probability of project completion within 35 weeks. The assignment also determines the minimum expected project completion time and its probability. It further explores the additional costs and specific tasks to crash to meet the 35-week deadline, detailing the implications of project crashing and the factors to consider for successful implementation. The impact of changes in task durations on the crashing solution is also analyzed, and a PERT diagram is documented using MS Project. The assignment concludes with a bibliography of relevant project management resources.

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1) What is the estimated completion time for this project? What is the estimated project budget?
What is the probability that the project can be completed in 35 weeks? What is the critical path to
the project?
The estimated completion time for the project without crashing is given below,
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Cloud Computing
Implementation in B & W
Organization
185 days Mon 1/1/18 Fri 9/14/18
1 Requirements 3 wks Mon 1/1/18 Fri 1/19/18
2 Market Assessment 7 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 3/9/18
3 Design 6 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 3/2/18
4 Development 7 wks Mon 3/5/18 Fri 4/20/18
5 Testing 9 wks Mon 4/23/18 Fri 6/22/18
6 Revising 5 wks Mon 6/25/18 Fri 7/27/18
7 Documentation 6 wks Mon 4/23/18 Fri 6/1/18
8 Quality Assurance 4 wks Mon 6/25/18 Fri 7/20/18
9 Pricing 2 wks Mon 3/12/18 Fri 3/23/18
10 Production 4 wks Mon 7/30/18 Fri 8/24/18
11 Distribution 3 wks Mon 8/27/18 Fri 9/14/18
Table 1: Estimated Time Duration of the Project without Crashing
The estimated completion time for the project with crashing is given below,
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Cloud Computing
Implementation in B & W
Organization
165 days Mon 1/1/18 Fri 8/17/18
1 Requirements 3 wks Mon 1/1/18 Fri 1/19/18

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2 Market Assessment 6 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 3/2/18
3 Design 5 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 2/23/18
4 Development 6 wks Mon 2/26/18 Fri 4/6/18
5 Testing 8 wks Mon 4/9/18 Fri 6/1/18
6 Revising 4 wks Mon 6/4/18 Fri 6/29/18
7 Documentation 4 wks Mon 4/9/18 Fri 5/4/18
8 Quality Assurance 3 wks Mon 6/4/18 Fri 6/22/18
9 Pricing 2 wks Mon 3/5/18 Fri 3/16/18
10 Production 5 wks Mon 7/2/18 Fri 8/3/18
11 Distribution 2 wks Mon 8/6/18 Fri 8/17/18
Table 2: Estimated Time Duration of the Project with Crashing
The project budget for the project without Crashing is estimated to be,
WBS Task Name Cost
0 Cloud Computing Implementation in B & W
Organization $205,000.00
1 Requirements $10,000.00
2 Market Assessment $20,000.00
3 Design $15,000.00
4 Development $45,000.00
5 Testing $10,000.00
6 Revising $15,000.00
7 Documentation $20,000.00
8 Quality Assurance $10,000.00
9 Pricing $5,000.00

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10 Production $40,000.00
11 Distribution $15,000.00
Table 3: Project Cost Estimation of the Project without Crashing
The project budget for the project with Crashing is estimated to be,
WBS Task Name Cost
0 Cloud Computing Implementation in B & W
Organization $293,000.00
1 Requirements $10,000.00
2 Market Assessment $25,000.00
3 Design $30,000.00
4 Development $65,000.00
5 Testing $20,000.00
6 Revising $18,000.00
7 Documentation $30,000.00
8 Quality Assurance $15,000.00
9 Pricing $5,000.00
10 Production $50,000.00
11 Distribution $25,000.00
Table 4: Project Cost Estimation of the Project with Crashing
The probability that the project can be completed in 35 weeks can hold true when the
project is crashed or most optimistic scenario is considered. The probability of occurrence of the
event can be calculated as,
P(project can be completed in 35 weeks)= (Event(Most Optimistic)+ Event(Project
Crash))/ (Event(Most Optimistic)+ Event(Project Crash)+ Event(Most Likely)+ Event(Most
Pessimistic))

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= 2/4
= 0.5
The critical path for the project is,
014561011
The image for the critical path (shown in red boxes in the diagram) for the project is
given below,

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0
Cloud Computing
Implementation in B &
W Organization
1
Requirements
2
Market Assessment
3
Design
4
Development
5
Testing
6
Revising
7
Documentation
8
Quality Assurance
9
Pricing
10
Production
11
Distribution
0
1234567891 01 1
185 days 0%
1/1/18 9/14/18
3 weeks 0%
1/1/18 1/19/18
7 weeks 0%
1/22/18 3/9/18
6 weeks 0%
1/22/18 3/2/18
7 weeks 0%
3/5/18 4/20/18
9 weeks 0%
4/23/18 6/22/18
5 weeks 0%
6/25/18 7/27/18
6 weeks 0%
4/23/18 6/1/18
4 weeks 0%
6/25/18 7/20/18
2 weeks 0%
3/12/18 3/23/18
4 weeks 0%
7/30/18 8/24/18
3 weeks 0%
8/27/18 9/14/18
Figure 1: Critical path for the project

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2) What is the minimum expected time in which this project can be completed? What is the
probability of completing the project in this time?
The minimum expected time for the completion of the project is the most optimistic
scenario of the project and it is shown in the table below,
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0
Cloud Computing
Implementation in B & W
Organization
145 days Mon 1/1/18 Fri 7/20/18
1 Requirements 2 wks Mon 1/1/18 Fri 1/12/18
2 Market Assessment 4 wks Mon 1/15/18 Fri 2/9/18
3 Design 5 wks Mon 1/15/18 Fri 2/16/18
4 Development 6 wks Mon 2/19/18 Fri 3/30/18
5 Testing 7 wks Mon 4/2/18 Fri 5/18/18
6 Revising 4 wks Mon 5/21/18 Fri 6/15/18
7 Documentation 3 wks Mon 4/2/18 Fri 4/20/18
8 Quality Assurance 2 wks Mon 5/21/18 Fri 6/1/18
9 Pricing 2 wks Mon 2/12/18 Fri 2/23/18
10 Production 3 wks Mon 6/18/18 Fri 7/6/18
11 Distribution 2 wks Mon 7/9/18 Fri 7/20/18
Table 5: Shortest Time Duration of the Project
The probability of occurrence of the event can be calculated as,
P(project can be completed in shortest)= Event(Most Optimistic)/ (Event(Most Optimistic)+
Event(Project Crash)+ Event(Most Likely)+ Event(Most Pessimistic))
= 1/4
= 0.25

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3) What is the additional cost for reducing the project time to the required 35 weeks? Which
specific tasks do you recommend crashing in order to achieve this milestone?
The additional cost for the project to complete in required 35 weeks= $293,000.00 - $205,000.00
= $88,000.00
The tasks that need to be crashed are given below,
Tasks Before Crashing Duration After Crashing Duration
2. Market Assessment 7 6
3. Design 6 5
4. Development 7 6
5. Testing 9 8
6. Revising 5 4
7. Documentation 6 4
8. Quality Assurance 4 3
9. Pricing 2 2
10. Production 4 5
11. Distribution 3 2
4) What are implications of crashing a project? In order to crash a project successfully, what are
factors need to be in place and considered?
The crashing of the project has the following impacts on the project Cloud Computing
Implementation in B & W Organization,
 Decrease of the duration of the project from 37 weeks to 35 weeks
 Increase of the project budget to $293,000.00 from $205,000.00
5) What is the impact on the crashing solution if the expected time for task B is increased from
seven to nine weeks?
The change in the crashing solution of the project when task B is increased from seven to nine
weeks is shown below,

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ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors
0 0 Cloud Computing
Implementation in B &
W Organization
165 days Mon 1/1/18 Fri 8/17/18
1 1 Requirements 3 wks Mon 1/1/18 Fri 1/19/18
2 2 Market Assessment 9 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 3/23/18 1
3 3 Design 5 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 2/23/18 1
4 4 Development 6 wks Mon 2/26/18 Fri 4/6/18 3
5 5 Testing 8 wks Mon 4/9/18 Fri 6/1/18 4
6 6 Revising 4 wks Mon 6/4/18 Fri 6/29/18 2,5
7 7 Documentation 4 wks Mon 4/9/18 Fri 5/4/18 4
8 8 Quality Assurance 3 wks Mon 6/4/18 Fri 6/22/18 3,5
9 9 Pricing 2 wks Mon 3/26/18 Fri 4/6/18 2
10 10 Production 5 wks Mon 7/2/18 Fri 8/3/18 6,7,8,9
11 11 Distribution 2 wks Mon 8/6/18 Fri 8/17/18 10
12/24 1/14 2/4 2/25 3/18 4/8 4/29 5/20 6/10 7/1 7/22 8/12 9/2
November 21 January 11 March 1 April 21 June 11 August 1 September 21
Figure 2: Change in the project
From the diagram, it can be seen that the overall duration of the project would remain unchanged.
6) What is the impact on the crashing solution if the expected time for task D is decreased to seven weeks?
The change in the crashing solution of the project when task D is decreased to seven weeks is shown below,

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ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 0 Cloud Computing
Implementation in B &
W Organization
170 days Mon 1/1/18 Fri 8/24/18
1 1 Requirements 3 wks Mon 1/1/18 Fri 1/19/18
2 2 Market Assessment 6 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 3/2/18
3 3 Design 5 wks Mon 1/22/18 Fri 2/23/18
4 4 Development 7 wks Mon 2/26/18 Fri 4/13/18
5 5 Testing 8 wks Mon 4/16/18 Fri 6/8/18
6 6 Revising 4 wks Mon 6/11/18 Fri 7/6/18
7 7 Documentation 4 wks Mon 4/16/18 Fri 5/11/18
8 8 Quality Assurance 3 wks Mon 6/11/18 Fri 6/29/18
9 9 Pricing 2 wks Mon 3/5/18 Fri 3/16/18
10 10 Production 5 wks Mon 7/9/18 Fri 8/10/18
11 11 Distribution 2 wks Mon 8/13/18 Fri 8/24/18
12/24 1/14 2/4 2/25 3/18 4/8 4/29 5/20 6/10 7/1 7/22 8/12 9/2
November 21 January 11 March 1 April 21 June 11 August 1 September 21
Figure 3: Change in the project
From the diagram, it can be seen that the overall duration of the project would change by 1 week.
7) Document the PERT diagram in MS Project?

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Figure 4: PERT diagram in MS Project