Project Management Report: Red Zuma Scooter Development Analysis

This project management report details the Red Zuma scooter development project, encompassing project scheduling, critical path analysis, and resource allocation strategies. The report begins by establishing a project timeline of 257 days, identifying the critical path, and highlighting the activity with the greatest slack. Key project milestones, such as manufacturing completion and equipment installation, are defined. The report then presents Gantt charts and schedule tables illustrating task dependencies and timelines. Part 2 of the report addresses resource allocation issues, including over-allocation, and analyzes the impact of resource leveling on the project schedule. Memorandums to stakeholders and sponsors are provided, detailing the challenges of resource constraints and the modifications needed to accommodate them. The analysis includes revised Gantt charts, schedule tables, and network diagrams to reflect the changes in project timelines and resource allocation. Finally, the report examines the impact of start-to-start lags on the budget and schedule, proposing solutions through additional resource allocation to ensure timely project completion.

Project Management Report
Red Zuma Project
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Part 1
1. Project Duration
The project is estimated to be completed in 257 days from 2nd January 2015 to 5th January 2016.
2. Critical Path
The critical path of the project is identified below,
Market Analysis  Product Design  Product Design Selection  Detailed Product Design 
Build Prototypes  Lab Test Prototypes  Finalized Product Design  Final Manufacturing
Process  Order Production Equipment  Install Production Equipment  Celebrate
3. Greatest Slack
Activity 5, Detailed Marketing Plan has the greatest slack of 176 days.

4. Sensitivity of network
The network diagram developed is highly sensitive as the activities have start to end precedence
and each of the activities are connected with one or more than one activities. The network
comprise of listing the analysis of the critical task analysis and the formation of the improved
analysis methods.
5. Project Milestones
The two most appropriate milestones for the project are completion of the manufacturing
process and installing production equipment. The milestones have been selected with
consideration of the major work requirements for the project.
The first milestone of completion of the manufacturing process is selected as the project would
require the inclusion of the activities of manufacturing and developing the final product. The
completion of the manufacturing process would mark the completion of the major activities of
the project.
The second milestone of installing production equipment would act as a major role of
simplifying the development factors for the project. The analysis also helped in realizing the role
for improving the successful completion of the scooter development.
Gantt chart

ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Total Slack Duration
0 0 Red Zuma Project 0 days 257 days
1 1 Market Analysis 0 days 25 days
2 2 Product Design 0 days 30 days
3 3 Manufacturing Study 0 days 30 days
4 4 Product Design Selection 0 days 10 days
5 5 Detailed Marketing Plan 176 days 15 days
6 6 Manufacturing Process 15 days 70 days
7 7 Detailed Product Design 0 days 45 days
8 8 Build Prototypes 0 days 25 days
9 9 Lab Test Prototypes 0 days 15 days
10 10 Field Test Prototypes 0 days 15 days
11 11 Finalized Product Design 0 days 20 days
12 12 Final Manufacturing Process0 days 10 days
13 13 Order Components 27 days 7 days
14 14 Order Production Equipment0 days 14 days
15 15 Install Production Equipment0 days 32 days
16 16 Celebrate 0 days 1 day
F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F
Nov 9, '14 Jan 18, '15 Mar 29, '15 Jun 7, '15 Aug 16, '15 Oct 25, '15 Jan 3, '16
Network Schedule
3
2
4
12
7
8
10
9
11 14
15 16
5
6
13
1
Project Schedule Table
WBS Task Name Early Start Early
Finish Late Start Late Finish Total
Slack
0 Red Zuma Project Fri 1/2/15 Tue 1/5/16 Fri 1/2/15 Tue 1/5/16 0 days
1 Market Analysis Fri 1/2/15 Fri 2/6/15 Fri 1/2/15 Fri 2/6/15 0 days
2 Product Design Mon 2/9/15 Fri 3/20/15 Mon 2/9/15 Fri 3/20/15 0 days
3 Manufacturing Study Mon 2/9/15 Fri 3/20/15 Mon 2/9/15 Fri 3/20/15 0 days
4 Product Design Selection Mon 3/23/15 Fri 4/3/15 Mon 3/23/15 Fri 4/3/15 0 days
5 Detailed Marketing Plan Mon 4/6/15 Fri 4/24/15 Mon Mon 1/4/16 176 days

12/14/15
6 Manufacturing Process Mon 4/6/15 Tue
7/14/15 Mon 4/27/15 Tue 8/4/15 15 days
7 Detailed Product Design Mon 4/6/15 Mon 6/8/15 Mon 4/6/15 Mon 6/8/15 0 days
8 Build Prototypes Tue 6/9/15 Tue
7/14/15 Tue 6/9/15 Tue 7/14/15 0 days
9 Lab Test Prototypes Wed 7/15/15 Tue 8/4/15 Wed 7/15/15 Tue 8/4/15 0 days
10 Field Test Prototypes Wed 7/15/15 Tue 8/4/15 Wed 7/15/15 Tue 8/4/15 0 days
11 Finalized Product Design Wed 8/5/15 Tue 9/1/15 Wed 8/5/15 Tue 9/1/15 0 days
12 Final Manufacturing
Process Wed 9/2/15 Wed
9/16/15 Wed 9/2/15 Wed
9/16/15 0 days
13 Order Components Wed 9/2/15 Fri 9/11/15 Mon
10/12/15
Tue
10/20/15 27 days
14 Order Production
Equipment Thu 9/17/15 Tue
10/6/15 Thu 9/17/15 Tue 10/6/15 0 days
15 Install Production
Equipment
Wed
11/18/15 Mon 1/4/16 Wed
11/18/15 Mon 1/4/16 0 days
16 Celebrate Tue 1/5/16 Tue 1/5/16 Tue 1/5/16 Tue 1/5/16 0 days
Part 2
A. Memo
Memorandum
Thursday, 8th January, 2015
To: Stakeholder 1
From: Project Manager
Subject: Fixation on resource allocation issues (dealing with over allocation)
1. The over allocation is a major issue in developing the successful completion of the project. All
the resources were over allocated and it has been shown below,

The over allocated resources were Marketing Specialist, Design Engineer, Development
Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Purchasing Agent, and Test Rider.
2. The levelling of the resources considering the slack is shown below,
It can be seen that all the over allocations have not been resolved by only considering the slack
and avoiding resource inclusion. The end date has been same and the project duration has been
same.

3. The levelling of the project based on slack only has resulted in changing the network diagram
as shown,
4. Considering the project resource limitation and the completion of the mitigation of over
allocation would result in the scheduling the project for 357 days ranging from 2nd of January
2015 to 24th May, 2016.
5. The new schedule is 100 days later to the previous schedule. The resources have indirect
relation with the project schedule. The increase in resources would decrease the time taken for
the project and the decrease in resource would increase the time required for completion of the
work.
Gantt chart

ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 0 Red Zuma
Project_resource
allocation
357 days Fri 1/2/15 Tue 5/24/16
1 1 Market Analysis 25 days Fri 1/2/15 Fri 2/6/15
2 2 Product Design 30 days Mon 2/9/15 Fri 3/20/15
3 3 Manufacturing Study 30 days Mon 3/23/15 Fri 5/1/15
4 4 Product Design Selection 10 days Mon 5/4/15 Fri 5/15/15
5 5 Detailed Marketing Plan 15 days Mon 5/18/15 Mon 6/8/15
6 6 Manufacturing Process 70 days Mon 5/18/15 Tue 8/25/15
7 7 Detailed Product Design 45 days Wed 8/26/15 Wed 10/28/15
8 8 Build Prototypes 25 days Thu 10/29/15 Thu 12/3/15
9 9 Lab Test Prototypes 15 days Fri 12/4/15 Thu 12/24/15
10 10 Field Test Prototypes 15 days Fri 12/4/15 Thu 12/24/15
11 11 Finalized Product Design 20 days Mon 12/28/15 Fri 1/22/16
12 12 Final Manufacturing Process10 days Mon 1/25/16 Fri 2/5/16
13 13 Order Components 7 days Mon 1/25/16 Tue 2/2/16
14 14 Order Production Equipment14 days Mon 2/8/16 Thu 2/25/16
15 15 Install Production Equipment32 days Fri 4/8/16 Mon 5/23/16
16 16 Celebrate 1 day Tue 5/24/16 Tue 5/24/16
Marketing Specialist[400%]
Marketing Specialist,Design Engineer[400%],Development Engineer[200%],Industrial Engineer,Purchasing Agen
Industrial Engineer[400%],Development Engineer[200%]
Marketing Specialist[200%],Design Engineer[300%],Development Engineer[200%],Industrial Engin
Marketing Specialist[400%]
Design Engineer,Development Engineer[200%],Industrial Engineer[300%]
Marketing Specialist[200%],Design Engineer[400%],Develo
Design Engineer[200%],Development Engineer[20
Design Engineer[200%],Development Enginee
Marketing Specialist,Design Engineer[200%],D
Marketing Specialist[200%],Design Eng
Industrial Engineer[300%],Design En
Purchasing Agent
Purchasing Agent
Design Eng
Design En
F T S W S T M F T S W S T M F T S W
Nov 9, '14 Jan 18, '15 Mar 29, '15 Jun 7, '15 Aug 16, '15 Oct 25, '15 Jan 3, '16 Mar 13, '16 May 22, '16
Schedule table
WBS Task Name Free Slack Total Slack
0 Red Zuma Project_resource
allocation 0 days 0 days
1 Market Analysis 0 days 0 days
2 Product Design 0 days 0 days
3 Manufacturing Study 0 days 0 days
4 Product Design Selection 0 days 0 days
5 Detailed Marketing Plan 246 days 246 days
6 Manufacturing Process 0 days 0 days
7 Detailed Product Design 0 days 0 days
8 Build Prototypes 0 days 0 days
9 Lab Test Prototypes 0 days 0 days
10 Field Test Prototypes 0 days 0 days
11 Finalized Product Design 0 days 0 days
12 Final Manufacturing Process 0 days 0 days
13 Order Components 27 days 27 days
14 Order Production Equipment 0 days 0 days
15 Install Production Equipment 0 days 0 days
16 Celebrate 0 days 0 days
B. Memo

Memorandum
Thursday, 8th January, 2015
To: Sponsor
From: Project Manager
Subject: Fixation on resource allocation issues (dealing with over allocation)
1. The implication of the start to start lags have changed the budget and schedule as shown in the
table below,
WB
S
Task Name Duratio
n
Start Finish Predecesso
rs
Resource
Names
Cost
8 Build
Prototypes
25 days Thu
10/29/1
5
Thu
12/3/15
7 Design
Engineer[200
%],
Development
Engineer[200
%],
Industrial
Engineer[400
%]
$83,653.8
5
12 Final
Manufacturi
ng Process
10 days Mon
1/25/16
Fri
2/5/16
11 Industrial
Engineer[300
%],
Design
Engineer,
Purchasing
Agent[25%]
$17,067.3
1
8 Build
Prototypes
25 days Thu
7/30/15
Wed
9/2/15
7SS+30
days
Design
Engineer[200
%],
Development
$83,653.8
5

Engineer[200
%],
Industrial
Engineer[400
%]
12 Final
Manufacturi
ng Process
6.8 days Tue
10/13/1
5
Thu
10/22/1
5
11SS+15
days
Industrial
Engineer[300
%],
Design
Engineer,
Purchasing
Agent[25%],
Design
Engineer
2,
Industrial
Engineer 2
$17,490.3
8
2. Additional Marketing Specialist, Design Engineer, Development Engineer, Industrial
Engineer, and Purchasing Agent would be hired for completion of the project in the estimated
time duration of before 17th January, 2016. The necessary allocation of the resources has been
shown below,
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Predecessors Resource Names Cost
2 Product
Design
20.77
days
Thu
2/5/15
Wed
3/4/15
1 Marketing Specialist,
Design Engineer[400%],
Development
Engineer[200%],
Industrial Engineer,
Purchasing Agent,
Design Engineer 2,
Development Engineer 2,
$111,035.50

Industrial Engineer 2,
Marketing Specialist 2
3 Manufacturing
Study
22.5 days Wed
3/4/15
Fri
4/3/15
2 Industrial Engineer[400%],
Development
Engineer[200%],
Development Engineer 2,
Industrial Engineer 2
$71,826.92
6 Manufacturing
Process
46.67
days
Thu
4/16/15
Thu
6/18/15
4 Design Engineer,
Development
Engineer[200%],
Industrial Engineer[300%],
Design Engineer 2,
Development Engineer 2,
Industrial Engineer 2
$175,897.44
9 Lab Test
Prototypes
10.71
days
Wed
9/2/15
Thu
9/17/15
8 Design Engineer[200%],
Development
Engineer[200%],
Test Rider,
Design Engineer 2,
Development Engineer 2
$35,052.20
12 Final
Manufacturing
Process
6.8 days Tue
10/13/15
Thu
10/22/15
11SS+15 days Industrial Engineer[300%],
Design Engineer,
Purchasing Agent[25%],
Design Engineer 2,
Industrial Engineer 2
$17,490.38
13 Order
Components
5.2 days Tue
10/20/15
Wed
11/4/15
11 Purchasing Agent,
Purchasing Agent 2
$2,019.23
14 Order
Production
Equipment
7 days Thu
10/22/15
Mon
11/2/15
12 Purchasing Agent,
Purchasing Agent 2
$4,038.46
15 Install
Production
23.27 Fri Thu 13FS+20
days,14FS+30
Design Engineer, $106,517.48

Equipment days 12/11/15 1/14/16 days Development
Engineer[300%],
Industrial Engineer[400%],
Design Engineer 2,
Development Engineer 2,
Industrial Engineer 2
3. The changes have modified network and critical path and they have been shown below,
Gantt chart
ID Task
Mode
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish
0 0 Red Zuma Project_Part B278.01 daysFri 1/2/15 Fri 1/15/16
1 1 Market Analysis 25 days Fri 1/2/15 Wed 2/4/15
2 2 Product Design 20.77 daysThu 2/5/15 Wed 3/4/15
3 3 Manufacturing Study 22.5 days Wed 3/4/15 Fri 4/3/15
4 4 Product Design Selection 10 days Fri 4/3/15 Thu 4/16/15
5 5 Detailed Marketing Plan 15 days Thu 4/16/15 Wed 5/6/15
6 6 Manufacturing Process 46.67 daysThu 4/16/15 Thu 6/18/15
7 7 Detailed Product Design 45 days Thu 6/18/15 Wed 8/19/15
8 8 Build Prototypes 25 days Thu 7/30/15 Wed 9/2/15
9 9 Lab Test Prototypes 10.71 daysWed 9/2/15 Thu 9/17/15
10 10 Field Test Prototypes 15 days Wed 9/2/15 Wed 9/23/15
11 11 Finalized Product Design 20 days Wed 9/23/15 Tue 10/20/15
12 12 Final Manufacturing Process6.8 days Tue 10/13/15 Thu 10/22/15
13 13 Order Components 5.2 days Tue 10/20/15 Wed 11/4/15
14 14 Order Production Equipment7 days Thu 10/22/15 Mon 11/2/15
15 15 Install Production Equipment23.27 daysFri 12/11/15 Thu 1/14/16
16 16 Celebrate 1 day Thu 1/14/16 Fri 1/15/16
Marketing Specialist[400%]
Marketing Specialist,Design Engineer[400%],Development Engineer[200%],Industrial
Industrial Engineer[400%],Development Engineer[200%],Development Engine
Marketing Specialist[200%],Design Engineer[300%],Development Engineer[
Marketing Specialist[400%]
Design Engineer,Development Engineer[200%],Industrial Eng
Marketing Specialist[200%],Design Engineer[4
Design Engineer[200%],Development Engin
Design Engineer[200%],Development E
Marketing Specialist,Design Engineer[
Marketing Specialist[200%],Des
Industrial Engineer[300%],Desig
Purchasing Agent,Purchasing
Purchasing Agent,Purchasing
Design Engi
Design Engi
F T S W S T M F T S W S T M
Nov 9, '14 Jan 18, '15 Mar 29, '15 Jun 7, '15 Aug 16, '15 Oct 25, '15 Jan 3, '16
Schedule of the Project

WBS Task Name Free Slack Total Slack
0 Red Zuma Project_Part B 0 days 0 days
1 Market Analysis 0 days 0 days
2 Product Design 0 days 0 days
3 Manufacturing Study 0 days 0 days
4 Product Design Selection 0 days 0 days
5 Detailed Marketing Plan 183.74 days 183.74 days
6 Manufacturing Process 0 days 0 days
7 Detailed Product Design 0 days 0 days
8 Build Prototypes 0 days 0 days
9 Lab Test Prototypes 4.29 days 4.29 days
10 Field Test Prototypes 0 days 0 days
11 Finalized Product Design 0 days 0 days
12 Final Manufacturing Process 0 days 0 days
13 Order Components 8.3 days 8.3 days
14 Order Production Equipment 0 days 0 days
15 Install Production Equipment 0 days 0 days
16 Celebrate 0 days 0 days
Part 3: Project Acceptance Memo
1. Cost of Project and Most Expensive Activity
The overall expense of the project was $1,031, 063 and the most expensive activity of the project
was Detailed Product Design ($ 190,168)
2. Cash Flow of the budget over project timeline

January 2015
February 2015
March 2015
April 2015
May 2015
June 2015
July 2015
August 2015
September 2015
October 2015
November 2015
December 2015
January 2016
$0.00
$20,000.00
$40,000.00
$60,000.00
$80,000.00
$100,000.00
$120,000.00
$140,000.00
$27,076.92
$99,923.08
$79,387.44
$98,349.97
$84,408.21$90,375.46
$100,757.98
$132,507.68
$118,992.45
$84,889.75
$914.90
$60,709.07
$52,769.86
Cost
It is evident from the cash flow of the project on monthly basis that 70% of the overall cost have
been expended on the months of February- October. The overall resources have been uniformly
distributed over the project time period. The month of November was executed with almost no
cost expense month for the project.
Part 4
Project Status Report
1. The project is behind schedule and cost in terms of the project progress. The project should
have been 50% completed. However, only 46% of the task has been completed as shown below,

2. The activities Market Analysis, Product Design, Manufacturing Study, Product Design
Selection, and Detailed Product Design have gone well. However, it was supposed that the Build
Prototypes has not been completed (only 39% has been completed yet).
3. 46% of the work has been completed successfully.
4.
Task Name EAC VAC
Red Zuma Project_Part B $1,031,063.20 ($1,031,063.20)
5.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish

0 Red Zuma Project_Part B 278.01
days Fri 1/2/15 Fri 1/15/16
6.
The project is not working on schedule as it was supposed to be 50% completed. Whereas it has
been only 46% completed.
Task Name Act.
Start
Act.
Finish
%
Comp.
Phys. %
Comp.
Act.
Dur.
Rem.
Dur.
Act.
Cost
Act.
Work
Red Zuma
Project_Progress_8July
Fri
1/9/15 NA 46% 0% 75.89
days
90.11
days $0.00 0 hrs
Market Analysis Fri
1/9/15
Thu
2/12/15 100% 0% 25
days 0 days $0.00 0 hrs
Product Design Fri
2/13/15
Wed
4/1/15 100% 0% 34
days 0 days $0.00 0 hrs
Manufacturing Study Fri
2/13/15
Fri
3/6/15 100% 0% 16
days 0 days $0.00 0 hrs
Product Design Selection Thu
4/2/15
Fri
4/17/15 100% 0% 12
days 0 days $0.00 0 hrs
Detailed Marketing Plan NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 15
days $0.00 0 hrs
Manufacturing Process NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 30
days $0.00 0 hrs
Detailed Product Design Mon
4/20/15
Wed
6/24/15 100% 0% 48
days 0 days $0.00 0 hrs
Build Prototypes Fri
6/26/15 NA 39% 0% 9 days 14
days $0.00 0 hrs
Lab Test Prototypes NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 10
days $0.00 0 hrs
Field Test Prototypes NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 15
days $0.00 0 hrs

Finalized Product Design NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 20
days $0.00 0 hrs
Final Manufacturing
Process NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 10
days $0.00 0 hrs
Order Components NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 7 days $0.00 0 hrs
Order Production
Equipment NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 14
days $0.00 0 hrs
Install Production
Equipment NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 35
days $0.00 0 hrs
Celebrate NA NA 0% 0% 0 days 1 day $0.00 0 hrs

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