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TABLE 2: Green Way Project Resources Resource $/hour Number Available $90 4 Marketing specialist $60 Design engineer Development engineer $80 Industrial engineer $70 Purchasing agent 4 $50 1 Part 2-A 1. Which if any of the resources are over allocated? 2. Which activities involve over allocated resources? 3. Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve any over allocation problems by leveling within slack. What happens? 4. Include a Gantt chart with the schedule table after leveling within slack. Part 2-B Prepare a memo that addresses the following question: 1. Assume that the project is resource constrained and no additional personnel are available How long will the project take given the resources assigned? (Hint: Undo leveling performed in Part 2 - A before answering this question.) Note: No splitting of activities is allowed. 2. 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 depicting the resource-constrained schedule Page 3 of 5
Part 3 Top management is not happy with the resource-constrained schedule generated at the end of Part 2-B. Jon Hala, the president, has promised retailers that production of the new scooters would start on April 12, 2023 (That means the last day for the project cannot exceed April 11, 2022). Dewey Martin, director of product development, has managed to make the following personnel available to work on specific activities on the project. Since there is an acute shortage of personnel at Orbit-Track, he requests that you only use additional manpower that will help meet the new deadline. Your objective is to develop a schedule, which will satisfy the deadline with minimum additional resource usage. The impact on activity duration is presented in Table 3. Revised Duration Estimates TABLE 3: Green Way Project Crashing Options Pay rates for new personnel (if decide to use them): Activity Additional Resources Detailed marketing plan Marketing (2) Finalized product design Design (1). Industrial (2) Install production equipment Industrial (2), Development (1) 10 days 22 days 32 days Marketing Specialist, $70/hour. Design Engineer, $90/hour. Development Engineer, $100/hour. Industrial Engineer, $80/hour. Purchasing agent 70/hour. Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: 1. Which additional personnel assignments would you choose to complete the project April 114, 2023? Explain your choices as well as the reasons for not choosing other options Note: You cannot go back and relevel resources. These new resources are only available for the stated specific tasks according to the schedule created at the end of Part 2 B.
Part 4 Jet the approval on the schedule generated at the end of Part 3 from your instructor. Save the file containing this schedule as a baseline schedule. Prepare a memo that addresses the following questions: 1. How much is the project estimated to cost? 2. What activity is estimated to cost the most to complete? 3. What resource commands the greatest total cost? 4. During which month of the project are the highest and lowest costs expected to occur? What are those costs? 5. Include a table containing the estimated costs for each activity and a cash flow schedule for each month of the project.