CMGT 575 CMGT575 CMGT/575 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

Read and analyze the Sharp Printing, AG case presented on pages 153-154 of Project Management: The Managerial Process. Write a 2-page paper addressing the following:

• What is project scope?

• Why is it important to define project scope clearly?

• What is the relationship between project scope, cost, and schedule?

• Answer the following three questions concerning the case:

• At this point, what would you do if you were the project manager?

• Was top management acting correctly in developing an estimate?

• What estimating techniques should be used for a mission critical project such as this?

Develop the WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) outline and Gantt chart using Microsoft®Project 2013 and the information provided in the textbook (save your file).

Use this file and the information provided below to create a project schedule:

• The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.

• If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday then Monday will be given off.

• The project team works eight-hour days, Monday through Friday.

• The project will begin on January 3, 20XX.

Based on this schedule, write a 1-page memo that answers the following questions:

• When is the project estimated to be completed?

• How many working days will it take?

• What is the critical path?

• Which activity has the most total slack?

• How sensitive is this network?

• Identify two sensible milestones, and explain your choice.

Submit the following to the Assignment Files tab:

• Your Microsoft® Project file

• The 1-page memo

• Include the following (one page) printouts:

o A Gantt chart

o A network diagram highlighting the critical path.

o A schedule table reporting ES, LS, EF, LF, and slack for each activity

Read and analyze the Greendale Stadium case presented on pages 202-203 of Project Management: The Managerial Process. Construct a network schedule (Gantt chart) in Microsoft® Project 2013 for the stadium project, using the information provided in the case. Answer the following questions in a 1-page memorandum:

• Will the project be able to be completed by the May 20 deadline? How long will it take?

• What is the critical path for the project?

• Based on the schedule would you recommend that G&E pursue this contact? Why? Submit the memorandum and the Microsoft® Project file showing the network schedule to the Assignment Files tab.