{"id":36132,"date":"2022-02-25T13:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T13:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/unit-5-indiviual-project-mgmt412-project-management\/"},"modified":"2022-02-25T13:44:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T13:44:35","slug":"unit-5-indiviual-project-mgmt412-project-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assignmenttutors.net\/blog\/unit-5-indiviual-project-mgmt412-project-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 5 indiviual project mgmt412 | project management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mike was hired as a project manager to install hardwood floors for the company Awesome Floor and Tile. They will be installing new flooring into a local office building. Mike comes up with the list of work and estimates the time. A list of activities and their optimistic completion time, the most likely completion time, and the pessimistic completion time (all in days) are estimated in a given table. Following are the activities that are required to install the hardwood floor in the offices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Activity 1:<\/strong> Measure office room dimensions<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity 2:<\/strong> Estimate cost<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity 3:<\/strong> Material requisition<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity 4:<\/strong> Workforce requisition<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity 5:<\/strong> Special tool requisition<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity 6:<\/strong> Installation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Activity 7:<\/strong> Inspection and customer acceptance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Activity 2 starts immediately after Activity 1.<\/p>\n<p>Activity 3, Activity 4, and Activity 5 start concurrently after Activity 2.<\/p>\n<p>Activity 6 does not start until after Activity 3, Activity 4, and Activity 5 are completed.<\/p>\n<p>The carpet installation project is complete after Activity 7 is completed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your assignment is to write a report that addresses the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If OT = Optimistic Time, MT = Most Likely Time, and PT = Pessimistic Time, use a Program Evaluation Review Estimate (PERT) to compute the statistical time for each activity, as in the following table:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Activity 1<\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Activity 2<\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Activity 3<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n<p>Activity 4<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>Activity 5<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>12<\/p>\n<p>Activity 6<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n<p>14<\/p>\n<p>18<\/p>\n<p>Activity 7<\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>8<\/p>\n<p>You must also do the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Determine and explain the expected completion time and the variance for each activity.<\/li>\n<li>Determine and explain the total project completion time and the critical path for the project.<\/li>\n<li>Determine and explain Early Start (ES), Early Finish (EF), Late Start (LS), and slack for each activity.<\/li>\n<li>What is the probability that this project will be finished in 40 days or less? Explain.<\/li>\n<li>Define how to gather the project requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Analyze\u00a0whether there are any potential changes that could impact overall project schedule and project finishing time.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the best methods\u00a0for managing the change requests and what kind of process this project should involve.<\/li>\n<li>Analyze implications of changes in project scheduling.<\/li>\n<li>Explain the best methods\u00a0for\u00a0managing the change requests and what kind of process this project should involve.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate applications of project management techniques in terms of the firm\u2019s business operational goals and requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Please submit<\/strong> <strong>your assignment in an APA-formatted paper, using the attached<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/resources.careered.com\/LCMSFileSharePreview\/Resources\/MSWordDocument\/TEMPLATE%20FOR%20MGMT412%20U5%20IP%202018.docx\"><u><strong>template<\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title page:<\/strong> Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Body:<\/strong> The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The type face should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 2\u20133 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reference page:<\/strong> References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference Page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Mike was hired as a project manager to install hardwood floors for the company Awesome Floor and Tile. They will be installing new flooring into a local office building. Mike comes up with the list of work and estimates the time. 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