NMA-X1-project

InitialReplanningTotalSlackFreeSlackTotalSlackaprojectstart00902brequirementsdefinitiona1010902cenginespecificationb55902dpayloadspecificationb55909evehiclelayoutb8824024favionicsdesignbcd1515909gsoftwarespecificationb121217817hsoftwaredevelopmentgf2525909ienginedevelopmentc30401202jpayloaddevelopmentd1515291729kfuselagedesigne171724024lempennage/wingdesigne151524224minternalfittingskl88362736ndeliveryandcheckouti221202opowersystemintegrationjn10101232pavionicsdelieveryandcheckoutf1212221322qavionics/softwareintegrationhp55909rairframeprototypingkl1010241524svehicleintegrationoqr1010902tfinalvehicleassemblysm55902ulaboratorytestingt55902vflighttestcampaignu1010902wprojectmanagementa*****xfinishvw009/23.Theactivityc&darebothcritical.Ifanyoneofthemdelaysthewholeprojectsdelaysbutshortenanyoneofthemwon’tshortenthewholeduration,onlyshortenbothofthemworkssoIuse‘&’.Showninthenextpage4.Whatisthecriticalpath?(e.g.a-b-k-t-w).Highlightthecriticalpathintheprojectgraphobtainedinstep2.).Explaininafewsentenceswhatthismeansforyouastheprojectmanager.EFis90weeks.Thecalculationisshowninthegraph.Thecriticalpathisa-b-c&d-f-h-q-s-t-u-v-x.1.Anydelayinthecriticalpathwillresultinthedelayofthewholeproject.2.ToshortentheprojectdurationIshouldpaymoreattentiontotheactivitiesonthispathfirst.1.ConstructatasktablefromtheNMA-X1projectdescription.Clearlydesignateeachtaskwithitstag,descriptionandidentifyimmediatepredecessorsandnominaltaskcompletiontimes.See[CH9,Fig.9.4]foranexample.Trytoarrangethetasktablein“technologicalorder”(seeLevy,ThompsonandWiest(1963)foranexplanationofthatterm).TasktableofNMA-X1project2.Createaprojectgraph[similartoCH9,Fig.9.8]byhandorusingacomputerprogram.3.Whatistheearliestfinish(EF)fortheprojectasawhole(inunitsofworkweeks)?Showhowyouarrivedatthisresult.Slack/InitialSlack/RevisedTagDescriptionImmediatepredecessorsNominaltaskcompletionRemarks5.Thestartdateoftheproject(a,0)hasbeenfixedasJanuary2,2012.Whatistheearliestcalendarfinishdateoftheproject,assumingthateveryone(incl.suppliers)worksonlyMondaythroughFridayandthattherearenoholidays?The2012-2014calendarshavebeenpostedtothehomeworkfolder.TheearliestcalendarfinishdateoftheprojectisSep21,2013FreeSlack0a)projectstarta)projectstart0b)requirementsdefinitionb)requirementsdefinition0c)enginespecificationc)enginespecification0d)payloadspecificationd)payloadspecification0e)vehiclelayoute)vehiclelayout0f)avionicsdesignf)avionicsdesign8g)softwarespecificationg)softwarespecification0h)softwaredevelopmenth)softwaredevelopment0i)enginedevelopmenti)enginedevelopment27j)payloaddevelopmentj)payloaddevelopment0k)fuselagedesignk)fuselagedesign2l)empennage/wingdesignl)empennage/wingdesign27m)internalfittingsm)internalfittings0n)deliveryandcheckoutn)deliveryandcheckout0o)powersystemintegrationo)powersystemintegration13p)avionicsdelieveryandcheckoutp)avionicsdelieveryandcheckout7q)avionics/softwareintegrationq)avionics/softwareintegration15r)airframeprototypingr)airframeprototyping0s)vehicleintegrations)vehicleintegration0t)finalvehicleassemblyt)finalvehicleassembly0u)laboratorytestingu)laboratorytesting0v)flighttestcampaignv)flighttestcampaign*w)projectmanagementw)projectmanagement/x)finishx)finish3.Theactivityc&darebothcritical.Ifanyoneofthemdelaysthewholeprojectsdelaysbutshortenanyoneofthemwon’tshortenthewholeduration,onlyshortenbothofthemworkssoIuse‘&’.Showninthenextpage4.Whatisthecriticalpath?(e.g.a-b-k-t-w).Highlightthecriticalpathintheprojectgraphobtainedinstep2.).Explaininafewsentenceswhatthismeansforyouastheprojectmanager.EFis90weeks.Thecalculationisshowninthegraph.Thecriticalpathisa-b-c&d-f-h-q-s-t-u-v-x.1.Anydelayinthecriticalpathwillresultinthedelayofthewholeproject.2.ToshortentheprojectdurationIshouldpaymoreattentiontotheactivitiesonthispathfirst.1.ConstructatasktablefromtheNMA-X1projectdescription.Clearlydesignateeachtaskwithitstag,descriptionandidentifyimmediatepredecessorsandnominaltaskcompletiontimes.See[CH9,Fig.9.4]foranexample.Trytoarrangethetasktablein“technologicalorder”(seeLevy,ThompsonandWiest(1963)foranexplanationofthatterm).TasktableofNMA-X1project2.Createaprojectgraph[similartoCH9,Fig.9.8]byhandorusingacomputerprogram.3.Whatistheearliestfinish(EF)fortheprojectasawhole(inunitsofworkweeks)?Showhowyouarrivedatthisresult.Slack/RevisedRemarks5.Thestartdateoftheproject(a,0)hasbeenfixedasJanuary2,2012.Whatistheearliestcalendarfinishdateoftheproject,assumingthateveryone(incl.suppliers)worksonlyMondaythroughFridayandthattherearenoholidays?The2012-2014calendarshavebeenpostedtothehomeworkfolder.TheearliestcalendarfinishdateoftheprojectisSep21,2013•Howdoesthisphonecallchangeyourfocusasaprojectmanager?Explainandcontrastwithwhatyouansweredearliertoquestion4.Fortunatelythisbadnewswouldn'timpactthetargetdatesetbytheCEO.Iwouldsaythereissomelittleproblemsbutwewillfinishontime.Iwouldfocusonthenewcriticalpathsincethecriticalpathhasbeenchanged.AndIwouldpaymoreattentionbecausetheTShasbeenshortennedwhichmeanswehavelessstimefordelay.1.Seewhethersomeofresourcesusingbythisactivitycouldbe