($8,500= each) using the company existing personnel. The requirements are:
Ordering the machines
Unpack the imported pre-ready machines for installation
Lay the machine foundations
Lay electrical cabling
Installation
Connect the machine to power supply
Commissioning
Your project planning should allow for:
Management’s Approval of project (allow 3 days, 3 hours cost) – Manager
Machines have to be ordered (1 day, 6= hours cost) – Technical manager.
Management’s Approval of installation project once the machines have arrived (allow 5 days, 2 hours cost) – Manager.
Order necessary equipment, Electrical cables, cement, etc. costing $9,700= (1 day, 4 hours cost) – Technical manager.
Machines and necessary equipment arrival will take 3 weeks – 21 days.
Allow 7 days for foundations to harden – Technical Assistants and fitter take 1 day doing this.
Allow 3 days for cabling work for all machines – Electrician.
Allow 1/2 a day unpacking per machine – Technical Assistant.
An injection machine is estimated to take 2 days to be installed by two people – A Technical Assistant and a Fitter
A drilling machine is estimated to take 4 days to be installed by two people – A Technical Assistant and a Fitter.
Testing each injection machine is estimated to take 4 hours (½ a day) each – One Technical Assistant.
Testing each drilling machine is estimated to take 6 hours each – One Technical Assistant.
Note: You might notice that some tasks have duration and cost that are not equal, e.g. allow 4 days and 7 hours cost. Both are used as they are, duration will affect the Gantt chart and activity network, but the cost is effective working time associated to the task and therefore its cost.
The company's resources are as follows:
K. Tan – Manager $80/hr
J. Wilson – Technical Manager $60/hr
T. Gunther – Chief Accountant $45/hr
T. McMaster – Electrician $35/hr
B. Farmer – Fitter $30/hr
B. Picossi – Technical Assistant #1 $25/hr
B. Barnes – Technical Assistant #2 $25/hr
You need to take the following into account:
Electricians can only work on the installation during weekends, so as to not interrupt power supply (rate of labour per hour on weekends is 1.25).
Two people are required to install a machine (a fitter and a technical assistant).
Testing can be done once installed and during weekdays.
You are required to submit:
A WBS for the project including personnel costs. It could be one of:
o If you manage the project using any project management software like ProjectLibre, the one it supplies can be submitted,
o A graphic done in any graphical software adding the personnel cost.
A Dependency Matrix of the project as per lecture slides.
AOA Network identifying times and Critical Path as per lecture slides.
A Gantt Chart of the plan. It could be one of:
o If you manage the project using any project management software like ProjectLibre, the one it supplies can be submitted, or
o A Gantt charts produced in MS Excel.
