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DRIVE
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SUMMER
2014
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PROGRAM
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MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5) MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3) PGDPMN (SEM 1)
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SUBJECT
CODE & NAME
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PM0011 – PROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULING
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BK
ID
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B1937
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CREDITS
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4
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MARKS
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60
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ASSIGNMENT
Note: Answer
all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q1.
Write short note on:
·
Controlling
PMO (Project Management Office )
·
Bottom-up
approach for estimating project planning
·
Consequences
of project delays
·
Partnering
Answer:a) Controlling
PMO (Project Management Office )
A controlling
PMO focuses on the four controlling services: governance, assessments, reviews,
and audits. The primary goals of the controlling PMO are:
·
To ensure that the methodology, standards, processes, and tools
are being used correctly
·
To define and direct corrective action to create ongoing
improvement in project management
If the PMO
then performs
b)
Bottom-up approach for estimating project planning
Bottom-up
estimating is a process of estimating individual schedule activities or costs
and then aggregating these together to come up with a total estimate for the
work package. Every schedule activity is estimated individually and all
individual estimates are added together, to come up with a total. The
c)
Consequences of project delays
Exponent
performs schedule delay analyses in both contemporaneous and “after-the-fact”
situations for clients who need to determine what delayed their project and for
how long. Exponent’s Construction Consulting staff has expertise in either
preparing or responding to delay analyses addressing the question of what
critically extended the project’s completion. Exponent uses industry recognized
and
d)
Partnering
Partnering
provides an important means for communication between the project stakeholders.
It provides a means to measure and monitor the satisfaction of the Project
requirements; therefore, partnering also plays a key role in the continuous
improvement cycle.
Q2.
Explain various stages of project scope management.
(Briefly
describe each stage of scope management) 10 ( 2 marks each)
Answer: Before a project starts the project manager must make sure the project
goals, objectives, scope, risks, issues, budget, timescale and approach have
been defined. This must be communicated to all the stakeholders to get their
agreement. Any differences of opinion must be resolved before work starts.
Scope
management project stages
Inception
Stage - Definition Phase:Conduct
a preliminary assessment and document a business need or opportunity in the
form of a
Q3. Write short notes on:
• Scope change
• Porter model used by organisations to
identify investment opportunities
• Tools for Project Scheduling
• Operating Feasibility
Answer:
a) Scope change
"Change
in scope" easily ranks among the top issues that keep project managers awake
at night. At the project’s launch, the scope, schedule and budget are
determined. Then, somewhere during the course of the project, someone changes
the scope.
b)
Porter model used by organisations to identify investment opportunities
Michael
Porter’s five forces is a model used to explore the environment in which a
product or company operates to generate competitive advantage.
Porter’s Five
forces analysis looks at five key areas mainly the threat of entry, the power
of buyers, the power of
c)
Tools for Project Scheduling
Here are some
tools and techniques for combining these inputs to develop the schedule:
·
Schedule
Network Analysis – This is a graphic representation of the project's activities,
the time it takes to complete them, and the sequence in which they must be
done. Project management software is typically used to create these analyses –
Gantt charts and PERT Charts are
d)
Operating Feasibility
The
feasibility study is an evaluation and analysis of the potential of a proposed
project which is based on extensive investigation and research to support the
process of decision making.
Feasibility
studies aim to objectively and rationally uncover the strengths and weaknesses
of an existing business or proposed venture, opportunities and threats present
in the environment, the resources required to
Q4.
Explain the various tools of project planning.
(Briefly
mention the role of project planning tools in an organisation, Explain various
tools that are used in project Planning) 2, 8( 2 marks for each tool)
Project
management is one of the high-responsibility tasks in modern organizations.
Project management is used in many types
Q5.
Explain the meaning of CPM. Mention various steps involved in CPM.
(Write
the meaning of CPM, Explain various steps associated with CPM)2, 8( 2 marks for
each step)
Answer:CPM is Network analysis technique used in complex
project plans with a large number of activities. CPM diagrams
(1)all activities,
(2)time required for their completion,
(3)and how each activity is related to the
Q6.
What do you understand by cost of quality? Elaborate on various types of
quality costs associated with a project.
(Write
the meaning of cost of quality, Explain various types of quality costs
associated with a project, Write a note on Total quality costs) 2, 6, 2
Answer: There are
many different definitions of the Cost of Quality available, and many are
lacking in scope or precision. Often these definitions have not kept up with
the times and don't account for software costs, supply chain interactions, or
more. To remedy these shortcomings, we thought building on one of our favorite
definitions (provided by ASQ, an organization we respect and support at LNS
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