08 May NURSING PAPERS TUTORS > BLOG > WHAT IS THE ACCUMULATIVE COST TO PRODUCE ALL 8 STABILIZATION DEVISES? WHAT IS THE ACCUMULATIVE COST TO PRODUCE ALL 8 STABILIZATION DEVISES?
NAME SCORE /100 % P U R P O S E I designed this final assessment to evaluate your knowledge and abilities to interrupt calculate and apply principles concepts and processes within the Fundamentals of Project Management (PM). I will evaluate your responses against three criteria: 1) correct interpretation application and calculation of PM planning principles concepts and processes 2) the depth of knowledge in your responses and 3) the correct application and computations of PM data. A S S E S S M E N T I N S T R U C T I O N S This is a non-proctored take-home assessment. If you find a requirement unclear then please contact me for clarifications. It is important that you read each requirement carefully to ensure you properly identify and address all elements. Within Tab named “Session 11” in BlackBoard is the exam upload linked. Before uploading your exam ensure your name recorded at the top of this exam cover sheet. Your typed responses will be placed in a double spaced and typed format. Students who wish to show work done may scan calculations of work done in an Adobe format and also unload calculations. Where a table or diagram is provided within the exam use the table or diagram to input your responses. Final Exam requirements will come from course text book and lectured material This Final Exam is due No-Later-Than Mid-night Thursday August 4 2016 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read each requirement carefully to ensure all elements of a question or requirement are addressed. Background to a new Program: Many motorcycle riders who are severely injured in motorcycle-related accidents desire to return to riding motorcycles. The Vice President of Marketing within your business is one such injured motorcycle enthusiast. Two years ago while riding his motorcycle the marketing vice president suffered injuries from a hit-and-run accident that left him paralyzed below the waist. However he desires to ride again. In his desire he also sees a marketing opportunity for other injured motorcycle enthusiast. The VP envisions a motorcycle stabilization devise attached to a motorcycle that allows a paraplegic to safely operate a motorcycle again. A long-time rider the VP understands that a paraplegic rider requires a means to stabilize a motorcycle at low-speeds and stopped conditions. At cursing speeds a stabilization devise is not needed however at cursing speeds the devise must retract. Additionally for this stabilization devise to reach a wider range of customers the design of the stabilization devise would need to meet the design configurations for a variety of motorcycles. The VP of Marketing made a marketing presentation of the stabilization devise to corporate executives. The Corporate CEO approved building eight prototype devises and marketing these devises at the2015 Progressive International Motorcycle Show at Long Beach California November 20-22. The stabilization devise program is name “Easy Rider”. The primary objective of Program Easy Rider research design and produce a universal motorcycle stabilization devise that modifies a motorcycle for a paraplegic rider. This program offers one solution that will be applicable to a variety of motorcycle designs and models. The VP will use one of the stabilization devises for a road trip from Dallas Texas to Long Beach California for the November 20-22 2015 Progressive International Motorcycle Show. The program manager in coordination with five project teams oversees research design and testing of a stabilization devise for six major motorcycle companies:Kawasaki Honda Yamaha Hero MotoCorp Baja Auto and Harvey Division. The stabilization devise must simulate what a rider’s legs do to stabilize a motorcycle. The specifications for the stabilization devise include a manual extendable and retractable stabilization devise that stabilizes a motorcycle at low speeds and at a stop. The stabilization devise will fit on the top 10 on-road motorcycles produced. The program manager envisions five phases in creating and marketing a functional stabilization devise. Phase one begins with a research project team. This project team will research current designs potential material and mounting options for the top 10 on-road motorcycles. Phase two involves design project team. This team will construct various design options that meet the internal State of Work (SOW) specifications. Phase three will be the project test team. This team will test the various design options in a variety of motorcycle driving scenarios to design function and safety. Initial tests will analyze the various stabilization devise performance. Phase four will be the operations phase. In this phase the operations project team will produce eight functional and aesthetically pleasing stabilization devises for the November 20-22 Progressive International Motorcycle Show. Phase five is the marketing phase of the stabilization device at the show. Address the requirements below using the information provided from Program Easy Rider. (5) In addressing requirement 1 you are the project manager for the design project team. The business uses a matrix organizational structure. Discuss the authority you have as a project manager. Second discuss three challenges you face as you interact with functional managers for people and resources within this organizational structure. 2. (5) Phase one of Program Easy Rider is the Research Project Team. The Research Project Team will research current stabilization devise designs potential devise materials and mounting options for the top 10 on-road motorcyclesAs the Design Project Team leader at what point do you need to form your team to prepare your team members to for the data the Research Team will hand-off to your team? Justify your response in terms of time and costs. 3. (5) In preparation for forming your new Design Team members discuss what actions you will take to plan and control team members’ roles and responsibilities build an effective team and deal with intra team conflict. For this requirement your role is that of the Program Manager. In Program Easy Rider you identified five phases. Each phase is designed to develop data that feeds to the next phase. The final phase marketing markets eight stabilization device per the internal SOW at the November 20-22 Motorcycle Show. This is a two part requirement: (6) Part 1: Discuss the importance “assumptions” play in program and project planning for producing eight stabilization devises. (9) Part 2 : Using the information provided in the case study above develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to level 3 (tasks) for Program Easy Rider using the activities provided below: · Determine design options · Analyzing selling costs · Show advertising · Lay out color designs · Identify top 10 motorcycle · Identify devise material · Road test devise · Coordinate with material suppliers · Procure five different text motorcycles · Select test drivers · Register for show · Schedule manufacturing · Shipping costs · Train sales personnel · Literature for sale personnel · Analyze customers responses · Conduct computer testing · Analyze test data · Approve design for production · Determine devise customer costs · Finalize design · Produce stabilization devise · Schedule with Master Production Schedule · Conduct a customer risk analysis 5. Given the PERT Network Schedule below for the Design Project Team phase compute the information requested in items a. through e. below. a .gif”> B D 5 .gif”>.gif”> 7 .gif”> G START A .gif”> F .gif”> 6 .gif” alt=”Text box: finish”>.gif”>.gif”>.gif”> 4 5 .gif”> aaaa .gif”> .gif”> E a aa C .gif”> 7 H 6 4 Use the table below to compute: a. (5) Identify the Early Start (ES) Early Finish (EF) in weeks and Late Start (LS) Late Finish (LF) in weeks. b. (3) Identify the critical path c. (8) For each activity’s Optimistic time (t0) Pessimistic time (tp) and the most likely time” ™ to compute each PERT activity’s Mean Expected Time (te) and Standard Deviation (?). Activity Duration ES EF LS LF Opt To Pissim Tp Most Likely Tm Te ? A 4 3 5 4 B 5 4 5 6 C 6 4 7 6 D 7 4 8 7 E 7 5 8 7 F 5 4 6 5 G 6 4 7 6 H 4 3 5 4 d. (5) What is the expected time (te) for 68% (1?) 95% (2?) and 99% (3?) competition limits? e. (3) If activity B is extend by one week what impact does this extension have on the PERT Network diagram and the project team? (18) As the design project team leader you operate from the budget shown below which is broken-down by each week. Your team has just completed week 11. The VP of Marketing wants to know status of your team’s progress. Using the Design Team Budget information below complete the progress report below. Note the value of “k” stands for $1000. Design Project Team Budget WEEKS Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 AB 2k 2k 1k 3k AC 3k 1k 2k 4k 3k 1k BD 1k 3k 4k 3k 2k BF 3k 2k 2k 1k 2k CE 2k 1k 1k 1k 3k 2k 1k CF 1k 1k 2k 2k 4k CH 2k 3k 4k 2k DG 1k 2k 3k 4k 2k 1k 1k EG 1k 1k 1k 2k 1k 2k 1k G-Fin 1k 1k 1k 2k 1k 1k 1k F-Fin 2k 1k 3k 1k 2k Design Team Progress Report to Vice President of Marketing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Activity %Complete BCWS BCWP ACWP CV col 4 – col 5 SV col 4 – col 3 AB 100 $8 500 AC 80 $12 200 BD 85 $13 000 BF 60 $5 500 CE 50 $7 500 CF 50 $4 500 CH 50 $2 000 DG 50 $2 000 EG 50 $1000 G-Finish F-Finish Total Total CV ($) = total of Column 4 – total of Column 5 _____________________ Total SV ($) = total of Column 4 – total Column 3_____________________ Time-to-Complete = _____________Weeks Cost-at-Completion = Rate of Spending X Total Budget = [Col 5 divided by col 4] X Total budget =________________ Cost-to-Completion = Cost-at-Completion – Total AWCP = ___________________ Your analysis of data: From the progress data developed what will you tell the VP of Marketing about the project’s schedule and the project’s cost? 7. The Marketing project team conducted a risks analysis with four strategies. Use the table below to provide responses to a. through c. State of Nature Strategy 35% probability for a Complete failure 30% probability for a Partial Success 35% probability for a Total Success S1 <$65K> <$28K> $53K S2 <$48K> $12K $57K S3 <$52K> 0 $23K S4 <$12K> <$9K> $9K a. (5) Using the concept of “expected value” what risk (strategy) would you recommend? b. (4) If you adopted a “go-for-broke” attitude what strategy would you recommend? c. (4) If the VP of Marketing asks for your pessimistic recommendation which strategy would you recommend? 8. The final requirement computes the cost to produce eight (8) stabilization devices. The time to produce the first stabilization device measured 160 man-hours. The cost at $55 per man-hours for the first stabilization devise came to $8 800. Production Project Manages assessed that since this was a new product a learning curve 70% will be applied. Respond to requirements a. through c. below. a. (5) Based on a learning curve of 70% how many man-hours will be required to produce the 8th stabilization devise? b. (5) What is the cost to produce the 8th stabilization device? c. (5) What is the accumulative cost to produce all 8 stabilization devises?
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