You are a project manager in the IT department of a company. You have
been asked to develop a customised software application for the sales department
of your company. You have already gathered the requirements, documented the
specifications, and developed a project schedule. The head of the sales
department wants the user interface of the software to be generated early in the
project so that she can provide feedback that will enable you to make
adjustments to the user interface. After seeing the user interface, the head of
the sales department suggests a number of changes and some new features to be
added to the software.
On the basis of the project information, complete the following
tasks:
- Construct a project schedule to determine the overall cost of and
time for the project. - Identify
the finish date. - Calculate
the total cost. - scribe
the process that was followed to review and approve the change
request. - Identify
the new finish date after the approval of changes. - Calculate
the new total cost after the approval of changes.
Use the following information for arriving at your
answers:
|
Task # |
Description |
Duration |
Predecessor |
|
1 |
Gather requirements |
10 days |
|
|
2 |
Write use cases |
5 days |
1 |
|
3 |
Get client approval |
2 days |
2 |
|
4 |
Write specifications |
5 days |
3 |
|
5 |
Create high-level design |
5 days |
4 |
|
6 |
Create detailed design and schedule |
5 days |
5 |
|
7 |
Create user interface |
15 days |
6 |
|
8 |
Get client feedback |
1 day |
7 |
|
9 |
Create database |
5 days |
6 |
|
10 |
Write support modules |
30 days |
6 |
|
11 |
Unit test support modules |
5 days |
10 |
|
12 |
Write high-level functions |
45 days |
6 |
|
13 |
Unit test high-level functions |
10 days |
12 |
|
14 |
Integration testing |
5 days |
13,11 |
|
15 |
Acceptance testing |
5 days |
14,8 |
Required resources are as follows:
|
Tasks |
Required resources |
|
Gather requirements |
Product manager and project manager |
|
Write use cases |
Project manager and product manager |
|
Get client approval |
Product manager |
|
Write specifications |
Project manager |
|
Create a high-level design |
System architect |
|
Create a detailed design and schedule |
System architect and project manager |
|
Create a user interface |
User interface programmer |
|
Get client feedback |
Project manager and user interface programmer |
|
Create a database |
Database programmer |
|
Write support modules |
Coder |
|
Perform a unit test of support modules |
Coder |
|
Write high-level functions |
Programmer |
|
Perform a unit test of high-level functions |
Programmer |
|
Perform integration testing |
System architect, programmer, and coder |
|
Perform acceptance testing |
Project manager and system architect |
Resource hourly rates (in âŹ/hour) are:
|
Resource |
Hourly Rate |
|
Project manager |
45.00 |
|
Product manager |
40.00 |
|
System architect |
40.00 |
|
User interface programmer |
35.00 |
|
Database programmer |
30.00 |
|
Programmer |
30.00 |
|
Coder |
25.00 |
The start date for the project is 12 October. All Saturdays and
Sundays are non-working days. Calculate the Saturdays and Sundays on the basis
of the current calendar year. Additionally, the following are non-working days:
- 30
November - 25
December - 28
December - 1 January
- 4 January
- 17 March
- 2 April
- 5 April
- 3 May
- 31 May
- 12 July
At the close of the client feedback session (task 8), the head of the
sales department wants some changes to be made, and as such, makes a formal
change request that day. It takes 14 working days for the change request to be
approved.
An analysis of the impact of the change reveals the
following:
- Changes
to the database module will require 5 days. - Testing
of the new database module will take 5 days following the changes. - Changes
to the support modules will require 7 additional days of work. - Changes
to the high-level functions will require 10 additional days of work.
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