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- Management Firm is a consulting company that specializes in the development of decision support systems. Time (Weeks) Activity Description ImmediatePredecessor Optimistic Most Probable Pessimistic A Report generation 2 8 12 B Web scraping 4 9 11 C Testing A, B 1 1 1 (A) Based solely on the critical path, estimate the probability that the project will be complete within 11 weeks. (Round your answer to four decimal places.) (b) Using all paths through the project network, estimate the probability that the project will be complete within 11 weeks. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)Management Firm is a consulting company that specializes in the development of decision support systems. Time (Weeks) Activity Description ImmediatePredecessor Optimistic Most Probable Pessimistic A Report generation 2 8 12 B Web scraping 4 9 11 C Testing A, B 1 1 1 (b) Using all paths through the project network, estimate the probability that the project will be complete within 11 weeks. (Round your answer to four decimal places.)1. An objective must be SMART. What does SMART stand for? Explain each of them. S M A R T 2. In making a project plan, we should first define/determine the problem. What do you think is the reason behind it? 3. Enumerate the project planning steps. 4. Why is planning important in project management? Give 5 reasons to justify your answer. I need it in 30 mins asap
- A project consists of five activities as shown in the following table. Activity Floor sanding Floor buffing Paint mixing Wall painting Ceiling painting Optimistic Time (hr) Most Probable Time (hr) 4 4 0.5 2 3 5 5 Сл 1 3 7.5 Pessimistic Time (hr) 6 6 1.5 10 9 Naturally, the paint mixing precedes the painting activities. Also, both ceiling painting and floor sanding must be done prior to floor buffing. (a) Construct the PERT/CPM network for this problem.You are an Engineering Manager in Company XYZ and the CEO wanted you to choose ONE of the following projectsthat you will lead: a. The construction of a bridgeb. The manufacture of microchipsc. The installation of a power plantd. The manufacture of tricycle The CEO wanted you to identify the following:1. List down the control activities according the controlling process that may be useful to your chosen project.b) Explain FOUR (4) bases for optimization in project.c) Discuss SIX (6) resource management pitfall in project.
- 3. What is the most important role of the project manager in project staffing? Give one specific example. 4. What is the importance of project organizational chart? How is this related to project controlling in the progress of the project?1. Relate the project management lifecycle to the application development of a house cleaning service. 2. Identify and develop a PowerPoint presentation on what happens at each phase of the project management lifecycle of application development of a house cleaning service. 3. Ensure you cover the ket aspects such as: i.Initiating process ii. Planing process iii. Executing process iv. Monitoring and controlling process v. Closing process1. Describe, in detail, the advantages of using project management software. 2. Distinguish between the Predictive and Iterative life cycle of a project.
- 2.- Why is it important to have multidisciplinary teams in project planning teams? Explain extensively your answerA project manager has set a goal for her team members to increase sales during the second half of the year. Yet the goal was not clear, ambiguous and not well defined to the team. The goal lacks the important characteristic of being: O specific O timely O easy realistic Mazen has been an operations manager at XYZ company for the past 5 years. He holds many complex tasks and is required to stay connected and updated with information concerning the employees and the customers. Moreover he is aware of the importance of consistently gathering.givingand receiving information.One day, he receives a financial report stating that sales for the past weekend have dropped about 10%. He assumes that this oroblem is caused by ther nformnation nor find the recent increase in prices and doesn alternatives to solve ts preThe project engineer determined the progress of the project. According to plan, at this time, the fourth level of the building should have been completed. The engineer is measuring the : A Efficiency B Effectiveness (c) all of the choices Progress rate