ZUMA Part 1
The ARC Company specializes in developing and selling a wide range of high-quality scooters. Sales representatives report that there is a growing demand for racing scooters. ARC’s president, Robin Lane, is excited about the possibilities and predicts that one day these kinds of razor scooters will be featured in X-Game events. ARC is a small company and uses a strong matrix to optimally utilize limited manpower.
The Project Priority Matrix for the Red Zuma Project is:
Time Scope Cost
Constrain X
Enhance X
Accept X
Part 1
You are a member of a project team assigned to develop the new razor scooter code named “Red Zuma.” Table A2.5 contains the information necessary to create a project schedule. For the purpose of this case assume the following:
TABLE A2.5 Red Zuma: Project Schedule
ID
Task Name
Duration
Predecessors
1
1 Red Zuma Project
260 days
2
1.1 Market Analysis
25 days
3
1.2 Product Design
30 days
2
4
1.3 Manufacturing Study
20 days
2
5
1.4 Product Design Selection
10 days
3, 4
6
1.5 Detailed Marketing Plan
15 days
5
7
1.6 Manufacturing Process
30 days
5
8
1.7 Detailed Product Design
45 days
5
9
1.8 Build Prototypes
25 days
8
10
1.9 Lab Test Prototypes
10 days
9
11
1.10 Field Test Prototypes
15 days
9
12
1.11 Finalized Product Design
20 days
7,10,11
13
1.12 Final Manufacturing Process
10 days
12
14
1.13 Order Components
7 days
12
15
1.14 Order Production Equipment
14 days
13
16
1.15 Install Production Equipment
35 days
14FS+20 days, 15FS+30 days
17
1.16 Celebrate
1 days
6, 16
Note: FS refers to a Finish-to-Start lag.
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The project begins January 2, 2015.
The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25.
If a holiday falls on a Saturday, then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday, then Monday will be given as a day off. If December 25th falls on a Friday then Monday will not be given a day off.
The project team works eight-hour days, Monday through Friday.
Construct a network schedule for this project and prepare a memo that answers the following questions:
When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project take?
What is the critical path for the project?
Which activity has the greatest amount of slack?
How sensitive is this network?
Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices.
Include the following printouts:
A Gantt chart.
A network diagram highlighting the critical path.
A schedule table reporting ES, LS, EF, LF, and slack for each activity.
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