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Master of Business Administration-MBA Semester 3 Project Management PM0011 - 4 Credits

(Book ID: 1237)

Assignment Set- 1 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
Q.1 Explain the following a. Rolling wave planning b. Decomposition
c.

Precedence diagramming method

d. Dependency determination

Q.2 Q.3 Q.4

State and describe process of estimating resource & duration for the activity Describe the basic elements of a project plan. Complete the below mentioned chart: Pessim Most optimi ist likely st PERT 20 12 10 30 25 18 105 80 56 200 145 85 145 112 89 Varian ce

Activity A B C D E Q.5

Describe inputs and outputs for the following processes a. Determining resource requirement for each activity b. Calculating time requirement for each activity.

Q.6

Describing the most important components of a project planning tool.

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Master of Business Administration-MBA Semester 3 Project Management PM0011 - 4 Credits

(Book ID: 1237)

Assignment Set- 2 (60 Marks) Note: Each question carries 10 Marks. Answer all the questions.
Q.1 Q.2 Q.3 Describe the five process groups and 9 knowledge areas of project management. List the inputs, outputs, tools and techniques for the vendor management process. The below example depicts the preparation of cake. Here, some of the interdependent activities where some follow a particular order, whereas others are performed independently. Estimate in minutes Start Start D,A D,A F,E F,E G H C,B

Activity Preceding Activity Start D Activity F E G B H C END

0 4 6 7 8 5 5 7 8 0

In the above mentioned example, a sequence of events is maintained. Each of the Activity is interdependent with the other. Using CPA determines the critical path for the above and draw the CP diagram.

Q.4 Write a paragraph on each: a. Non-linear programming formulation b. Integer programming formulation

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c. Dynamic programming formulation d. Disjunction programming formulation e. Linear programming formulation Q.5 What is a business case? List the business related questions answered using a

business case. Q.6 What is delay analysis? Explain the various types of delay analysis methodology.