AACS3763 Managing Information Systems

Tutorial 2

TUTORIAL 2 1) Describe in your own wor s t!e term "#ro$ect% an !ow a #ro$ect iffers from t!ose associate wit! normal ay to ay &o#erational) acti'ities wit!in t!e com#any( 2) Com#are an contrast t!e )antt c!art an t!e *+,T c!art3) As a #ro$ect manager at Century International Inc-. you !a'e been as/e to lea an monitor t!e entire t!e #rocess of fact fin ing for t!e new #ayroll system e'elo#ment towar its com#letion- 0ou must e'elo# a s#ecific sc!e ule for t!e tas/s liste below1 2irst. we will e'aluate t!e #ro$ect re3uest. w!ic! will ta/e t!ree aysT!en. two tas/s can begin at once1 4e can re'iew e5isting system bugs. w!ic! will ta/e t!ree ays. an eci e new system s#ecification. w!ic! will ta/e two ays4!en t!e e5isting system bugs an t!e new system s#ecification !a'e been analy6e . we can contact #ayroll managers about t!e inter'iews. w!ic! will ta/e two aysAfter we contact t!e #ayroll managers. we can #lan t!e inter'iew sc!e ule. w!ic! will ta/e two ays7e5t. we can #re#are t!e #reliminary fin ing re#ort. w!ic! will ta/e two ays4!en t!e re#ort is rea y. we can eli'er our #ro$ect e'elo#ment #ro#osal to t!e committee. w!ic! will ta/e two aysAfter t!e #ro#osal #resentation. t!ree tas/s can begin at once1 4e #lan t!e sur'ey 3uestions. w!ic! will ta/e one ay8 eci e sur'ey res#on ents i entity. w!ic! will ta/e one ay8 an sen out t!e sur'ey 3uestion. w!ic! will be returne in fi'e ays4!en t!e sur'ey 3uestions are rea y an t!e sur'ey res#on ents i entity !a been eci e . we can con uct t!e inter'iews. w!ic! will ta/e t!ree ays2inally. w!en t!e inter'iews !a'e been con ucte an t!e sur'ey results are bac/. we can tabulate all sur'ey results. w!ic! will ta/e one ay-

Required: 9sing *+,T:C*M tec!ni3ues e'elo# a c!art t!at s!ows +S. +2. ;S. an ;2 for t!e #ro$ect- <e sure to !ig!lig!t t!e #ro$ect%s critical #at!-

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=) A #ro$ect > !as been efine to contain t!e following list of acti'ities along wit! t!eir re3uire time for com#letionActivity A < C D + 2 ) A I C Time (weeks) 2 3 3 7 6 1 @ = B 2 Immediate Predecessors ? A < < < C.D D.+ 2.) ) A.I

0our team is re3uire to construct a *+,T c!art to i entify t!e critical #at! for #ro$ect >Assume t!at your team is in its first wee/ of t!e #ro$ect an !as isco'ere t!at eac! of t!e acti'ity uration estimation is wrong- Acti'ity < will ta/e only two wee/s to com#lete- Acti'ities D an ) will eac! ta/e t!ree times longer t!an antici#ate - All ot!er acti'ities will ta/e twice as long to com#lete as #re'iously estimate - In a ition. a new acti'ity. D. !as been a e - It will ta/e one wee/ to com#lete an its imme iate #re ecessors are acti'ities C an IRequired: a) 9# ate t!e table on eac! of t!e acti'ity uration base on t!e u# ate estimation an raw a *+,T c!art accor ingly- Calculate an s!ow t!e +arliest Start. +arliest 2inis!. ;atest Start. an ;atest 2inis! for t!e acti'itiesb) I entify t!e critical #at! from t!e *+,T c!art rawnc) 4!y is it im#ortant to i entify t!e critical #at! of a #ro$ect in systems e'elo#ment( ) Define t!e term Eslac/ timeF- 4!at is t!e slac/ time for acti'ity A(

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Tutorial 2

@) At ;ig!tfoot In ustries. w!ere you wor/ as a systems analyst. you !a'e been as/e to lea a Coint A##lication De'elo#ment &CAD) session- 0ou must e'elo# a s#ecific sc!e ule for t!e tas/s liste below &t!e estimate tas/ uration is s!own in #arent!eses)1 2irst. you nee to contact t!e #artici#ants an e5#lain t!eir roles &1 ay)T!en you must obtain a##ro'al from t!eir e#artment managers &@ ays)After you obtain t!e a##ro'al. two tas/s can begin at t!e same time1 you can arrange t!e meeting room &= ays) an #re#are an agen a for t!e initial session &11 ays)4!en t!e agen a is rea y. you can start two more concurrent tas/s1 #re#are t!e information #ac/ets &= ays) an create 'isual ai s &B ays)4!en t!e meeting room is arrange an t!e information #ac/ets are rea y. you can sen out an e?mail to #artici#ants &1 ay)2inally. after t!e e?mail is sent to #artici#ants an t!e 'isual ai s are rea y. you can con uct t!e CAD sessions &@ ays)-

Required: &a) De'elo# a *+,T:C*M c!art t!at s!ows t!e +arliest Start &+S). +arliest 2inis! &+2). ;atest Start &;S). an ;atest 2inis! &;2) time for t!e abo'e mentione #ro$ect- <e sure to state t!e #ro$ect%s critical #at!&b) Aow many ays coul acti'ity of information #ac/ets #re#aration o'errun wit!out elaying t!e entire CAD session(

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