Introduction:

The search has begun – for the new champion to run the world – of machines, of money, of
men. We call forth to all who dare

to be challenged at the next level

to prove their mettle

to build the future

to control the outcome no matter what come

Do you have it in you to be crowned the next king – to stand first among equals – to be
called - The Opniscient.

Format:

The event consists of two rounds.

Round 1:

The first round will be an online event which is elimination round. The participants will be
tested on the basics of operations. Round 1 will be of 1 hour and selected team will be
eligible to perform in round 2 to be held on campus.

Round 2:

This will be a live game where contestants will be tested on real life challenges.

Rules:

1. Open to students of all B-schools

2. There can be a maximum of 2 people in one group
3. All the members of the team must be from same institute
4. An individual can be part of only one team
5. Any number of team can participate from one college
Instructions for Round 1

 Please download the “Imperium Prelims_Soln Template” excel sheet.

 Please note that all the three tabs need to be filled in.
 You need to mail the filled excel sheet to opsession@mdi.ac.in with cc to
pg09mayank_k@mdi.ac.in.
 Your entries should reach us before 11:59:59 PM.
 Please follow the following naming convention while sending the solution to us.
o Excel sheet name: <Team Name>_<College Name>_Opniscient_Round1.xls
o Mail Subject Line: <Team Name>_<College Name>_Opniscient_Round1.

All the Best!!

Qs. 1 [30 marks]

Pilokwa Software Limited (PSL) has got an assignment to develop an application to integrate
two legacy systems of Power Line Ltd (PLL). After a lot of brainstorming session, PSL has
decided to use the following schedule and the corresponding amount of work has been
approved by PLL.

Activity Man-Hours Special

Activity Description
Predecessor Estimate Requirement
A Requirement Gathering - 56 Team Lead only

B Preparation of BRD A 28 Team Lead Only

Preparation of Functional Development
C A 52
Specification Document Team Only
Review of Functional Spec Team Lead Only
D B, C 8
by PLL Manager
Preparation of Technical Development
E D 60
Specification Document Team Only
Review of Functional Spec Team Lead Only
F E 8
by PLL Manager
Development
G Start Initial Phase of Coding D, F 405
Team Only

H Unit Testing G 87 Testing Team Only

Development
I Coding – 2nd Phase G 439
Team Only

J Integration Testing H, I 113 Testing Team Only

Review of test result by PLL Team Lead Only
K I, J 12
Manager

Development
L Go Live K 109
Team Only

PSL Manager Mr. Umesh Laddha is so happy, that he builds his team from PSL pool of
resources. Below is his team.
 Umesh Laddha,
Manager

Sridhar
Jyoti Krishnan
Bhubanagiri-
Pillai - Team Lead:
Team Lead:
Development
Testing

Ankit Jain Jai Arora Alankar Rautroy Nishant Aggarwal Rakesh Bajjuri Jeevan Gochipata

Development Team Testing Team

The work is scheduled to start on 6th December 2010. A kick-off meeting is scheduled on that
day at 8 AM. Do you know the client Manager? He is Mr. Anantha Narayanan Sankaran, a
young chap, very brilliant but a bit of perfectionist.

As we are living in a world of jacks of puzzles, Life is not as easy as it seems. Umesh will
have a tough time to manage the project. Umesh has noted down few constraints, which are
mentioned below.

 Development team under Jyoti Krishnan Pillai works from Pune PSL campus and
testing team under Sridhar Bhubanagiri works from Hyderabad.
 PSL working hours is from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM with 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM lunch
break.
 Ankit has engagement on 20th Dec. He needs a leave from 16th Dec to 24th Dec.
 Jai has a small kid of only 1 year old. He has to take his child for check up every
Wednesday evening. For this Jai has to leave office by 4:30 PM. For this Jai comes
office early by 8 AM on each Thursday and Friday.
 Alankar usually leave early on Friday by 4:30 PM to meet his girl friend, though this
is under Umesh’s discretion. But in past Umesh never told him to cancel his
appointment.
 Nishant wants to go home in Jan 2010. The dates are not fixed yet. He needs 1 week
leave for that.
 Testing team have an outing planned on 25th Dec weekend. So, they will not work on
next Monday.
 5th Jan is holiday for Hyderabad campus of PSL, whereas 4th Jan is holyday for Pune.
  Sridhar after the studying the initial requirement, found that testing team needs
training for a new functionality used in this project. He has scheduled the training for
both Rakesh and Jeevan from 13th to 17th Dec 2010.
 Jeevan always comes late on Tuesday by 11:00 AM. But he stays till 7 PM. Though
work scheduled for others on that day was not hampered because of this.
 Rakesh needs a leave on 2nd week of Jan as his sister’s marriage is scheduled during
that week.
 At any given day, no two associates can get a leave.
 For simplicity, we can assume that both Jyoti and Sridhar will work as team member
in this project. But during review meeting with PLL Manager Anantha both of them
has to present for the entire time mentioned above. (So, for 4 hours mentioned, both
of them will have to be present for 2 hours each.)
 But Anantha is available for review only on Monday and Tuesday.
 Umesh will supervise the entire project and he is a non-billable associate for this
project (that means his work will not be counted the estimated man-hours mentioned
above).
 Needless to say, testing team will do only testing and development team will do only
development and Document preparation like A. B, C, and E etc.
 If there is no work for any associates on a given day, Umesh would send him on
training for the whole day. There are separate training dept in PSL. For training, Team
lead will always get preference.
 Remember that the ultimate goal is to maximize the resource utilization.

After noting down all these constraints, Umesh become so confused he wants you to prepare
a project schedule for him along with resource utilization. The project schedule should
contain the detailed hours spending by each associates on each day. Sample format is given in
the excel sheet attached (the data is not the actual one). Umesh wants you to suggest an end-
date to Anantha and you already come to know how perfectionist Anantha is.

Imperium
Prelims_Soln Template.xls
Q2. [2 marks each X 10 questions]

Warehouse management system for perishables that eliminates storage

a) Distributor Cross Docking

b) Flow Through Cross Docking
c) Instant Cross Docking
d) Manufacturing Cross Docking

Q3.

The process of subtracting on hand quantities and scheduled receipts from gross
requirements to produce net requirements is called ____________.

Q4.

If a portion of demand that the supply chain is required to meet cannot be met then
________ exists.

a) Demand Uncertainty
b) Explicit Demand Uncertainty
c) Implied Demand Uncertainty
d) None of the above

Q5.

There is a shared responsibility between supplier and its channel partners regarding
execution of the functions in this type of channel

a) Dual Channels
b) Hybrid Channels
c) Reverse Channels
d) Grey Channels
Q6.

Connect these two pictures by one / two words:

Q7.

When process average and variability are in control which of these chart(s) can be used

a) X-chart
b) R-chart
c) Both of these
d) None of these

Q8.

An exchange curve between total number of orders in a year and total cycle stock is

a) A quadratic equation
b) An exponential curve
c) A rectangular hyperbola
d) A parabola
Q9.

A Frequency Distribution is symmetrical in nature. In such case, which one is always true:-

a) It’s mean = median = mode = 0.

b) It’s mean, median and modes are equal.
c) None of these.

Q10.

There are N points (with no mutual relation i.e. independent) in M dimension plane, where N
> M. Which is always true?

a) Their degree of freedom is zero.

b) Their degree of freedom is N.
c) Their degree of freedom is M.
d) Their degree of freedom is N - M.

Q11.

There are 10 points. Of them 2 distinct pairs are linearly related between them. Find the
degree of freedom. (I.e. X and Y and linearly related and A and B are also linearly related)

a) 10
b) 9
c) 8
d) 6