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ASSIGNMENT
SEMESTER 1, 2020

NAME: SWETA SHIWANJINI KARAN

STUDENT ID: S11157942

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 PART A: WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE FOR HANDICRAFT COMPANY

ONLINE HANDICRAFT SITE

INITIAL
INITIAL TEST
TEST &
&
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS DESIGN
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT LAUNCH
LAUNCH SITE
SITE CLOSE UP
CLOSE UP
PLANNING
PLANNING MONITORING
MONITORING

Requirements
Requirements Software/
Software/
Current
Current System
System Project
Project Design System
Design System Acquire &
Acquire & Functionality
Functionality
gathering
gathering Hardware
Hardware Develop the site
Develop the site Finalise site
Finalise site
Evaluation
Evaluation Requirement
Requirement Interfaces
Interfaces Setup
Setup Hardware
Hardware Test
Test
&analysis
&analysis Requirements
Requirements

Project
Project Charter
Charter Identify Current
Identify Current Identify
Identify Identify
Identify Design
Design Product
Product Develop
Develop Implement
Implement User
User Site fully
Site fully
Development
Development System Flaws
System Flaws requirements
requirements softwares
softwares categories
categories interfaces
interfaces Website
Website Acceptance Test
Acceptance Test available
available

Create
Create Identify
Identify
Identify
Identify Purchase
Purchase page
page Ensure its user
Ensure its user Document
Document Test
Test
workbreakdown
workbreakdown Interview
Interview staffs
staffs hardware
hardware Intergrate
Intergrate Pages
Pages Audit/
Audit/ update
update
Procedures
Procedures interface
interface friendly
friendly Reports
Reports
structure
structure components
components

Interview
Interview Design
Design
Project
Project schedule
schedule Document
Document Design
Design Develop
Develop Verifying &
Verifying & Train
Train staff
staff &
& Site
Site
Sponsors &
Sponsors & hardware/softwa
hardware/softwa
& budget plan
& budget plan report
report Shopping cart
Shopping cart prototype
prototype Testing System
Testing System users
users documentation
documentation
Clients
Clients re
re architecture
architecture

Document
Document Design
Design Login/
Login/
Conduct
Conduct Validate
Validate user
user Testing
Testing of
of Track
Track Organize site
Organize site
Software
Software Register
Register
feasibility study
feasibility study requirements
requirements Individual pages
Individual pages performance
performance advertisements
advertisements
Architecture
Architecture functionality
functionality

Cost & Benefit

Cost & Benefit Conduct
Conduct Design payment
Design payment Monitor site
Monitor site
Assign
Assign taks
taks analysis
analysis Reviews
Reviews page
page performance
performance

Risk/resource
Risk/resource Design Shipping
Design Shipping
Management
Management Details
Details

Document
Document Desin
Desin company
company
analysis report
analysis report staff
staff page
page

Seek Approval
Seek Approval

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 PART B: PROJECT OVERVIEW STATEMENT

PROJECT NAME: ONLINE HANDICRAFT SITE

PROBLEM/ OPPORTUNITY

Company’s growth depends on its level of sales in relation to customer interaction. The
Handicraft Company had been experiencing lower sales due to lack of customer
interaction within their company. Actual visiting of customers into the stores hinders the
sales of the firms as many people prefer online shopping and thus, there is lower level of
sales in the firm resulting in lower revenues.

GOAL

Increase the level of sales for the Handicraft Company by providing an Online Handicraft
Site. This project should be implemented within 4 months.

OBJECTIVE

The objectives of this project are:

 To provide an online site to the Handicraft Company this is user-friendly.
 All initial planning and brainstorming will be completed with 10 days.
 Designing of site interface, development of prototypes and testing is to be done in
next 20 days.
 Develop and implement the site within next 35 days.
 Train the staff of the Handicraft Company to use the site within 20 days.
 Ensure that the site allows customers to view and select wide range of products,
make payments, and receive shipping confirmations and also allowing the staffs
to maintain their records.

SUCCESS CRITERIA

 Provide a user friendly online handicraft site to enable rise in their level of sales
by 50%.
 Customer interaction is to be increased by 40%.
 The company assures shipping to be done within the timeframe of 15 days.
 Decrease in piled up stocks by 10%.

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 RISKS/OBSTACLES

 Disagreements between team members when allocating resources.

 Inadequate staffing of the team to meet the objectives.
 Disputes between the team and the sponsors and stakeholders.
 Lack of expertise may hinder the functionality of the site.
 Resource conflicts may delay the time of project completion.

ASSUMPTIONS

 The site should provide a user friendly platform which will increase the sales of
the company.
 The project team will acquire the support of the Handicraft Company.
 Resources need to be allocated well to resolve conflicts.
 The site will be fully functional as it will be developed with the help of expertise.
 The Handicraft Company will cooperate fully with the project team.

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 PART C: DATA - TABLE 1

1. Activity on Arrow (AOA) Diagram

2. Distinct paths and its durations

Path Duration Length

A-B-D-H-K-M 2+7+3+4+4+2 22 days
A-B-D-F-I-L-M 2+7+3+6+3+3+2 26 days
A-C-E-H-K-M 2+5+4+4+4+2 21 days
A-C-F-I-L-M 2+5+6+3+3+2 21 days
A-C-G-J-L-M 2+5+5+5+3+2 22 days

3. Critical Path: A-B-D-F-I-L-M

4. Expected minimum time of completion: 26 days

5. Activity on Node (AON) Diagram

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 Gantt Chart

6. There will be no impact on this project if Activity C is 9 days as it does not fall in
the critical path. If Activity C takes 9 days to complete instead of taking 5 days,
then it would have a 4 days slack period which could be used to cover for activity
C in order to complete it.

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 7. This will delay the duration of the project which means the project duration will
increase from 26 days to 28 days, if activity H cannot start unless F has finished.

8. Both activity B and activity C starts together after the completion of activity A
thus, Bob can solve this conflict by the use of ‘resource leveling’. This means that
Bob can use the available resources of activity C to complete activity B first since
activity C does not fall in the critical path after which he may use the resources to
complete activity C. Hence, this will solve the conflict as this will not hinder the
project duration and its cost.

9. Advantages of diagramming methods: AOA, AON and Gantt chart

Activity on Arrow (AOA)

 Better suited to represent a task as the arrows show the passage of time.
 Is easier to schedule thus providing clear and compact network.

Activity on Node (AON)

 It does not have any dummy activities as the arrows only show
dependencies.
 It can accommodate various kinds of task relationships including:
- Start to start
- Start to finish
- Finish to start
- Finish to finish
- Lead and lag

Gantt chart
 It is easy to understand as it provides clarity of the dates.
 Efficient to use as it allows time management.

REFERENCE

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Retrieved 13 June 2020, from http://kalyan-sg.byethost22.com/MPM-II/Network-Diagrm-AOA-
vs-AON-01.pdf

Top 10 List of Handicrafts Products. Retrieved 13 June 2020, from

https://medium.com/@gracehandicraftsblog/top-10-list-of-handicrafts-products-b021bc92501c

APPENDIX
Activity Durations for Gantt chart:

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