First Namels Student Number Subject Assignment Number Tutor's Name Examination Venue MANCOSA ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Nondula Siyakudumisa Sebastian | 131462 Principles of Project Management 4 ” ip lags Assignment 1 | Date Submitted 03 September 2015 Submission (v) __ First Submission 12 Orchid Street a _ Postal Address Fortgale | Mithatha ~ [5089 | 4 | Nondulss@eskom.co.za E-Mail - - | (Work) 047 502 6445 (Home) NA Contact Numbers - a (Cel) 062 #106775 Course/intake Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management Declaration: | hereby declare that the assignment submitted is an orginal piece of work produced by myset. Date: 03 September 2015Contents Question 1 Question 1.1 Question 1.2 Question 2 Question 2.1 Question 2.2 Question 2.3, Question 2.4 Question 3 Question 3.1 Question 3.2 Question 4 Question 4.1 Question 4.2 Bibliography. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page "12a Building Requireme| nts. 23 Municipal] Approvals ‘L.Data Centre Migration 5a Application Tests 6.Custorme Service 6.1 Custormer Liaison 2.22 detaied besan Level 1 Level 2 Level 3Qi2 a (i) (ii) (iv) Oo) Using guidelines — as other organization prefer their own guideline when developing a WBS. Analogy approach ~ this approach uses a WBS from similar past projects as a starting point for developing WBS ‘Top-down approach — this approach takes the largest items of the project and decomposes them into their subordinate parts and also provides a greater level of detail Mind mapping approach ~ allows the members of the project team, to record their ideas in non-linear fashion when developing the WBS. In this concept the main idea is written in the middle and the ideas that are developed are depicted breached out from it. Bottom-Up approach ~ this approach is popularly used to develop new systems (Schwalbe, 2011). I requires team members to define as many tasks related to the project. ‘Then these tasks are aggregated, and organized in summary level tasks or higher level tasks on the WBS (Schwalbe, 2011). This could be done ina brainstorming session.2.1 Diagram Source: 'Project Management Techniques’ (Rory Burke 2007, p34) sy] [2s 5] 130] 30] 35] 15] 8 20| 35| 30] F 1s [145 fs EF if) 5 Jy Bs 3s] «(ag EE [245] 45] o A} 6} 0 | oj as [5] 5] c30 [35] 35] € 80 [115] 115] G 30/145] 145| S LF 15 140] 5 5] 10 120] H 25 [145 25 30] ps [35] 135] 135 10] a25| 120 [74592.2 [Activity immediate predecessor [Expected Time [ES EF G [Slack A 5 0 5 0 5 0 8 A 20 5 25 5. 35 10 c A 30 5 35, 5 35 0 D A 5 5 10 30 35 25. E BCD 80 35, 115 Ey 115) 0 F E 15 115) 130) 130) 145 15 G E 30 115 145) 115 145 0 4 E 25, 115) 140, 120 145) 5 r E 20 115) 135) 125, 145 10 J GHA 10 145) 155) 145 155 oO 22.3 CRITICAL PATH : A.C, Gtae i i @24 GANTT CHARTQ3.1 () SV=EV-PV 40 = EV ~ 560 EV = 600 (i) CPI=EV/AC but CV=EV-AC = 600 / 650 -50 = 600 - AC = 92 % (over budgeted) AC = 650 (ii) SPI=EV/ PV 600 /560 = 1.07 or 107 % (ahead on schedule) ‘On day 60 the project is ahead on schedule and over budget (or overspending) Formula Source: “Project Management Techniques’ (Rory Burke 2007, p241) Q3.2 ‘As per Nicholas Holmes, 2013, the following estimations are possible: (a) Bottom-Up Estimation - involves estimating each piece of work ata task or component level and then summing them. It is the most time consuming project, estimation technique and the information produced is only as good as what you put in. (b) Top-Down Estimation - requiring a good estimate to begin with, top-bottom estimation allocates resource estimates to the various parts of a project (having split these out already into WBS). This provides a system level focus where the entire project needs to be estimated in advance and past experience is used to ascertain that certain WBS item are likely to take a certain amount of time. (©) Comparative/Analogy Estimation — when similar projects have been undertaken in the past, this may be the most appropriate route. Using past data to produce an ‘accurate model has clear advantages; it can take into account the nature of an organization, for instance, as well as providing a projection that’s rooted in fact. However, it relies on project managers being able to assess the similarities and differences and getting it right. (d) Three Point Estimation ~ It can be combined with other estimation techniques to produce # more rounded set of values. As the name suggests, the technique takes three inputs-the best case scenario, the worst case and the most likely. To produce the estimate value (E). following formula E=(a+4m+b)/6ad Hours ASO 120% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Equip Equip ‘Subcontractor Labour unrest Rain Publ breakdown availabilty shortage delays, Holidays, C Reascr For Decays) Category Total Category Total Category Total [Approval of change requisitions 8 Delivery delays 24, Equip availabilty 80 [Equip breakdown 96 [Labour unrest 40 [Material shortage 72 [Public Holidays 16 Rain 32 [Subcontractor delays 64Q42 Its viewed by American Society of Quality that the following are the project quality management tools; a 0) (iii) (iv) ™ Fishbone Analysis — it identifies many possible causes for an effect or problem and sorts ideas into useful categories. Check Sheet ~ it’s a structured, prepared form for collecting and analyzing data, a generic tool that can be adapted for wide variety of purposes Control Chart — it’s a graph used to study how a process changes over time Histogram ~ the most commonly used graph for showing frequency distributions, ‘or how ofien each difference value in a set of data occurs Pareto Analysis — it shows on a bar graph which factor are more significantBibliography Rory Burke, 2003. Project Management Planning and Control Techniques (Cosmic MBA Series). 4th Edition. Burke Pub. Rory Burke, 2008. Project Management Techniques (College Edition) College ed Edition. Burke Publishing Herman Steyn, Michael Carruthers, Yvonne du Plessis, Deon Kruger, Birgit Kuschke, Ad Sparrius, Stefan van Eck, Krige Visser,2013. Project Management, A multi-Disciplinary Approach. 3" Edition. FPM Publishing. ASQ. 2015. 7 Basic Quality Tools. [ONLINE] Available at: http'//asq org/learn- about-quality/seven-basic-quality-tools/overview/overview html. [Accessed 01 September 15} ‘Schwalbe Kk (2011). Information Technology. Boston: Cengage Learning Vickie Mannetti. 2012. The five approaches of developing work breakdown structure. ONLINE Available at https://kaplanu_optimalresume. com/./downloadFiles.php?. Retreaved 11 August 2016. Nicholas Holmes. 2013, Project estimation methods. [ONLINE] Available at http:/hwww precursersive.co.za/project-estimation-methods. [Accessed 12 August 15]