Asm it362 or270

College of Computing and InformaticsAssignment 2
Deadline: Sunday 5/5/2024 @ 23:59
[Total Mark for this Assignment is 8]
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Question One
Pg. 01
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO2
State the best
practices in the IT
project
management
processes.
Question One
2 Marks
Explain four different methods to develop a work breakdown structure?
Question Two
Pg. 02
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO3
Develop a
Question Two
2 Marks
A project has been defined to contain the following list of activities along with their
required times for completion.
comprehensive IT
Activity No.
Immediate Activity
Time (weeks)
Predecessors
project plan for
1
Collect requirements
3
–
estimation,
2
Analyze processes
2
1
scheduling,
3
Analyze data
2
2
communication,
4
Design processes
6
2
resource
5
Design data
3
3
management,
6
Design screens
2
3,4
7
Design reports
4
4,5
8
Program
5
6,7
9
Test and document
7
7
10
Install
2
8,9
procurement, risk,
and quality.
a) Draw a network diagram for the activities.
b) Calculate the earliest expected completion time.
c) Show the critical path.
d) What would happen if activity 6 were revised to take six weeks instead of
two weeks?
Question Three
Pg. 03
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO3
Develop a
comprehensive IT
project plan for
estimation,
scheduling,
communication,
resource
management,
procurement, risk,
and quality.
Question Three
2 Marks
Discuss at least two reasons for project delays and suggest at least two ways to
avoid project delays.
Question Four
Pg. 04
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO3
Develop a
comprehensive IT
project plan for
estimation,
scheduling,
communication,
resource
management,
procurement, risk,
and quality. (CLO
3)
Question Four
2 Marks
You are conducting a small IT project. The duration of this project is 30 days, and
you have allocated $60,000 for it. Your manager asked you to check how the
project is doing financially at the end of day 25.
You have spent $40,000 and completed 95% of the work. Calculate the following
values for the project so far.
a. The cost variance (CV).
b. The cost performance index (CPI). How is the project doing, is it under
budget or over budget?
c. Use the CPI to calculate the estimate at completion (EAC) for this project.
Is the project performing better or worse than planned?