PMGT5205_2024S2
Professional Project Practice
PART B: A2 - Team Report (20% of course assessment)
6. Project Network/ Schedule (10 Marks)
Notwithstanding your team’s inexperience, work through the steps below and develop a reasonable schedule for the Pacificano Markets project with your adjusted/ improved WBS from above.
a) Further decompose the lowest level work packages in your adjusted/improved WBS into activities to show at least 15 activities.
b) Arrange the lowest level activities into a logical execution order and identify the type of dependencies between them in tabular format.
c) Present your interim work as a network diagram (without any durations) illustrating only the different logical dependencies – show an example of the 3 common types of dependencies.
d) Identify who might be best placed to provide that information or estimate for each activity.
e) Describe methods you would use to obtain an estimate of time/effort required for each activity.
f) From the above considerations, make an estimate (i.e. educated guess) for the durations of these activities and determine an overall project schedule needed to deliver the project described.
g) Identify which “network path” might be expected to have the longest duration explaining your reasoning/ answer and explaining what it represents.
7. Estimate Project Budget (10 Marks)
Similar to and (ideally) together with the above schedule development, use the same packages/ activities of your WBS developed above and work through the following steps:
a) Make a reasoned estimate of the personnel, materials and equipment / facilities required for each work package.
b) From the above considerations, provide an initial estimate of (i.e. educated guess) of the overall project budget needed to execute the project described.
c) Explain any assumptions and briefly describe how you came to the estimate.
d) Finally, make a judgement on the confidence you have on the estimate and what level of contingency (as a percentage) you would advise the project use.
8. Project Risks (10 Marks)
a) Should it be approved, briefly describe how for the Pacificano Markets project team might go about identifying the major risks for this project and the process used to prioritise them and develop a response plan.
b) Follow this process yourself to identify at least ten (10) of the most probable and/or highest impact project risks for the
project, ensuring that you have at least one for each Level-3 work package (not including Project Management).
c) Show the overall risk assessment using a Red-Amber-Green (RAG) rating based on the Risk Matrix shown here.
d) Describe how these risks could potentially impact/ affect the project and explain how you might manage these risks with the appropriate risk treatment you would employ.
e) Identify the Level-3 work package with the highest risk and briefly explain how you would report it to Pacificano Mayor and what support you would ask for.
9. Quality Management (10 Marks)
For each Level-2 work package (not including Project Management) and based on your understanding of the scenario:
a) Identify two (2) non-functional requirements (a total of at least 10 NFRs) which would need to be clarified with key stakeholders as part of the requirements process.
b) Pick any three (3) work packages and briefly describe:
• The appropriate acceptance criteria for each with the Quality Control activity that would ensure that the deliverables are of a suitable standard.
• What Quality Assurance process might be applied earlier in the project to increase the confidence that the appropriate standards could be met?
10. Procurement (10 Marks)
Pacificano has a wide bike path that connects key areas of the town and goes via the proposed market’s site. As the site is a little out of town and has no parking for visitors, the Mayor thinks it would be smart for the town to purchase a fleet of cargo/courier bikes for the community to use.
These are not ordinary bicycles and need to bee-bikes to support Pacificano’s sustainability goals as well, as being able to comfortably carry the produce (estimated at up to 10kgs) that customers purchase from the market stalls.
The project team is tasked with evaluating the different e-bikes that would suit Pacificano’s needs, and the Mayor has provided the following information to help you select the most suitable model:
• The e-bike supplier should have a distributor and servicedepo in Australia
• e-bike models should be compliant with Transport for NSW rules and regulations.
• The e-bike model should be safe/suitable for commuting up to 4 kms.
• The e-bikes should come with the necessary accessories (e.g. helmet, basket, etc.) and be included in the final costing.
• The costing details should include ongoing maintenance costs.
• The costing details should include provisions to maintain an ongoing inventory of 30 e-bikes, such as depreciation costs and replacement costs.
With the above input from the Mayor:
a) identify and prioritise the key requirements and selection criteria for the cleaning equipment.
b) Undertake market research on suitable e-bikes for Pacificano’ needs.
c) Rate the top 3 candidate e-bikes using a Weighted Decision Matrix
d) Provide your recommendations for a Gold, Silver or Bronze solution.
e) Justify your team’s recommended e-bike(s) selection and identify nextsteps in the procurement process.