Assessment 1 - Context This assessment requires that you play the role of the project manager of a team assigned to develop a new product. You will be preparing for 2 separate meetings with the project sponsors. You will use Microsoft Project 2016 to assist with planning the project, assigning resources and resolving any issues which arise. Part A of this assessment is focused on preparing material for the first meeting whilst Part B of this assessment is focussed on preparing material for the second meeting. Your pre work for each meeting will be summarised in the form of a project memo. Each individual memo will require charts to be attached to it, which support the claims/recommendations in the memo. This is a reflection of what would occur in a real project. You would send your memo 1 for Part A to those participating in the first meeting, so that they can come to the meeting prepared with the latest information. The project sponsors will provide you with feedback post that meeting which will be contained in the brief for Part B. Based on this feedback you will have to adjust your initial proposal. You will then prepare a second memo based on this adjusted outcome and targeted at those invited to the second meeting, so that once again they can come to the second meeting prepared. In addition to this part of this assessment will also require that you apply your newly gained skills in using MS Project 2016 to create a schedule for the delivery of the remainder of your Assessment 2. The required report structure for Part A is as follows: Cover sheet - including subject code Assessment number, Your Name (as it appears in SOLS) and Student number. An Index The Memo-For Part A-2 pages MAX Charts - 1 page per relevant chart References- no page limit Formatting Requirements You are required to comply with each of the following formatting requirements When creating your MS Project 2016 file ensure that the new file name you have chosen follows the following format: ENGG951_student family name_ student number. Ensure that this ID is displayed in all print-outs and reports. The Report must follow the required report structure outlined above. All Project Memos must use the Memo Template which is provided on Moodle for this assessment. Each memo should be written in such a way as to answer the questions in each section Each memo must contain an appropriate title and explanatory opening paragraph which distinguishes its purpose from that of the other memo. Just as if you were actually submitting the memo to project sponsors. All charts must be print-outs generated by MS Project. Screen Shots are not acceptable. Each individual Gantt Chart, Histogram and Cost Report must be scaled to fit on one A4 page in Landscape layout Submission Requirements You are required to submit your written report (ie cover Sheet = Index + Memo's and Chart print outs)- via TURNITIN This must be submitted as a TURNITIN readable formatie no image files. Submit the MS Project 2016 file that you used to solve the problem presented for part A and which contains the final solution that you discuss in your memo for Part A. This must be submitted via Moodle. DUE DATE: all required items must be submitted by 4:00 pm Friday of Week 6. Marking Criteria ASSESSMENT 1 - Managing Project Peeper Please use MS Project 2016 to resolve the below. BACKGROUND The Goggle company specializes in developing a wide range of interactive media. A recent market analysis has identified that there is a growing demand for the next generation of full body tracking augmented reality devices. You are the project manager of a project team assigned to develop a new Goggle Peeper full body tracking device to outperform the market leader Oculus The Project Priority Matrix for the Peeper Project is shown in Table 1 COSI TIME SCOPE CONSTRAIN ENHANCE ACCEPT Table 1. Project Peeper Priority Matrix Table 2 contains all the activity information you require to create a project schedule. Assume the following: The project start date is the first Monday in January 2021. The project is located in Queensland, Australia, given that Goggle's base of Australian operations is Brisbane CBD. The project team works eight hours daily, Monday through to Friday All public holidays are observed. Unless otherwise mandated by the Australian government, if a holiday falls on a Saturday, then the prior Friday will be given as an extra day off. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, then the following Monday will be given as a day off. Task Name Duration 1 Marks 2 Products 30 days 3 Manufacturing and 20 days 4 23 5 6 15 days 20 days 30 days 4 4 7 8 45 days So days 2 10 days 50 Product desconection Detailed maringan Manufacturing Detailed product design Build Prote La Trotype Feld Test Prototype Fredral design Fu Manufacturing Process Order components Order production equipment vital production equipment Celebrate 15 days 8.10 10 days 15 days 12 13 14 14 days 15 155 15+30 16 5.15 Table 2. Project Activities and durations. Note: FS refers to Finish to Stort log. Table 3 shows the personnel who have been assigned full time to the Project Peeper. Table 4 identifies the resource assignments. Use this information to allocate resources to the schedule you completed in Part 1. Full time Resource Name personnel Standard Rate allocated to project Marketing specialist 4 $80,000.00/yr Design engineer 4 $125,000.00/yr Development engineer 4 $110,000.00/yr Industrial engineer 4 $100,000.00/yr Purchasing agent 2 $75,000.00/y Test Users 4 $70.00/hr Table 3. Project Peeper Personnel Resources. Task Name Resource Names Market analysis Marketing specialist|400% Marketing specialist, Design engineer400%. Development engineer2001, Industrial engineer, Purchasing agent Product design Manufacturing study Industrial engineer400%). Development engineer2004 Product design selection Detailed marketing plan Manufacturing process Detailed product design Build Prototype Lab Test prototype Field Test Prototype Finalized product design Final Manufacturing Process Order components Marketing specialist2009.1. Design engineer(300%. Development engineer (200%.1. Industrial engineer (20091 Purchasin egen 25 Marketing specialist400%) Design engineer, Development engineer2001, Industrial engineer(300% Marketing specialist200%.1. Design engineer [400. Development engineer (200%.1. Industrial engineer (20091 Purchasing agent25 Design engineer200%. Development engineer(200%], Industrial engineer400% Design engineer (200%). Development engineer(200%. Test Users Marketing specialist, Design engineer(200%. Development engineer, Industrial engineer, Test Users(300% Marketing specialist/2009, Design engineer30094, Development engineer (30091, Industrial engineer (2009). Purchasing agent259 industrial engineer(300%], Design engineer, Purchasing agan259 Purchasing agent Purchasing agent Design engineer, Development enginar(30091, Industrial engineer(400% Design engineer [400%. Development enginarf400%, Industrial engineer(400%]), Marketing specialist(400% Purchasing agent2009 Table 4. Project Peeper Personnel Resource Assignments. Order production equipment Install production equipment Celebrate PART A: Initial Project Scheduling and Resource Allocation & Levelling In this assignment you will be simulating preparing for your first meeting with the project sponsors. The first part of this is to prepare an initial Project Evaluation in the form of a memo which answers the following questions. Ensure that you refer to each of the charts that you generate and attach, appropriately in the memo. Begin by entering the tasks, durations and resource details and construct a schedule for this project. i Taking into account the restrictions identified in the background section and without attempting to level resources at this point, identify the project start, estimated project completion date, the project duration and the overall project cost? (4 marks) 2 What is the critical path for the project you have scheduled in response to question 1? (1 marks) 3 Produce and print a Gantt chart which effectively consolidates all the key information available at this time and include it as a referenced attachment to your memo. (5 marks) 4 Investigate if any of the resources are over allocated when they are over-allocated and why? [3 marks) 5 Generate resource histograms with sufficient detail to support your answer to question 4. (5 marks) 6 Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve the problem by levelling within slack. What happens? (2 marks) 7 Assume that the project is resource constrained and no additional personnel are available. In addition assume that no task splitting is allowed as this is poor practice. How long will the project take given the resources assigned? (HINT: undo any prior leveling performed before answering this question) (2 marks) 8 Produce and print a Gantt chart which effectively consolidates all the key information associated with your resource constrained solution and include it as a referenced attachment to your mema. (3 marks) 9 Compare the time constrained and the resource constrained schedules and discuss what this tells you about the impact that resources can have on a schedule. (5 marks) MEMO Spomon Your name X-replace with the proper Commissioner leidethespecific mouwen Schedulingand Resource locatie Follow linici dowin piepingutespen. Thisfoma diwenye moje! Students are to use this project memo style to complete their submission for Assessment 1. You do not need to use this exact template but please note that this template is set up with the appropriate text size and line spacing required for the Assessment. If you choose another format please ensure that you duplicate these setups. The following section will introduce you to how menos are used as a means of communication within real projects and provides hints on how to use this template to complete Assessment 1. Memo Introduction - Open a merno by preparing the merno introduction. Introduce the project to your memo audience in a few sentences. Do not provide lengthy background information or statistics in this section, but do provide enough key information so your audience understands the purpose of the memo and project. Key Points - The purpose of this section is to highlight important points of the memo. Points should be listed in bullet-point format, with each bullet point containing no more than two or three sentences. For a real project, what you put in this section varies depending on the type of project memo you create. For example, if you distribute the memo in the beginning stages of a project to present your initial evaluation and your key recommendations for progressing the project, list the key points of your evaluation in this section. Alternatively, this section may be an "Analysis section that outlines the research and data that supports your recommendations. So for each part of Assessment 1 use this memo format and key point section to answer the questions required in each part. Attach the charts required in each part of your assessment to the appropriate memo. Attachments - Any charts produced to support the content of your memo should be Assessment 1 - Context This assessment requires that you play the role of the project manager of a team assigned to develop a new product. You will be preparing for 2 separate meetings with the project sponsors. You will use Microsoft Project 2016 to assist with planning the project, assigning resources and resolving any issues which arise. Part A of this assessment is focused on preparing material for the first meeting whilst Part B of this assessment is focussed on preparing material for the second meeting. Your pre work for each meeting will be summarised in the form of a project memo. Each individual memo will require charts to be attached to it, which support the claims/recommendations in the memo. This is a reflection of what would occur in a real project. You would send your memo 1 for Part A to those participating in the first meeting, so that they can come to the meeting prepared with the latest information. The project sponsors will provide you with feedback post that meeting which will be contained in the brief for Part B. Based on this feedback you will have to adjust your initial proposal. You will then prepare a second memo based on this adjusted outcome and targeted at those invited to the second meeting, so that once again they can come to the second meeting prepared. In addition to this part of this assessment will also require that you apply your newly gained skills in using MS Project 2016 to create a schedule for the delivery of the remainder of your Assessment 2. The required report structure for Part A is as follows: Cover sheet - including subject code Assessment number, Your Name (as it appears in SOLS) and Student number. An Index The Memo-For Part A-2 pages MAX Charts - 1 page per relevant chart References- no page limit Formatting Requirements You are required to comply with each of the following formatting requirements When creating your MS Project 2016 file ensure that the new file name you have chosen follows the following format: ENGG951_student family name_ student number. Ensure that this ID is displayed in all print-outs and reports. The Report must follow the required report structure outlined above. All Project Memos must use the Memo Template which is provided on Moodle for this assessment. Each memo should be written in such a way as to answer the questions in each section Each memo must contain an appropriate title and explanatory opening paragraph which distinguishes its purpose from that of the other memo. Just as if you were actually submitting the memo to project sponsors. All charts must be print-outs generated by MS Project. Screen Shots are not acceptable. Each individual Gantt Chart, Histogram and Cost Report must be scaled to fit on one A4 page in Landscape layout Submission Requirements You are required to submit your written report (ie cover Sheet = Index + Memo's and Chart print outs)- via TURNITIN This must be submitted as a TURNITIN readable formatie no image files. Submit the MS Project 2016 file that you used to solve the problem presented for part A and which contains the final solution that you discuss in your memo for Part A. This must be submitted via Moodle. DUE DATE: all required items must be submitted by 4:00 pm Friday of Week 6. Marking Criteria ASSESSMENT 1 - Managing Project Peeper Please use MS Project 2016 to resolve the below. BACKGROUND The Goggle company specializes in developing a wide range of interactive media. A recent market analysis has identified that there is a growing demand for the next generation of full body tracking augmented reality devices. You are the project manager of a project team assigned to develop a new Goggle Peeper full body tracking device to outperform the market leader Oculus The Project Priority Matrix for the Peeper Project is shown in Table 1 COSI TIME SCOPE CONSTRAIN ENHANCE ACCEPT Table 1. Project Peeper Priority Matrix Table 2 contains all the activity information you require to create a project schedule. Assume the following: The project start date is the first Monday in January 2021. The project is located in Queensland, Australia, given that Goggle's base of Australian operations is Brisbane CBD. The project team works eight hours daily, Monday through to Friday All public holidays are observed. Unless otherwise mandated by the Australian government, if a holiday falls on a Saturday, then the prior Friday will be given as an extra day off. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, then the following Monday will be given as a day off. Task Name Duration 1 Marks 2 Products 30 days 3 Manufacturing and 20 days 4 23 5 6 15 days 20 days 30 days 4 4 7 8 45 days So days 2 10 days 50 Product desconection Detailed maringan Manufacturing Detailed product design Build Prote La Trotype Feld Test Prototype Fredral design Fu Manufacturing Process Order components Order production equipment vital production equipment Celebrate 15 days 8.10 10 days 15 days 12 13 14 14 days 15 155 15+30 16 5.15 Table 2. Project Activities and durations. Note: FS refers to Finish to Stort log. Table 3 shows the personnel who have been assigned full time to the Project Peeper. Table 4 identifies the resource assignments. Use this information to allocate resources to the schedule you completed in Part 1. Full time Resource Name personnel Standard Rate allocated to project Marketing specialist 4 $80,000.00/yr Design engineer 4 $125,000.00/yr Development engineer 4 $110,000.00/yr Industrial engineer 4 $100,000.00/yr Purchasing agent 2 $75,000.00/y Test Users 4 $70.00/hr Table 3. Project Peeper Personnel Resources. Task Name Resource Names Market analysis Marketing specialist|400% Marketing specialist, Design engineer400%. Development engineer2001, Industrial engineer, Purchasing agent Product design Manufacturing study Industrial engineer400%). Development engineer2004 Product design selection Detailed marketing plan Manufacturing process Detailed product design Build Prototype Lab Test prototype Field Test Prototype Finalized product design Final Manufacturing Process Order components Marketing specialist2009.1. Design engineer(300%. Development engineer (200%.1. Industrial engineer (20091 Purchasin egen 25 Marketing specialist400%) Design engineer, Development engineer2001, Industrial engineer(300% Marketing specialist200%.1. Design engineer [400. Development engineer (200%.1. Industrial engineer (20091 Purchasing agent25 Design engineer200%. Development engineer(200%], Industrial engineer400% Design engineer (200%). Development engineer(200%. Test Users Marketing specialist, Design engineer(200%. Development engineer, Industrial engineer, Test Users(300% Marketing specialist/2009, Design engineer30094, Development engineer (30091, Industrial engineer (2009). Purchasing agent259 industrial engineer(300%], Design engineer, Purchasing agan259 Purchasing agent Purchasing agent Design engineer, Development enginar(30091, Industrial engineer(400% Design engineer [400%. Development enginarf400%, Industrial engineer(400%]), Marketing specialist(400% Purchasing agent2009 Table 4. Project Peeper Personnel Resource Assignments. Order production equipment Install production equipment Celebrate PART A: Initial Project Scheduling and Resource Allocation & Levelling In this assignment you will be simulating preparing for your first meeting with the project sponsors. The first part of this is to prepare an initial Project Evaluation in the form of a memo which answers the following questions. Ensure that you refer to each of the charts that you generate and attach, appropriately in the memo. Begin by entering the tasks, durations and resource details and construct a schedule for this project. i Taking into account the restrictions identified in the background section and without attempting to level resources at this point, identify the project start, estimated project completion date, the project duration and the overall project cost? (4 marks) 2 What is the critical path for the project you have scheduled in response to question 1? (1 marks) 3 Produce and print a Gantt chart which effectively consolidates all the key information available at this time and include it as a referenced attachment to your memo. (5 marks) 4 Investigate if any of the resources are over allocated when they are over-allocated and why? [3 marks) 5 Generate resource histograms with sufficient detail to support your answer to question 4. (5 marks) 6 Assume that the project is time constrained and try to resolve the problem by levelling within slack. What happens? (2 marks) 7 Assume that the project is resource constrained and no additional personnel are available. In addition assume that no task splitting is allowed as this is poor practice. How long will the project take given the resources assigned? (HINT: undo any prior leveling performed before answering this question) (2 marks) 8 Produce and print a Gantt chart which effectively consolidates all the key information associated with your resource constrained solution and include it as a referenced attachment to your mema. (3 marks) 9 Compare the time constrained and the resource constrained schedules and discuss what this tells you about the impact that resources can have on a schedule. (5 marks) MEMO Spomon Your name X-replace with the proper Commissioner leidethespecific mouwen Schedulingand Resource locatie Follow linici dowin piepingutespen. Thisfoma diwenye moje! Students are to use this project memo style to complete their submission for Assessment 1. You do not need to use this exact template but please note that this template is set up with the appropriate text size and line spacing required for the Assessment. If you choose another format please ensure that you duplicate these setups. The following section will introduce you to how menos are used as a means of communication within real projects and provides hints on how to use this template to complete Assessment 1. Memo Introduction - Open a merno by preparing the merno introduction. Introduce the project to your memo audience in a few sentences. Do not provide lengthy background information or statistics in this section, but do provide enough key information so your audience understands the purpose of the memo and project. Key Points - The purpose of this section is to highlight important points of the memo. Points should be listed in bullet-point format, with each bullet point containing no more than two or three sentences. For a real project, what you put in this section varies depending on the type of project memo you create. For example, if you distribute the memo in the beginning stages of a project to present your initial evaluation and your key recommendations for progressing the project, list the key points of your evaluation in this section. Alternatively, this section may be an "Analysis section that outlines the research and data that supports your recommendations. So for each part of Assessment 1 use this memo format and key point section to answer the questions required in each part. Attach the charts required in each part of your assessment to the appropriate memo. Attachments - Any charts produced to support the content of your memo should be