Question: Cashave is responsible for developing a training programme for one major deliverable of the ASP Project. QUESTION 4 ( 2 5 marks ) The following

Cashave is responsible for developing a training programme for one major deliverable of the ASP Project.
QUESTION 4(25 marks) The following table shows the relationships between the activities that must be completed, along with estimates of the durations in days and other relevant information such as Activity Variance, Earliest start and finish times, latest start and finish times.
\table[[Activity,Predecessors,Duration,\table[[Early],[Start]],\table[[Early],[Finish]],\table[[Late],[Start]],\table[[Late],[Finish]],Variance,Slack,\table[[Critical],[(Yes/No)]]],[A,-,4.17,0.00,4.17,0.00,4.17,0.69,,],[B,A,6.17,4.17,10.34,4.17,10.34,1.36,,],[C,A,2.00,4.17,6.17,8.34,10.34,0.11,,],[D,B,4.00,10.34,14.34,11.01,15.01,0.44,,],[E,B,3.17,10.34,13.51,11.84,15.01,0.25,,],[F,B, C,4.17,10.34,14.51,10.34,14.51,0.25,,],[G,B,2.17,10.34,12.51,19.84,22.01,0.25,,],[H,F,3.00,14.51,17.51,14.51,17.51,0.11,,],[I,F, H,1.50,17.51,19.01,17.51,19.01,0.03,,],[J,I,3.00,19.01,22.01,19.01,22.01,0.11,,],[K,D, E,7.00,14.34,21.34,15.01,22.01,1.00,,]]
You are required to assist Cashave in carrying out the following tasks:
i. Complete the project schedule above by inserting the Variance and Slack and indicating the critical activities.
(6 marks)
ii. Prepare a network diagram based on the information in the table above.
(5 marks)
iii. Identify the activities, which if delayed, will NOT necessarily delay the entire project. (2 marks)
iv. Determine the critical path for this project.
(4 marks)
v. Determine the expected completion time and variance for the project.
(4 marks)
vi. Cashave, when asked by Monica, advised her that the time in PART (V) as the longest time the project is likely to take. Comment on the accuracy of the information provided by Cashave to Monica.
(4 marks)
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Answer the following questions based on the case above:
QUESTION 1(25 Marks)
a) Monica Thomas is hired as an independent Project Management Consultant to critically opine and render professional assistance to the Jamaican Government. What general and specific recommendations should she give to Kamille? (10 marks)
b) Monica is approached by Tanyalee, who is suggesting that risk management needs to be more carefully planned moving forward. How do you think Monica should address this?
(10 marks)
c) Would you cinder this to be a social or economic project and why?
(5 marks)
QUESTION 2(25 Marks)
a) Who are the key stakeholders in the case and do you propose that they be managed?
(10 marks)
b) Ramon is recommending that a RAM be created for all the remaining projects. Do you think this is a good idea? Show one such example.
(7 marks)
c) While managing quality on ASP Project, Monica assigned Javaun Campbell the task of developing the control chart below. The sample mean Javaun found to be 30 and the upper and lower control limits 60 and 25 respectively. Given what is depicted, help Javaun determine if the process in or out of control. Explain how you arrived at your decision and advise Javaun on 2 additional tools that could be used in managing project quality. (8 marks)
UCL=60
LCL=25
The Sample Mean is 40
 Cashave is responsible for developing a training programme for one major

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