Complete the following. [Please show your work.] a. Draw the project task network diagram. b. Determine how long this project is estimated to take. c. Identify the critical path(s) and critical tasks. d. What advice would you give to your management about this proposed project?

Your bosses would like you to evaluate two organizational changes to the project structure. The first change involves using dedicated teams. These dedicated teams would work in parallel on the activities in each subproject. So, in Subproject P, the team would work on P1, P2, P3 and P4 all in parallel. There would be no precedence relationships within a subproject. With this new approach, the subprojects would be done sequentially, with Subproject P first, then Subprojects S, D, I, and finally V. Explain to your superiors what impact these changes would have on the projects duration. What other advice would you give to your management about this proposed project? [Please show your work.]

The second change your bosses would like evaluated involves earlier supplier involvement. Suppliers would now be selected during Subproject P rather than Subproject V. These suppliers would work directly with the dedicated teams described above. This change to the project approach necessitates addition of a new activity to Subproject P. This activity is called supplier selection & contract negotiation, is identified as activity P5, has a duration of 12 weeks, and is done in parallel with P1, P2, P3, and P4. Also, Subprojects S and V would now be eliminated from the project. Explain to your superiors what impact these additional changes would have on the projects duration. What other advice would you give to your management about this proposed project? [Please show your work.]

Now evaluate the impact of making these changes using criteria other than project duration alone. Do you think it would be in Rolamotas best interest to try to make these changes in how it runs this and future smartphone design projects? Explain your reasoning as if you were writing a memo to your bosses.

Rolamota Smartphone Design Project Rolamota, a global diversified telecommunications company, just promoted you to the position of Project Manager in their product development group. Your first assignment is to manage the design project for the Rolamota Blazr S23 10G Smartphone, a product intended to compete for existing and new users in the increasingly challenging intemational consumer mobile marketplace. Your bosses, the directors of the new product development strategy group, have already initiated the project, considered various project scope issues and trade-offs, and came up with the work breakdown structure (task table) below. In it they identify 16 major task activities, organized into five subprojects, as well as estimated task times and task precedence relationships. The five subprojects are Product Specifications (P), Supplier Specifications (S), Product Design (D), Product Integration (I) and Vendor Subcontracting (V). Subproject P involves developing specifications for the new smartphone. Here, decisions related to things like battery life, size of the phone, and other key features need to be made, and are based on understanding how customers currently use, and want to use, a smartphone. Then, in Subproject S, these user specifications are redefined into words and numbers that have meaning to the subcontractors that will actually make the new smartphone. This includes engineering details for how the product will perform. Subproject D focuses on the individual components that make up the product. Subproject I brings all the components and modules together, and a working prototype is built and tested. Finally, in Subproject V, the suppliers are selected, and the vendor contracts are negotiated and finalized. Work Breakdown Structure for Rolamota Blazr Smartphone Design Project Rolamota Smartphone Design Project Rolamota, a global diversified telecommunications company, just promoted you to the position of Project Manager in their product development group. Your first assignment is to manage the design project for the Rolamota Blarr S23 10G Smartphone, a product intended to compete for existing and new users in the increasingly challenging international consumer mobile marketplace. Your bosses, the directors of the new product development strategy group, have already initiated the project, considered various project scope issues and trade-offs, and came up with the work breakdown structure (task table) below. In it they identify 16 major task activities, organized into five subprojects, as well as estimated task times and task precedence relationships. The five subprojects are Product Specifications (P). Supplier Specifications (S), Product Design (D). Product lntegration (I) and Vendor Subcontracting (V). Subproject P involves developing specifications for the new smartphone. Here, decisions related to things like battery life, size of the phone, and other key features need to be made, and are based on understanding how customers currently use, and want to use, a smartphone. Then, in Subproject S, these user specifications are redefined into words and numbers that have meaning to the subcontractors that will actually make the new smartphone. This includes engineering details for how the product will perform. Subproject D focuses on the individual components that make up the product. Subproject I brings all the components and modules together, and a working prototype is built and tested. Finally, in Subproject V, the suppliers are selected, and the vendor contracts are negotiated and finalized. Werk Breakdewn Strwcture for Rolameta Blaxr Smartphene Desige Project