Question: Instructions : You are preparing a status report for your project sponsor and stakeholders and it's important to share the project progress using the Earned

Instructions: You are preparing a status report for your project sponsor and stakeholders and it's important to share the project progress using the Earned Value technique. You are preparing your status report for the period ending October 28th. Your project started February 27th. Assume that the project is executed 5 days per week and 8 hours per day with some additional hours that amount to 8 hours every Saturday and Sunday. The project manager's table of activities are noted below.

ID

Activity

Original Duration (days)

Actual Duration

(days)

Actual Start Date

Actual Finish Date

%

Complete

Original

Budget

Actual

Budget

10

Site Prep

8

9

2/27

4/26

100

$500,000

$600,000

20

Substructure

12

11

5/1

7/18

100

$1,500,000

$1,350,000

30

Super Substructure

18

-

7/20

-

75

$2,000,000

$1,450,000

40

Exterior

6

-

-

-

0

$400,000

-

50

Interior

14

-

8/31

-

50

$1,800,000

$1,000,000

60

Services

10

-

-

-

0

$1,000,000

-

70

Cleanup

4

-

-

-

0

$200,000

Question 2: Calculate the Planned Value (BCWS) based on the original budget, the original duration, and the number of weeks between the planned early start date and the status date (October 28th for the activities that are in progress. This calculation will provide the amount of money the project has spent up to October 28th?

Activity 30 - Super substructure

Original Budget = $2,000,000

Original Duration = 18 Weeks

Number of Weeks between Planned Start Date and Status State = ______ #Weeks to status date (From Question 1.

BCWS = #Weeks to status date / Original Duration * Original Budget

BCWS = ______________________________

Activity 50 - Interior

Original Budget = $1,800,000

Original Duration = 14 Weeks

Number of Weeks between Planned Start Date and Status State =_______ #Weeks to status date (From Question 1).

BCWS = #Weeks to status date / Original Duration * Original Budget

BCWS = ______________________________

Please explain how you get the answers along with the number of weeks.

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