MGMT 300-Operations Management Cherry Singhal Case Study 3 Design of a New Nokia Cell Phone Case Description You work for Nokia as a project manager in its global cell phone group. You were recently made-in- charge of the new project for the design of a new cell phone. Your supervisors have already scoped the project, so you have a list showing the work breakdown structure (WBS), and it includes major project activities. In the WBS, your project is divided into five major subprojects. Subproject "P" comprises activities revolving around developing specifications for the new cell phone. Here, decisions related to such things as battery life, size of the phone, and features need to be made. These details are based on how a customer uses the cell phone. These user specifications are redefined in terms that have meaning to the subcontractors who will make the new cell phone in subproject "S". I These involve engineering details for how the product will perform. The individual components that make up the product are the focus of subproject "D." Subproject "T" brings all the components together, and a working prototype is built and tested. Finally, in subproject "V," suppliers are selected, and contracts are negotiated. All the relevant information is summarized in Table 1 (available in solution word file). The table breaks down all the activities within every sub-project and the duration of each activity. Also, precedence relationships between the activities have been provided. Remember that the preceding activity must be fully completed before work on the following activity can be started. Answer the questions that follow. 1. Draw the project network diagram that presents all the activities and sub-projects. Hint: A template has been provided to you in the solution word file. Feel free to use it or make your own from scratch. Drawing the network diagram digitally is optional You can draw it on word or paint or another package. Alternatively, you can hand draw and then scan that page for take a photo from your phone and attach that to the solution file. Make sure it is clear enough to understand. 2. Identify the critical path and project completion time, 3. Determine the early start schedule and late-start schedule for the project. (Enter your answers in Table / and not in the network diagram] 4. Identify slack in the activities not on the project critical path [Enter your answers in Table 1) MGMT 300-Operations Management Cherry Singhal Case Study 3 Design of a New Nokia Cell Phone Case Description You work for Nokia as a project manager in its global cell phone group. You were recently made-in- charge of the new project for the design of a new cell phone. Your supervisors have already scoped the project, so you have a list showing the work breakdown structure (WBS), and it includes major project activities. In the WBS, your project is divided into five major subprojects. Subproject "P" comprises activities revolving around developing specifications for the new cell phone. Here, decisions related to such things as battery life, size of the phone, and features need to be made. These details are based on how a customer uses the cell phone. These user specifications are redefined in terms that have meaning to the subcontractors who will make the new cell phone in subproject "S". I These involve engineering details for how the product will perform. The individual components that make up the product are the focus of subproject "D." Subproject "T" brings all the components together, and a working prototype is built and tested. Finally, in subproject "V," suppliers are selected, and contracts are negotiated. All the relevant information is summarized in Table 1 (available in solution word file). The table breaks down all the activities within every sub-project and the duration of each activity. Also, precedence relationships between the activities have been provided. Remember that the preceding activity must be fully completed before work on the following activity can be started. Answer the questions that follow. 1. Draw the project network diagram that presents all the activities and sub-projects. Hint: A template has been provided to you in the solution word file. Feel free to use it or make your own from scratch. Drawing the network diagram digitally is optional You can draw it on word or paint or another package. Alternatively, you can hand draw and then scan that page for take a photo from your phone and attach that to the solution file. Make sure it is clear enough to understand. 2. Identify the critical path and project completion time, 3. Determine the early start schedule and late-start schedule for the project. (Enter your answers in Table / and not in the network diagram] 4. Identify slack in the activities not on the project critical path [Enter your answers in Table 1)
