Module $4$ Case #$1(70$ Pts$)$

Congratulations, you are the new lead project manager at Higher$-$Up Beverage company. The

company started several years ago in niche beverage markets such as kombucha tea, probiotic

drinks, new age sports drinks and newly created adult$-$oriented beverages. Higher$-$Up started

in these categories with the goal of being positioned to enter the cannabis beverage market

which has been gaining in popularity. However, they must receive regulatory and legal

approval to move forward. You have built a project plan around getting ready to launch on

$3/3/2025,$ the expected time that regulatory and legal barriers are removed, and commercial

sales could start. To everyone$$s surprise in an unexpected ruling, this can now be open to the

market on $9/1/2025,$ requiring you to accelerate the project and reduce the time to be ready

for launch as soon as possible!

The CEO Hailey Voorhees has called you about the changes and told you that you have her full

support to remove any barriers and make capital available at any cost to hit the $9/1/2025$ date.

She has asked you for a plan that accelerates the timeline. She is excited that she feels we are

one of the few companies that can be one of the first to market and take a significant share of

the market, IF$,$ we are ready to go for $9/1/2025!$

Using the following techniques that are options to accelerate the project:

Resources Are Not Constrained

$$ Add resources

$$ Outsource project work

$$ Schedule overtime

$$ Establish a core project team

$$ Do it twice$$fast and correctly

Resources Are Constrained

$$ Improve project team efficiency

$$ Fast tracking

$$ Use critical$-$chain management

$$ Reduce project scope

$$ Compromise quality

Your assignment:

$1)$ Complete the following:

a$.$ Discuss each option and advise if it would be feasible or not an option to use in

this project.

b$.$ See attached excel file with cost and time data. Only Work done by New

Heights Construction must start on the week indicated. All other projects can

be moved up by $14$ weeks at the most.

c$.$ Provide a scenario for the best date you can hit and the financial impact of

hitting the next date you advise. If you cannot hit the $9/1/2025$ date, explain

what workstreams are constrained that prevent you from hitting that date.

$($This should be explained in your executive summary$).$