Question: Part A You are the Assistant Project Manager to Danielle Green, who is in charge of the NightHawk project. NightHawk was the code name given



Part A You are the Assistant Project Manager to Danielle Green, who is in charge of the NightHawk project. NightHawk was the code name given to the development of a handheld electronic debrillator, medical diagnosis device, and reference guide. NightHawk is being designed for emergency medical technicians and paramedics who need a quick way to capture some basic medical data on an individual and provide an easytouse reference guide to use in emergency situations. (The debrillator capability was added following the incident with the NFL football player's (Damar Hamlin) cardiac arrest during a game on January 2, 2023.) Danielle and her project team are developing a project plan aimed at producing 30 working models in time for W '24, the biggest medical equipment trade show each year. W '21 and '22 cancelled due to the Pandemic. W95; '23 was a limited success.) Meeting the W January 10, 2024 deadline is critical to success for this device. Mote that this deadline does include transportation to the trade show.) All the major medical equipment manufacturers demonstrate their equipment and its capabilities and took orders for new products at MedCON. Danielle has also heard rumors that competitors are considering developing a similar product, and she knows that being rst to market (especially as things get 'back to normal' after the Pandemic) will create a signicant sales advantage. Besides, top management has made funding for the project contingent upon developing a workable plan for meeting the W '24 deadline. The project team has spent the morning working on the schedule for NightHawk. They started with the WBS (work breakdown structure) and developed the information for a project network, adding activities when needed. Then the team has added the time estimates they had collected for each activity. The preliminary information for activities with duration time and predecessors are in Table 1. Use this data to answer the questions below. The project will begin the on Monday, March 20, 2023. This is the earliest that personnel become available from the completion of other projects and work or lab space becomes available. (For Part A) Assume there are no holidays in the initial schedule. The project team works 8hour days Monday through Friday. 1. What is the Critical Path for this project? (You may use the Activity #s to specify the Critical Path.) [Note that this is for the initial entry of the project-schedule data.] The critical path for the project is 1245791 11213 141516 1718 19 2. What is the projected nish date for the project? The projected nish date for the project is 7/22/23 3. Will the project meet the January 10th deadline? Explain. [Note: Make sure you have answered the above questions before you continue!] The project will not meet the January 10th deadline. The project will be completed on July 22, 2023, which is after the W24 deadline. The project team needs to nd ways to shorten the project duratilon or renegotiate the deadline with the management Part B - Add these new assumptions: - Assume the following holidays are regularly observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (3rd Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November), December 25 and 26. - If a holiday falls on a Saturday, then Friday will be given as an extra day off; if a holiday falls on a Sunday, then Monday will be given as a day off. 4. What is the Critical Path for this project (for Part B)? [List the full path ... it may or may not be the same as in Q1 above.] 5. What does the addition of these holidays do to the projected finish date? How many workdays, if any, are added to the schedule? How many calendar days, if any, are added to the schedule? Are these the same value? Why, or why not? 6. On what date will the project now be finished? Will the project meet the January 10th deadline? [Note: Make sure you have answered the above questions before you continue!]Activity Duration ES EF LS LF 1 10 20-Mar 23-Mar 20-Mar 23-Mar N 20 23-Mar 13-Apr 23-Mar 13-Apr W 5 23-Mar 28-Mar 28-Mar 2-Apr A 15 13-Apr 4-May 13-Apr 4-May UT 5 4-May 9-May 4-May 9-May 6 10 2-Apr 11-Apr 4-Apr 13-Apr 7 15 11-Apr 2-May 13-Apr 2-May 8 5 2-May 7-May 2-May 7-May 20 9-May 6-Jun 9-May 6-Jun 10 5 6-Jun 11-Jun 6-Jun 11-Jun 11 10 7-May 17-May 9-May 19-May 12 10 17-May 27-May 19-May 29-May 13 5 27-May 1-Jun 29-May 3-Jun 14 5 1-Jun 6-Jun 3-Jun 8-Jun 15 10 11-Jun 24-Jun 11-Jun 24-Jun 16 5 24-Jun 29-Jun 24-Jun 29-Jun 17 5 29-Jun 4-Jul 29-Jun 4-Jul 18 10 4-Jul 17-Jul 4-Jul 17-Jul 19 5 17-Jul 22-Jul 17-Jul 22-Jul
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