Please apply harvard referencing style

Please apply harvard referencing style

Part 2 (50 Marks) 4 3 4 You have been approached by a colleague Marcus who has asked you for some assistance in solving a resource scheduling problem on one of her projects. Her project is aimed a training a group of people on how to use a new system that has been implemented at your company. While there are several courses that need to be delivered to different users, there are only three trainers with relevant knowledge to deliver the training. The table below summarises some of the key information related to the project. ID Task Predecessor Duration Trainers Notes (hours) required A Orientation None 3 The course introduces delegates to the system and gives them and orientation of its functions and capabilities B Sales 101 A 3 The course focuses on basic sales transactions C Purchasing A 4 2 The course teaches buyers 101 how to issue purchase orders D Receiving 101 A This course trains good receiving clerks on how to receive stock into the warehouse E Sales 102 B This course teaches the more advance aspects of selling and customer relationship management to salespeople F Stock C:D This course is aimed at management and addresses stock adjustment and stock count procedures G Management E;F This course is aimed at 101 management and teaches them and teaches them about the system management tools to suppliers 3 1 B 4 3 3 1 6 3 2.1 Answer the following questions below 2.1.1 Prepare the project's network diagram from the information above. 2.1.2 What is the project's expected duration? 2.1.3 Identify the critical path. 2.1.4 Should Marcus commit to this schedule? What would happen if he did? (28 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (3 marks) 6 6 PRM3701/102 2.2 Marcus is required to address the following: 2.2.1 What options would Marcus have to shorten the duration of the project? (3 marks) 6 2.2.2 Identify the risks that need to be addressed. (3 marks) 2.2.3 What would recommend Marcus i does before finalising the project plan and communicating it to her stakeholders? NB: Please ensure you review the communication plan in your study material (9 marks) Part 2 (50 Marks) 4 3 4 You have been approached by a colleague Marcus who has asked you for some assistance in solving a resource scheduling problem on one of her projects. Her project is aimed a training a group of people on how to use a new system that has been implemented at your company. While there are several courses that need to be delivered to different users, there are only three trainers with relevant knowledge to deliver the training. The table below summarises some of the key information related to the project. ID Task Predecessor Duration Trainers Notes (hours) required A Orientation None 3 The course introduces delegates to the system and gives them and orientation of its functions and capabilities B Sales 101 A 3 The course focuses on basic sales transactions C Purchasing A 4 2 The course teaches buyers 101 how to issue purchase orders D Receiving 101 A This course trains good receiving clerks on how to receive stock into the warehouse E Sales 102 B This course teaches the more advance aspects of selling and customer relationship management to salespeople F Stock C:D This course is aimed at management and addresses stock adjustment and stock count procedures G Management E;F This course is aimed at 101 management and teaches them and teaches them about the system management tools to suppliers 3 1 B 4 3 3 1 6 3 2.1 Answer the following questions below 2.1.1 Prepare the project's network diagram from the information above. 2.1.2 What is the project's expected duration? 2.1.3 Identify the critical path. 2.1.4 Should Marcus commit to this schedule? What would happen if he did? (28 marks) (2 marks) (2 marks) (3 marks) 6 6 PRM3701/102 2.2 Marcus is required to address the following: 2.2.1 What options would Marcus have to shorten the duration of the project? (3 marks) 6 2.2.2 Identify the risks that need to be addressed. (3 marks) 2.2.3 What would recommend Marcus i does before finalising the project plan and communicating it to her stakeholders? NB: Please ensure you review the communication plan in your study material (9 marks) Part 1 (50 marks) You will be required to write a 1500 words review paper (+-10%- excluding references) on a selected project case study, e.g. Similar to the Gautrain example in Assignment 3 (You can not use the Gautrain example as this was used in assignment 1). Case study or Programme can include any industrial/engineering sector such as; construction. Examples could include South Africa's FIFA 2010 games, vaccine development , etc. No fictious projects may be used. Your individual paper must include the following sections: 1. Project or Programme description. (5 marks) 2. Include stakeholders involved. (5 marks) 3. Strategic alignment (the role the project plays in the strategic management process and how is it linked to the strategic plan). (10 marks) 4. Were both sociocultural or technical element factors in the success or difficulties in the projects. (10 marks) 5. Challenges faced and how these challenges were addressed. (10 marks) 6. Your paper will need to include the following technical aspects. (10 marks): Introduction (surrounding your case study and what will be discussed) Body (with headings) Conclusion (summarizing your discussion) References according to the Harvard referencing method (Your study guide, textbook and Five additional references) Reference to theory as well as the practical case that you have chosen needs be portrayed