Question: please help i need answer urgent i only have 2 hours left ABCola Company has been concerned that specialized fruit drinks have been eroding their

please help i need answer urgent i only have 2 hours left
ABCola Company has been concerned that specialized fruit drinks have been eroding their cola market. The CEO mandates that If you cant beat them, join them. Grape juice was the first product that was successful after an advertising blitz claiming the antitoxin benefits. Lately, competition is compressing grape juice margins and profits. Months of additional market surveys and focus groups have resulted in three potential high-margin drinks: cranberry, blueberry, and pomegranate. All these choices represent antitoxins. The decision is to produce the pomegranate drink that has many health claims. For example, the relative ability of these juices to eliminate harmful free radicals (antitoxins) is 71 percent for pomegranate, 33 percent for blueberry, and 20 percent for cranberry (Technion Institute of Technology). The market potential appears very attractive and should have a higher profit margin than the other potential juice products. Another appeal for pomegranate juice is its familiarity in the Middle East and Asia.
The Priority Matrix for the P Project is:
Time Scope Cost
Constrain X
Enhance X
Accept X
Connor Gage, the project manager, has formed his project team and the members have come up with the following work breakdown structure.
P Project
R&D product development
Need survey
Set product specs
Shelf life report
Nutrition report
Secure fruit suppliers
Initial production
Equipment rehab
Production trials
Quality trials
Quality metrics
Quality training
Distribution
Market testing
Package design
Select distributors
Legal
Complete FDA certification
Register trademark
Prepare product launch
Part 1
Develop the WBS outline using the software available (save your file).
Use this file and the information provided below to create a project schedule.
The following holidays are observed: January 1, Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.
If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be given as an extra day off, and if it falls on a Sunday then Monday will be given off.
The project team works eight-hour days, Monday through Friday.
The project will begin on January 3,2012.
Based on this schedule, submit a memo that answers the following questions:
When is the project estimated to be completed? How many working days will it take?
What is the critical path?
Which activity has the most total slack?
How sensitive is this network?
Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choice.
Include the following (one page) printouts:
A Gantt chart.
A network diagram highlighting the critical path.
A schedule table reporting ES, LS, EF, LF, and slack for each activity.
Hint: Change the timescale to months and weeks. The estimated duration of the project is 135 days. Remember: Save your files for future exercises!

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