Question: PROJECT 4: PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT MANCOSA: BCOM PROJECT MANAGEMENT YEAR 1 42 PROJECT [60] QUESTION 1 (20) The City library is a long

PROJECT 4: PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT

PROJECT 4: PROJECT SCOPE AND TIME MANAGEMENT MANCOSA: BCOM PROJECT MANAGEMENT YEAR 1 42 PROJECT [60] QUESTION 1 (20) The City library is a long history and a grand building; it is a symbol construction of the City Centre. However the library is failing to cope with the change of information retrieval habits in the modern age, and it does not provide a welcoming and user-friendly environment anymore because of its incapability of supplying enough computing workstation and multimedia tools and other socializing features requested by users. A generous monetary gift of R500 000 was given to the City library from the South African Advanced Education Foundation and the library board decided to use the donation on renovating the 1st floor of the City Library. The purpose of the project is to renovate the first floor of the City library to satisfy users' information retrieval habits in the modern age. Its overall aim is to enhance productivity and enrich the research process for students and faculty in the new information age. Provide a detailed Scope Statement (Maximum 3 pages) for the City Library 1st floor renovation project under the following headings (Project title, scope description acceptance criteria, deliverables, constraints , exclusions and assumptions). (20) QUESTION 2 (10) As one of the project team members involved in the City Library renovation project you have been tasked to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), briefly discuss the different approaches that you can use draw up a WBS for the renovation project. (10) QUESTION 3 (30) Consider a project with the following information Activity Duration (Weeks) Predecessors 6 10 14 6 10 8 4 10 E F A A B, C B D E,F,G H 3.1. Construct the project activity network using the AON methodology. (8) (8) 3.2. Using the forward and backward pass, calculate the slack for each activity. (2) 3.3. Identify the critical path (2) 3.4. What is the project duration? 10) 3.5. Assuming the project above starts on the 1st of December 2019, draw a Gantt Chart for the project. 42 PROGRAMME HANDBOOK: JANUARY 2020 INTAKE

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