PROJECT & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT question

Q2(a)- i: If maximum number of workers available per day is 5 workers ONLY, calculate the new completion time based on resource constrain. Show Gantt chart and resource histogram before and after smoothing.

Q2(a)- ii: Compare between the Budget baselines before and after resource constrain.

Q2(b) Some of the workers staying in red zone area due to COVID-19. If the company decided to make a trade-off between the time and number of workers with no more than 4 workers a day, what will be the effects on the project manager decisions in terms of cost and time? Justify your answer quantitatively.

Q2(a) Given the project details in Figure 2, develop a report containing the following 0 8 6 14 18 6 14 8 E 16 20 H 20 28 28 30 14 16 20 18 20 28 | 2 | 36 | 38 0 A 0 16 160 16 Jc |14|16| 12/14/16 0 11 / 28 / 32 14 | 28 | 32 Start 30 NO O 4 14 |30|34 0 1. /32/38 16 | 32 | 38 Finish 18 IF 16/18 2 34 36 0 JK / 28 / 32 14 | 28 | 32 18 NG 18 20 |2|36/38 . 3 B 2 C 1 D 4 E 1 F 2 G 4 H 1 I 1 J 1 K 2 L 1 Activity No. of workers Budget (RM) activity 12000 32000 10000 12000 8000 0009 10000 16000 4000 12000 00091 12000 | The company works all day (No splitting of activities | Budget distributed equally per day, except for activities E, I, J and K, the payment will be given at the end of the activity day! Q2(a) Given the project details in Figure 2, develop a report containing the following 0 8 6 14 18 6 14 8 E 16 20 H 20 28 28 30 14 16 20 18 20 28 | 2 | 36 | 38 0 A 0 16 160 16 Jc |14|16| 12/14/16 0 11 / 28 / 32 14 | 28 | 32 Start 30 NO O 4 14 |30|34 0 1. /32/38 16 | 32 | 38 Finish 18 IF 16/18 2 34 36 0 JK / 28 / 32 14 | 28 | 32 18 NG 18 20 |2|36/38 . 3 B 2 C 1 D 4 E 1 F 2 G 4 H 1 I 1 J 1 K 2 L 1 Activity No. of workers Budget (RM) activity 12000 32000 10000 12000 8000 0009 10000 16000 4000 12000 00091 12000 | The company works all day (No splitting of activities | Budget distributed equally per day, except for activities E, I, J and K, the payment will be given at the end of the activity day