Question:

The Hard Rock Concert Case

Student Instructions

Each year the Hard Rock organizes a huge concert called the "Rock Fest." Some 100 000 rock and roll fans attend the Rock Fest. Planning for the concert begins many months before the actual concert date. This year the concert will take place on the Saturday of Labour Day weekend, Sept. 3^rd,2022. Planning for the concert begins on Feb. 1^st,2022. As a recent operations management graduate, you have been hired to help schedule this year's concert. Hard Rock follows a normal workweek and observes all traditional Canadian holidays. Specifically, these holidays include Good Friday (April 15^th), Easter Monday (April 18th⁾; Victoria Day (May 23^rd ), July 1^st. All planning activities must be complete by Sept. 2^nd, 2022)

Below is a table detailing the specific activities associated with staging Rock Fest. Included in the table are precedence activities, the normal amount of time and normal amount of cost associated with each task, as well as the number of days an activity can be shortened to and its total cost to crash to that time.

For this case you are to:

1) Draw the network. You may use Microsoft Project. Indicate ES, EF, LS, LF times.

3) Identify all pathways and completion times. Identify the critical pathway.

4) Print the Slack Table for your initial diagram.

5) Now, crash this project so that the concert can take place as planned (Sept. 3rd). Identify the tasks you will shorten to achieve this goal and adjust the durations of these activities so that the "finish time" indicates the concert can take place as scheduled.

6) Print a new Network Diagram showing the new critical path. This will be your "After" Network Diagram.

7) Print a new Slack Table.

8) What is the Total Cost of putting on this concert and how much Extra did you have to spend to get the concert on schedule?

Hard Rock Concert

			Normal Time	Normal Time	Task can be	Total Cost of
Activity	Description	Predecessors	In Days	Cost	Shortened to	Shortened Time
A	Finalize sites & facility contracts		28	$10 000
B	Select Concert Promoter	A	14	$7500
C	Hire Production Manager	B	21	$5000
D	Design Promotional Website	B	24	$15 000
E	Finalize TV rights	B	59	$8000	51	$1 000/day
F	Hire Director	B	28	$7500
G	Plan for TV camera placement	F	13	$7250
H	Target headline entertainers	B	45	$12 500	43	$2 500/day
I	Target support entertainers	H	43	$11 000
J	Travel accommodations for talent	I	4	$6000	3	$660/day
K	Set venue capacity	C	3	$2000
L	Sign Ticket Master contract	B, D, K	16	$6000
M	On-site ticketing	L	6	$1500	4	$2000/day
N	Lease sound and staging equipment	C	8	$5500
O	Passes & stage credentials	G, R, P	4	$2500	2	$1500/day
P	Travel accommodations for staff	U, W	4	$4000

			Normal Time	Normal Time	Task can be	Total Cost of
Activity	Description	Predecessors	In Days	Cost	Shortened to	Shortened Time
Q	Hire Sponsor Coordinator	B	21	$5900	20	$250/day
R	Finalize sponsors	Q	35	$9000	32	$1500/day
S	Define & place signage for sponsors	Q, E, X	8	$3000	31	$500/day
T	Sign concession contracts	B, K	32	$8000
U	Hire Operations Manager	B	48	$5500	43	$3300/day
V	Develop site plan	U	31	$9000	27	$1200/day
W	Hire Security Director	B	20	$4200
X	Hire Support Staff	U, W	17	$3600
Y	Develop police/fire security plan	W	55	$10 000	50	$1 000/day
Z	Develop traffic plan	W, M, J, T	20	$9500	18	$750/day
AA	Determine reqmt's for power, facilities	V	30	$6200	26	$800/day
BB	Secure merchandise deals	B	25	$6100	22	$500/day
CC	Secure online merchandise sales	BB	20	$4700	18	$700/day
DD	Install power/ plumbing/ AC/toilet svcs	AA	6	$9500	5	$300/day
EE	Construct stage	C, N, V, AA, DD	2	$8000
FF	Test sound/lighting	O, DD, EE	2	$3000	1	$1500/day
GG	Ready for concert	Y, Z, CC, S, FF	1