SECTION $2$:

Refer to the following case study project to answer the following questions.

Case Study: Abalone Farm Extension Project

A farmer wants to expand his abalone farm. He has a team of executives to strategise and hires a designing company to design this new farm. He needs to breed another $5000$ abalone. The construction amounts to R$500000$ to R$650000$ that includes additional security fencing and special water filtration systems. He also needs to convince his sponsors an investment company that has a diversified interest in the agricultural industry.

Thereafter his operational costs for feeding, cleaning and hygiene control amounts to R $40000$ per month. It takes $7$ months for the project to be handed over. He is also selling canned products locally and breaks even only approximately $2$ and a half years later.

$\backslash$table$[[\backslash$table$[[$ABALONE$],[$FARM$]],,,,$ACCUMALA,rIVE,,$],[$MONTH$,$PHASE,$\frac{?}{cosT},\backslash$table$[[$MAN$],[$HRS$]],$COST,MANHRS,INCOME,$],[1,$Strategy,$5000,14,5000,14,0,],[2,$Feasibility,$10000,20,15000,34,0,],[3,\backslash$table$[[$Definition$]],40000,40,55000,74,0,],[4,\backslash$table$[[$Execution$]],500000,80,555000,154,0,],[5,$Execution,$600000,100,1155000,254,0,],[6,\backslash$table$[[$Execution$]],650000,120,1805000,374,0,],[7,$Commissioning,$40000,30,1845000,404,0,],[8TO12,\backslash$table$[[$Operational$]],40000,,,,400000,],[12$ TO $20,\backslash$table$[[$Operational$]],40000,,,,1120000,],[20-24,\backslash$table$[[$Operational$]],40000,,,,1750000,],[24-30,$Operational,$40000,,,,1885000,\backslash$table$[[$Break$],[$even$]]],[30-36,$Operational,$40000,,,,1900000,$Profit$]]$

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Project Management Techniques

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a$)$ Subdivide the project into a number of phases that represent a logical subdivision of the work to produce different deliverables $(10)$

$$ b$)$ plot the level of effort against the project life cycle providing reasons for trends $(15)$

$$ c$)$ indicate and expalin how the cost of changing different aspects of the chosen project will vary as the project progresses along the project life cycle $(10)$

$$ d$)$ plot and discuss the project's life cycle costing $(15)$