Section C: Case-based Project Management practice (40 marks)

Section C consists of Project Management exercises and may require you to produce appropriate charts, figures, and Project management software output. Each question has detailed instructions for you and you must answer all questions.

Case: D company is developing a new massive storage device project. The activities below are identified and you are assigned as the project manager. The project start date is June 1^st, 2020. Please answer the following 3 questions.

Activities related to the project along with duration and interdependency are defined below.

Massive storage device project
Activity ID	Description	Predecessor	Duration (workdays)
1	Define scope	None	6
2	Define customer problems	1	3
3	Define data records and relationship	1	5
4	Massive storage requirements	2,3	5
5	Consultant needs analysis	2,3	10
6	Prepare installation network	4,5	3
7	Estimate costs and budget	4,5	2
8	Design section pint system	4,5	1
9	Write request proposal	4,5	5
10	Compile vendor list	4,5	3
11	Prepare management control system	6,7	5
12	Prepare comparison report	9,10	5
13	Compare system philosophies	8,12	3
14	Compare total installation	8,12	2
15	Compare the cost of support	8,12	3
16	Compare the customer satisfaction level	8,12	10
17	Assign philosophies points	13	1
18	Assign installation cost	14	1
19	Assign support cost	15	1
20	Assign customer satisfaction points	16	1
21	Select the best system	11,17,18,19,20	1
22	Order system	21	1

Note:1. The weekend is not calculated as a workday, please ignore holidays.

2. Assume Earliest finish date = Latest finish date.

3. Use the legend below for the project network chart.

4. Project network chart and Gantt chart-please insert the two charts directly in your word file when submitting or as attached files. Make sure all the dates and numbers are clear when inserting.

	Legend
ES	Activity ID	EF
SL	Description
LS	Duration	LF

Questions:

1. Please use the legend above to draw a project network chart(8), indicating ES, EF, LS, LF, and SL in each of the activities of the node.8