You have been serving as Electroscans project manager and are now well along in the project. Develop a narrative status report for the board of directors of the chain store that discusses the status of the project to date (see Table C13.3) and at completion. Be as specific as you can, using the numbers given and those you might develop. Remember, your audience is not familiar with the jargon used by project managers and computer software personnel; therefore, some explanation may be necessary. Your report will be evaluated on your detailed use of the data, your total perspective of the current status and future status of the project, and your recommended changes (if any).

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This exercise allows the student to apply most of the topics covered in WBS, earned value, and project rollups.

Rollup

See rollup of Scanner Project by SV, CV and VAC. Also, see summary sheet of variances for WBS and OBS.

Facts:

1. The Coding Team is in trouble on cost (-$30,000) and schedule (-$55,000). At the current rate of efficiency, the coding team is forecasted to be approximately $196,000 over budget. Can things be changed?

1. The Development Team is also in trouble with CV of -$81,000 and forecasted to be approximately $188,000 over budget at completion.

1. The Operating System deliverable is forecasted to be approximately $101,000 over budget at completion.

1. The Utilities deliverable is forecasted to be approximately $74,000 over budget at completion.

1. Given that the project is about 43% complete and they are only getting about $.83 of work for each actual dollar, there is opportunity to recover some forecasted overrun.

1. The VAC is -$188,000 ($915,000 - $1,103,000).

Variances SCANNED DDOIERT. INDEYEC R VADIANCEC Electroscann. Inc. 555 Acorn Street, Suite 5 Boston, Massachusetts \begin{tabular}{c} 29 IN-STORE SCANNER PROJECT \\ (\$000) \\ ACTUAL PROGRESS AS OF JANUARY 1 \\ \hline \end{tabular} NAME PV EV AC SV CV BAC EAC In VAC process? SATELITE COMMUNICATIONS 420 395 476 25 81915 1103 188 PROJECT Variances SCANNED DDOIERT. INDEYEC R VADIANCEC Electroscann. Inc. 555 Acorn Street, Suite 5 Boston, Massachusetts \begin{tabular}{c} 29 IN-STORE SCANNER PROJECT \\ (\$000) \\ ACTUAL PROGRESS AS OF JANUARY 1 \\ \hline \end{tabular} NAME PV EV AC SV CV BAC EAC In VAC process? SATELITE COMMUNICATIONS 420 395 476 25 81915 1103 188 PROJECT