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Assignment 1 INFT 13/73/-308 Semester 103 This assignment is an individual task. Due date COB Fri 9 Oct 2009 (Week 4 ) Contribution to final grade 10% Although project management software is available, I require you to create the network diagrams by hand ob with standard drawing tools such as those available in MS Word. Task One The Rock Concert (5 marks) As the Events Manager for the Red Duck energy drink company your task is to organize a rock concert. Drawing on your past experience you have developed list of tasks and their precedent relationships as shown in the table below.The time is expressed in weeks. To assist in planning you are to Create a network diagram for the project and answer the following questions: a) b) c) d) What is the critical path and its activities How long does the project take? Identify four challenges a project manager faces in events such as this. What is a work breakdown structure and why is it useful e) Take the 26 activities and break them into what you think should be Level One, Two and Three tasks..
Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Description Finalise site and Building contract Select local promoter Hire Production manager Design website Complete TV deal hire director TV camera placement Target Headline entertainer Target Support entertainer Arrange accommodation for entertainers Set venue capacity Contract ticket sales On-site ticketing Sound & staging Security Staff accommodation Identify sponsorsr Sponsor contract Sign up sponsor Hire operations Manager Develop site plan Hire Security Director Develop police/fire&security plan Power/plumbing, Electricity Predecessors 1 1 2 4 5 6 2 8 9 3 4, 11 12 3 7,18 2 2 17 18 1 20 20 22 21 Time Weeks 7 3 3 5 6 4 2 4 4 10 2 3 8 6 7 20 4 4 3 4 6 7 4 8

25 26

/toilets Arrange merchandise deals Arrange online sales

2 25

6 6

Although cosmetics will not get you more marks, sloppy unreadable work will lose marks. The Office Move (5 marks) You are the senior administrative assistant to the Dean of Research at Bond University and you have just been advised that you will be in charge of moving the office to a new site on campus. . Because you have taken INFT 308 and you have done these moves before you know that each staff member will fight for the best office, Because of the politics you estimated that the activity will take three weeks. After the management team finalises the total space available individual staff are allocated their individual offices. This can be very stressful and usually takes about two weeks as the managers needs to smooth down any ruffled feathers. Once the allocations are settled the decision are returned to you so you an develop an overall layout for the move. You normally allow four weeks to do this During the first week you send each individual a printout of the floor space that will have and request them to decide how they want their furniture to be arranged . Individual will inform you of any special needs aor requests for additional furniture. They also indicate the location of their phone and computer points, finally each individual request the packing boxes and material that they need to pack up their office items. These requests are to be returned in three weeks. When you receive the individual request you consolidate the orders to form lists of packing supplies and furniture. You order the supplies from the university approved supplier and the supplies arrive in two weeks. You have to choose furniture from three different furniture suppliers, it is scheduled to arrive in six weeks. When the packing supplies arrive you distribute them to each individual so they can pack their personal materials. They pack their own material and tag their office furniture tha is to be moved. These activities should be completed in two weeks. After ordering the furniture, you make arrangements for the removalists to move the items, the Phone company to move or install phones, and computer services to provide network and connections. The removalists require three weeks notice but can complete the work in one day. The phone installers require two weeks notice but complete the work in one day.The computer services technician requires four weeks notice and can complete their hookups in one day. The final activity is moving day. All of the three groups, phone technicians, computer technician and the removalists will be there on the same day to minimize the time the office is unable to provide customer service. In past moves you seemed to run into trouble trying to make sure that everything went smoothly, you are looking for a better way. Task Two (10 marks) a. Why are office allocations so difficult? What factors must be considered when planning an office layout? b. Offer Jeannette a method for monitoring the office move. Explain why this method or approach would be reasonable.

c. How long should it take from the day the decision is made to move until the move is completed? Employees only work Monday through Friday. All of Jeannettes activity time estimates assume a 5-day workweek. d. What are the critical path activities for the timely completion of this office move? NOTE: I assumed that it would take one day to select & order the furniture since it was helpful to separate the task of selecting, ordering and receiving furniture into the tasks of selecting/ordering furniture and receiving furniture, in order to make it easier to draw the network.

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