Consider the B2B implementation of the web-based inventory tracking system described in Problem 7.4. Additional information relevant to this project:
1. Assume that the project consists of six phases: system design, hardware development, software development (conducted concurrently with hardware), integration, training, and fielding.
2. Table 7.1 will provide a rough estimate of the software development time as a percentage of the total development time.
3. Hardware should be broken into, at a minimum, two high-level tasks: collect requirements and procure software. These will be mainly COTS systems requiring no modifications. One engineer
will be assigned full time to monitor this task. This will allow for procurement of the hardware near the end of the software development.
4. Assume that you can install two systems per day with a crew of two engineers and that training will last 1 week and be conducted by one engineer.
5. Assume the plans and requirements values from Table 7.1 are also representative of the systems design for the total system.
6. Use the regression analysis from Problem 7.4 to determine the systems integration time.
7. Your company uses historical results for project management and systems engineering of 8 and 15%, respectively.
Using this information, you need to
1. Develop a WBS for this project.
2. Develop a Gantt chart from the WBS, showing the schedule.
3. Address only the development costs (i.e., year 0 costs) when allocating resources to the tasks in Microsoft Project.
Use a tool such as Microsoft Project to allocate the budget to the activities. Are there any activities that are not described above that should be in your WBS?
Problem 7.4
A sales project at month 5 had an actual cost of $34,000, a planned cost of $42,000, and a value completed of $39,000. Calculate the CPI and SPI and explain the message they give the program manager.
