Project Management Assignment: FTZ Office Move Case Study on Risk, CPM & Organizational Design

Company FTZ is planning to move its office to a bigger and more strategic location to serve its customers better. This is because the company is growing exponentially and the current working space is insufficient. The need of a larger, more modern facility to accomplish business goals for the future is pressing. The moving contract was signed one month ago and is expected to be implemented in the next few weeks.

You have been hired as the project manager, and you are expected to prepare the following key deliverables of the project plan.

a) Construct Network Diagram. Perform CPM analysis and the calculation of LS, EF, ES, LF, and TF based on Table 1 below. Identify the activities on the critical path. (7.5 marks)

b) Construct an S-curve and calculate SV, CV, SPI, and CPI. Comment on the status of the project (Refer to Table 2 and Table 3 below). (7.5 marks)

[Let’s say today is July 1st (Day 45) and the following data is available:
Total EV(BCWP)=60,000, AC(ACWP)=65,000, PV(BCWS)=60,000,
BAC (Budget Cost at Completion) =200,000]

Assume that the ‘Moving Project’ has 10 activities as shown in Table 1.

Syarikat FTZ merancang untuk memindahkan pejabatnya ke lokasi yang lebih besar dan strategik untuk memberi perkhidmatan yang lebih baik kepada pelanggannya. Ini adalah kerana syarikat itu sedang berkembang pesat dan ruang kerja semasa tidak mencukupi. Keperluan kemudahan yang lebih besar dan lebih moden untuk mencapai matlamat perniagaan masa depan adalah mendesak. Kontrak pemindahan itu telah ditandatangani sebulan lalu dan dijangka akan dilaksanakan dalam beberapa minggu akan datang.

Anda telah diupah sebagai pengurus projek, dan anda dijangka menyediakan hasil utama perancangan projek berikut.

a) Bina Gambarajah Rangkaian. Lakukan analisis CPM dan pengiraan LS, EF, ES, LF, dan TF berdasarkan Jadual 1 di bawah. Kenal pasti aktiviti-aktiviti di laluan kritikal. (7.5 markah)

b) Bina satu lengkungan S dan kira SV, CV, SPI, dan CPI. Beri komen tentang status projek (Rujuk Jadual 2 dan Jadual 3 di bawah). (7.5 markah)

[Katakan hari ini ialah 1 Julai (Hari 45) dan data berikut tersedia:
Jumlah EV(BCWP)=60,000, AC(ACWP)=65,000, PV(BCWS)=60,000,
BAC (Kos Belanjawan Semasa Siap) =200,000]

Andaikan ‘Projek Bergerak’ mempunyai 10 aktiviti seperti yang ditunjukkan dalam Jadual 1.

Table 1 / Jadual 1

Table 2 / Jadual 2

Table 3 / Jadual 3

Question / Soalan 2 (15 marks / markah)

A municipal council is considering two alternative proposals to accommodate an increasing assembly. Two schemes exist:

1) Extension of the existing building with modifications to the old building (7.5 marks)

2) Demolition and rebuilding (7.5 marks)