Animal Welfare Society (AWS) PE was founded in 1971 as a result of the difficulty that the municipality in Port Elizabeth was experiencing in coping adequately with the number of stray animals and cruelty cases in the city.
Our catteries and kennels house stray and surrendered pets who are available for adoption.
We accept all animals brought to us and run a 24-hour service to deal with the many cases of cruelty and neglect which are reported to us.
You are the project manager at an event company called Sekani Events. The Animal Welfare Society has requested that you assist them with their annual project of revamp and maintenance of the animal
kennels. This will help to provide better shelter for the homeless animals.
PROJECT INFORMATION:
REVAMP AND MAINTENANCE OF AWS KENNELS:
You and your team will be responsible for the following:
• Sourcing all equipment and materials to rebuild the current wooden kennels, including wood treatment.
• Arrange transport for the 15 part-time workers who will assist over the 40 working days.
• Arranging lunch for the 15 part-time workers on each of the 40 working days.
• Sourcing overalls and protective gear for the 15 part-time workers.
Pay attention to the following project information:
Cost | R250 000 |
Return on Investment | 10% |
Time to market | 2 months |
Risk factor | Low |
Chances of success | High |
There should be a minimum of five resources to manage this project. You have been given two resources, add the remaining three resources.
Resource |
Role |
Cost
(per hour) |
1. Project Manager | Co-ordination of the project | R300 (8 weeks) |
2. Accounts Manager | Drawing up a budget | R200 (2 days) |
3. Add a resource | ||
4. Add a resource | ||
5. Add a resource |
Question 1 (Marks: 10)
Project Attributes:
Projects are not ongoing work. Describe any five attributes of this project by naming the attribute and then providing the corresponding application example to this project (5 x 2).
Question 2:
Making use of the information provided for the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project, come up with a minimum of 25 activities that your team would need to complete to ensure the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project will be done successfully.
Question 3 (Marks: 15)
Making use of the 25 activities that you compiled in Question 2 for the Project: revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels, create the corresponding Work Breakdown Structure diagram (WBS).
Include WBS numbering and allocate responsibilities to each activity by adding resources within your WBS diagram.
Question 4 (Marks: 15)
Review the information provided about the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project for the Animal Welfare Society (AWS).
Discuss any five constraints that would be experienced in this project by identifying the constraint and providing an applicable example of the constraint of the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project (5 x 3).
Question 5 (Marks: 15)
The Animal Welfare Society (AWS) requires a proposal of all of the costs to ensure they have sufficient funds available.
Provide the AWS with the following costs in the Cost section of the proposal for the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project:
• Labour (5)
• Material (4)
• Equipment (3)
• Travel (1)
• Reserve (1)
• Profit (1)
Ensure each section is separate with an explanation of what is needed in each section with the costs of each of the items (ensure the costs meet the given cost constraint).
Question 6 (Marks: 10)
During the proposal phase where your company submitted a proposal to secure the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project, part of the consideration of what to add to the selling document / proposal was to ensure a winning proposal was drafted.
Provide any five areas to convince the customer that you are the best contractor for the revamp and maintenance of the animal kennels project.
Question 7:
Activities in a project will need to be carefully managed to ensure the project comes to fruition by the time constraint and that all activities will be sequenced correctly.
Review the Activity instruction provided below and draw the Network diagram for these activities:
The project starts with Activities A and B done concurrently. When A and B are finished, D can
start. When A is finished, C can start. When D is finished, E can start. When C and E are finished, F can start. The project is complete when F is finished.
Answers to Above Questions on Project Management
Answer 1: The five attributes of the project including their name and a corresponding application example are indicated below:
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