Fin 200 week 1 assignment cash flow preparation part 2 of 2

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Flow Preparation Part 2 of 2
Business - Management
Purpose
The purpose of this case study is to get you used to
incorporating Microsoft Project charts and reports directly
into your project’s progress reports. By now you should be
able to work through the mechanics of loading tasks,
predecessors, resources, and costs into MS Project. But the
real challenge facing project managers is how to interpret the
data in MS Project and how to make it “useful” for you and
your stakeholders.
In this case study you will be given a scenario and asked to
load the project information into Microsoft Project. However,
the purpose of this case study is bigger than just properly
loading the Microsoft Project file. This case study requires
you to interpret the MS Project results and incorporate the
issues and results in your communication with key
stakeholders. Your output of this case study explores the
“softer” side of project management, including how to
communicate your results to your key stakeholders in a clear
and concise manner and to include MS Project views
directly in the document to illustrate your points for your
reader.
[NOTE: Please read carefully and plan ahead.

2. Get am early start on this important assignment. I t
constitutes 20% of your entire grade for the cours e.
It is very important that you understand that while the case
study is broken into three sections, you will not be submitting
your answer to each section separately, and you will not
receive feedback from your instructor after each
section. Rather, you will work through and submit your
responses to all of the sections at one time--in a single MS
Word document .]
Also, take time to practice capturing images from the MS
Project reports and pasting them as graphics into your single
Word document (!!!) so that you submit just one self-contained
document that contains everything your
"manager" needs to know.
Background
NutroBalance produces a line of weight loss supplements and
nutritional snacks. A couple of years ago it introduced Ultra, a
weight loss supplement geared primarily towards men who
lift weights and do cardiovascular exercises. The Ultra pills
have been a big success. Part of NutroBalance’s strategic
goals is to build off of that success by formulating the Ultra
pills to target other segments of the work-out
population. NutroBalance’s board of directors has decided to
invest in a pill called UltraMAX geared toward women who
also lift weights and do cardiovascular exercises. Since the
core of the product has already been produced, the project
to introduce UltraMAX to the work-out world really boils
down to seeing if UltraMAX produces as good of results in
women as Ultra does in men.
You have been chosen to be the project manager of this

3. weight-loss drug study. The board of directors has fast-tracked
this project and have given you 175 WORKING days
(NOT calendar days) to identify your target consumers, have
them test the product, and then analyze and report on the
results. Your project (i.e., Task #1) will commence on January
30, 2012. (NOTE: This 2012 date MUST be the start date for
your project in this Case Study!)
You have been given a team of four individuals:
Leontyne, an analyst who is new to NutroBalance but who
can help you recruit and screen test subjects
Tristan, a senior level analyst who has conducted drug
studies for NutroBalance before
Rinaldo, an IT programmer
Norma, a statistician who is highly competent at analyzing
and interpreting results.
Requirements
Initiating the Project
The following chart shows the 15 tasks in the project, their
duration, predecessors, and resources assigned to the task.
ID
Task Name
Duration
Predecessors
Resource
1
Identify Target Consumers
9
Rinaldo
2

4. Recruit Test Subjects
19
1
Leontyne
3
Screen Test Subjects
16
2
Leontyne
4
Finalize Test Subjects
7
3
Leontyne
5
Prepare Product
23
4
Tristan
6
Prepare Placebo
9
4
Tristan
7
Develop Data Analysis Database
18
4
Rinaldo
8
Develop Hypothetical Test Data

5. 6
4
Leontyne
9
Test the Subjects
55
5, 6
Tristan
10
Test Database Using Hypothetical Test Data
10
7, 8
Rinaldo
11
Review Database Test Results
5
10
Norma
12
Input Actual Data into Database
4
9
Rinaldo
13
Verify Accuracy of Input Data
2
12
Leontyne
14
Analyze Actual Data
10

6. 13
Norma
15
Prepare Findings Report
12
14
Norma
SECTION 1.
After giving you this information, your manager, Ulrica, sends
you an e-mail and asks you for the number of days to
complete the UltraMAX testing project and the
corresponding completion date. She would also like to know
which tasks are critical to completing the project on time.
For SECTION 1 you will “reply” to Ulrica by writing, in a
paragraph or less, the expected completion date and the
tasks on the critical path. You should also include a copy of
the Critical Tasks Report that can be generated from MS
Project. [HINT: Go to the Report menu, click on Reports,
Overview, and then click Critical Tasks.]
[NOTE: Your response to Section 1 is due in Week 5 at the
same time your response to Sections 2 and 3 are due. Please
include your response to Section 1 in the same document
that you include your answers to Sections 2 and 3. You will
not receive feedback from your instructor prior to moving on
to your work on Sections 2 and 3.]
Resource Considerations
After you provide Ulrica with the number of days to complete
the UltraMAX testing project and the corresponding
completion date, Ulrica responds that she thinks the original
estimate is “cutting it close.” She says that if you can make
sure the schedule doesn’t slip you might be all right. To that

7. point, she is forwarding along some additional information
on the cost of your resources (see table below.)
Resource
Std.Rate
Ovt. Rate
Leontyne
$55.00
$82.50
Tristan
$63.00
$94.50
Rinaldo
$52.00
$78.00
Norma
$76.00
$114.00
SECTION 2.
After sending you the resource information, Ulrica has asked
that you manipulate your schedule to incorporate this
resource information (i.e., level the resources). She would
like a preliminary project analysis and supporting reports
sent to him via e-mail so she may copy and paste it into her
weekly status report. She provides the following guidelines:
“In preparing your preliminary project analysis, I would like to
see no more than two to three paragraphs stating the
pertinent information to the project. The first paragraph
should be a recap of the project so the uninformed reader
knows which project it is. The status of the project should
also be discussed, including:
The start date (remember to use the January 30, 2012 date

8. for this Case.)
Length of project
Estimated cost of the project
Expected completion date.
Discuss whether or not ...
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