Nightingale Project—A You are the assistant project manager to Rassy Brown, who is in charge of the.

Nightingale Project—A

You are the assistant project manager to Rassy Brown, who is
in charge of the Nightingale project. Nightingale was the code name given to
the development of a handheld electronic medical reference guide. Nightingale
would be designed for emergency medical technicians and paramedics who need a
quick reference guide to use in emergency situations.

Rassy and her project team were developing a project plan
aimed at producing 30 working models in time for MedCON, the biggest medical
equipment trade show each year. Meeting the MedCON October 25 deadline was
critical to
View complete question »

Nightingale Project—A

You are the assistant project manager to Rassy Brown, who is
in charge of the Nightingale project. Nightingale was the code name given to
the development of a handheld electronic medical reference guide. Nightingale
would be designed for emergency medical technicians and paramedics who need a
quick reference guide to use in emergency situations.

Rassy and her project team were developing a project plan
aimed at producing 30 working models in time for MedCON, the biggest medical
equipment trade show each year. Meeting the MedCON October 25 deadline was
critical to success. All the major medical equipment manufacturers demonstrated
and took orders for new products at MedCON. Rassy had also heard rumors that
competitors were considering developing a similar product, and she knew that
being first to market would have a significant sales advantage. Besides, top
management made funding contingent upon developing a workable plan for meeting
the MedCON deadline.

The project team spent the morning working on the schedule
for Nightingale. They started with the WBS and developed the information for a
network, adding activities when needed. Then the team added the time estimates
they had collected for each activity. Following is the preliminary information
for activities with duration time and predecessors:

Use any project network computer program available to you to
develop the schedule for activities (see Case Appendix for further
instructions)—noting late and early times, the critical path, and estimated
completion for the project. Prepare a short memo that addresses the following
questions:

1. Will the project as planned meet the October 25th
deadline?

2. What activities lie on the critical path?

3. How sensitive is this network?

View less »