Supply of the Backpacks

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Name

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SUPPLY OF BACKPACKS

Project Overview

 Company Name: Mac Adem Contractors and Suppliers)

A small defense contractor located in the United States of America

Company size (employees): 100

Product: Backpack with built in refrigerated pouch and radio module

Awarded quantity: 200 units (100 assigned to Ground Forces / 100 assigned to Special Operations)

Program Budget: Proposed award: $1,500,000

Customer: U.S. Army, Ground Forces and Special Operations

Award date: September 1, 2015

Completion date: March 1, 2017

Delivery schedule

100 units 12mths ARO (after receipt of order). 50 units every 3 months after first delivery

Milestone Schedule:

1.      First delivery: September 1, 2016

2.      Second delivery: December 1, 2016

3.      Last delivery: March 1, 2017

4.      First milestone payment (from customer): October 30, 2015

5.      Second Milestone payment: January 30, 2017

6.      Final Milestone payment: May 30, 2017

7.      Initial Program review (at the customer's site): November 16, 2015

8.      Subsequent Program reviews: 6 months after the initial review

Work breakdown structure

The following table shows the work breakdown and the milestone of the work already done in supplying the backpacks(Trent, 2007).

WBS Id

WBS Name

Include (Completion Criteria)

Date accomplishes

status

budget

Complexity

Estimated Effort

Dependency

Owner

 1.2

Evaluation & Recommendation

Case is fully evaluated by HRMS management team

12/12/2014

completed

$20,000

Low

8hrs

1.1

Name

 1.3

Contract approval

Agreement signed and approved

1/1/2015

completed

$5000

Medium

16hrs

1.2

Name

 1.4

Signing of the contract agreement

The Project manager Signs the project Chatter.

1/3/2015

completed

$1000

High

70hrs

1.3, 2.3

Name

1.5

Contract Budgeting

Includes the scope management plan, time management plan, Risk management plan, HR Plan

1/3/2015

completed

$1000

High

30hrs

1.2,1.3

Name

 1.5.1

Procuring the backpacks

Includes selection of a suitable supplier of the backpacks

1/4/2015

completed

$900,000

Medium/ High

16hrs

1.4, 2.3, 3.0

Name

1.5.2

Transporting the backpacks from the supplier

Includes inspecting the backpacks and sending the backpacks to the store awaiting delivery

1/5/2015

completed

$100,000

Medium

18hrs

1.4

Name

1.6

Re-inspection of the backpacks

The backpacks are re-inspected to ensure that they meet the set standards.

1/6/2015

completed

$20,000

High

12hrs

1.5

Name

1.7

Transporting the backpacks to the Delivery site

Includes repackaging of the backpacks

4/6/2015

completed

$30,000

High

6hrs

1.3

Name

1.8

Signing off the supply deal

At this point the backpacks are inspected in presence of the representative from the army

5/6/2015

completed

$12,000

High

4hrs

1.7

Name

 

Sample Work breakdown  Item specification WBS #:

1.1.1

Task:

Supply Backpack

Est. Level of Effort:

40 hrs

Owner:

Project Manager

Resources Needed:

Top managers

Work Products:

MS Project Plan

Description of Task:

To supply the Backpack to a military base

Input:

·         Capital of : $1,500,000

·         SMEs

Dependencies:

·         Approval of Budget

Risk:

·         Changes to IT Apps plans and deliverables

·         IT Apps implementation releases, which conflict with implementation

WBS #:

1.1.2

Work Item:

Make Budget

Est. Level of Effort:

16 hrs

Owner:

Project Manager

Resources Needed:

CFO, CIO, Executive Sponsor

Work Products:

Backpacks

Description of Task:

Development and documentation of the project budget based on plan and resources.

Input:

·         Approved Project Charter

·         SMEs

Dependencies:

·         Approval of Project Charter

Risk:

·         Changes to specification deliverables

·         implementation releases which conflict with implementation

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

Trent, R. (2007). Strategic supply management. Ft. Lauderdale, FL: J. Ross Pub.

 

 

 

    • 11 years ago