Assignment 1: LASA – Final Project Report
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District 4 Production Warehouse Move
Hakim Callahan
Argosy University
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The Proposed Solution
The delay to obtain permits will extend the project timeline by one week.
The three permits should be obtained at the same time.
This means the delay to obtaining the building permits will delay the framing by one week.
There is need to increase framing an drywall tasks hours in day.
Increasing the working hours is less costly than hiring a new contractor(Snedaker, 2013)
However, increase in working hours will not assist to fully recover the one week delay.
Therefore, there is need to reduce the number of days in succeeding activities.
The delay to obtain the three permits will affect the starting time for all the succeeding activities by one week.
Therefore, the three permits should be obtained within the three weeks in order to ensure thed.
Consequently, the delay to obtain the building permits for framing and drywall in three weeks will delay framing work by one week.
Increasing the number of framing and drywall jobs working hours to cover the delay caused by availability of only half of contractors’ staff.
It is cheaper to pay the overtime than to hire a new contractor in order to operate within the budget.
The overtime hours in framing and drywall jobs will not help to recover the one week delay. The overtime will assist to complete ¾ of the framing and drywall jobs.
The remaining ¼ of the framing and drywall jobs will be recovered by reducing the number of days required to complete the succeeding activities.
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Task splitting
Reducing the project duration involves shortening the critical path(Burnett, 2012).
Task splitting refers to performing activities at the most convenient time.
Task splitting can assist to start some activities early.
The task should be on the critical path(Burnett, 2012).
The tasks should not run in series after splitting.
In addition, they should not consume similar resources.
Ordering supplies should be done in advance to minimize delay.
Apart from framing and drywall tasks, the project timeline can reduce by shortening the time required to compete the activities on the critical path
Task splitting means performing one activities in parallel rather than sequentially to reduce delay.
The ordering of framing-order supplies, drywall supplies, finish-order supplies, and workbenches order supplies should be undertaken in advance in order to reduce delay.
Task splitting will reduce the duration of the activities on the critical path in order to shorten the project time line.
The split activities should not run on series in order to ensure the project is completed on within four months.
Also, the split tasks should not consume similar resources to ensure that there is no delay due to the sharing of the limited resources among the activities.
Therefore, the process of ordering different supplies consumes a significant number of days. Ordering the supplies in advance will assist to reduce the project duration.
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Shortening the Critical path
Sequential tasks should become parallel to reduce the impact of delay to obtain permits.
Also, sequential dependencies will be made partial dependencies.
The project require more resources to increase the working hours.
All the activities are reviewed and time allocation readjusted.
The time allocated to long activities such which require ordering supplies.
Effective change management will improve the outcome.
Performing activities sequentially such as inspection and project sign-off will assist to reduce the project timeline.
Changing sequential dependencies such as ordering suppliers in advance will assist to shorten the critical path.
Framing and drywall activities require additional budget to crash the schedule.
In addition, the number of days allocated to succeeding activities can be reduced to reduce the project timeline.
There is need for all the stakeholders to manage changes that may occur during the project’s timeline to ensure there is no delay.
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Adjusted tasks on the Critical Path
| Activity | Reduced number of days | |
| 1 | Framing–Order supplies | 3 |
| 2 | Plumbing project sign-off | 1 |
| 3 | Drywall project sign-off | 1 |
| 4 | Workbenches order supplies | 2 |
| 5 | Workbenches project sign-off | 1 |
| 6 | Pay contractors | 1 |
| 7 | Archive documentation | 3 |
| 8 | Lessons learned | 1 |
| Total | 14 days |
Reducing the number of activities on the critical path can minimize the project delay by 14 days.
Framing-order supplies should be placed earlier in order to save the three days on the critical path.
Plumbing project-sign –off should be carried on the last day of plumbing inspection to save one day. Also, the drywall project sign off will be carried out after the same day with drywall inspection to reduce the project timeline by one day.
The workbenches suppliers order to reduce the project schedule by two days and workbenches project sign-off can be performed on the last day of quality inspection to reduce the project timeline by one day.
In addition, paying contractors on the they are released will save one day.
Finally, the archiving documentation and lesson leant activities will take place within the time allocated for final report in order to reduce the project schedule by four days.
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The Best Course of Action
There is need to reduce the number of activities on the critical path.
The crash program require an additional budget.
There is no change in the project scope.
Reducing the number of days should will compromise the quality.
Continuous monitoring of the tasks to ensure they are completed as per the schedule.
Readjusting the number of days allocated to activities on critical path is cost-effective.
The new schedule require the support of all stakeholders.
The most cost effective way to ensure the project is completed according to the schedule is to shorten the critical path through task splitting to ensure some activities are performed earlier.
Crashing will require additional resources in order to carryout the framing and drywall activities shortest time possible.
According to the nature of the project, there is no change in the project scope.
The readjusted activities duration does not compromise the quality of the project.
There is need for clear communication between the contractors, project manager, and other stakeholders to ensure all tasks are completed as planned.
Reducing the number of activities on the critical path will assist to overcome the time constraint at a lower cost compared to hiring a new contractors to assist in framing and drywall jobs.
The projected can be completed as per the schedule despite the delay in obtaining permits and extension of framing and drywall jobs given that there is support from all stakeholders
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References
Burnett, K. (2012). The Project Management Paradigm. London: Springer Science & Business Media.
Snedaker, S. (2013). Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning for IT Professionals. New York : Elsevier.
