Topic : Project Management
Details:
1. Critically evaluate five factors that generally contribute to project failure
2. Table indicates the sequence and interdependence of the 10 activities (A - K) which together are required to develop a bespoke system. The durations (in weeks) of each of the activities are given in the table
Table
|
Activity
|
Description
|
Duration (wks)
|
Precedence
|
|
A
|
Requirement Gathering
|
27
|
-
|
|
B
|
Business Analysis
|
24
|
-
|
|
C
|
Systems Analysis
|
21
|
-
|
|
D
|
Coding
|
21
|
A
|
|
E
|
Unit Test
|
22
|
B
|
|
F
|
Module Testing
|
27
|
C
|
|
G
|
Systems Testing
|
22
|
F
|
|
H
|
User Acceptance Testing
|
22
|
G,E
|
|
J
|
Implementation
|
22
|
H
|
|
K
|
Handover
|
23
|
D, J
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assume that there is a delay of 3 weeks in completing activity H. Analyse one action that the Operations Manager could take to avoid exceeding the current length of the critical path.
No# of Pages: 4 pages (1,000 words)
Paper Style:Oxford
No# of Sources Required:12