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Project Management Orientation

Before You Start  

You now need to estimate the work effort in hours and compute the durations and labor costs associated with each of the subtasks.
  
Table 1 shows the tasks, activities, subtasks, and the estimate assigned to the subtasks, and the cost per hour of the resource assigned to the subtasks.

Task Activity Subtask Task
Estimate
(in days)
Cost per Hour/Day Who
1.1 Develop
a training course
1.1.1
Design
the
course
1.1.1.1. Establish goals for the course 6 $200/$1600 Project Manager
1.1.1.2. Identify objectives for the course 9 $160/$1280 Subject Matter Experts
1.1.1.3. Create high level design 9 $140/$1120 Designer
1.1.1.4. Validate high level desing 6 $140/$1220 Designer
1.1.1.5. Create technical desing 9 $140/$1220 Designer
1.1.1.6. Validate technical desing 6 $140/$1220 Designer
1.1.2.
Develop
the
course
1.1.2.1. Create content 30 $125/$1000 Writer
1.1.2.2. Create Media 15 $150/$1200 Writer
1.1.2.3. Review and edit content 9 $150/$1200 Writer
1.1.2.4. Create kitting profile for student handout 9 $125/$1000 Writer
1.1.2.5. Create kitting profile for instructor handout 9 $125/$1000 Writer
1.2 Conduct pilot 1.2.1
Train
the
instructors
1.2.1.1. Identify the instructors 6 $200/$1600 Project Manager
1.2.1.2 Train the instructors 9 $200/$1600 Project Manager


Table 2 shows the duration of the "Develop the Course" activity for the project at 100% availability and at 75% availability with 80% productivity.  It also shows the labor costs at 100% productivity and 80% productivity.  Notice how the duration and the costs increase as the availability and the productivity decrease.

Activity Subtask Task Estimate
(in days)
Cost per Hour/Day Resource Duration 100% Available Duration 75% Available
80% Prod
Cost (Labor) 100% Prod Cost (Labor) 80% Prod
1.1.2 Develop the course 1.1.2.1. 30 $125/$1000 Writer 30 days 50 days $30,000 $37,500
1.1.2.2. 15 $150/$1200 Writer 15 days 25 days $18,000 $22,500
1.1.2.3. 9 $150/$1200 Editor 9 days 15 days $10,800 $13,500
1.1.2.4. 9 $125/$1000 Writer 9 days 15 days $9,000 $11,250
1.1.2.5. 9 $125/$1000 Writer 9 days 15 days $9,000 $11,250


The formula used for duration at 75% availability and 80% productivity is:
  
  Duration  =  Task estimate/Productivity   =    Task estimate/.80
                                Availability                                   .75  
  
The formula used for the labor cost at 80% productivity is: 
   
  Cost  =  Task estimate  x  Unit Cost   =  Task estimate  x  Cost per day
                             Productivity                             .80
  
Note: if you only pay people for the hours they work, the availability is 100% and is not taken into account when calculating cost.
  

Your Assignment
  

Based on the information in Table 1, the examples in Table 2, and using the formulas above, calculate the durations and labor costs (as per Table 2) associated with the following subtasks:
  
1.1.1.2.  Identify the objectives for the course 
1.2.1.1.  Identify the instructors
  

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1: Getting Started
2: Define the Project Team
3: Team Management
4: Identify and Validate Requirements
5: Create Decomposition Structures
6: Risk Management
7: Project Estimates
8: Project Schedules
9: Change Management
10: Project Control and Execution
Defining the Project
11: Project Management Review
12: Project Closeout
13: Project Management Tool Suite
14: Self-Assessment and Final Exam
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