MIS478: Crashing Exercise
Project Management Individual Assignment: Crashing Exercise Learning Objectives At the end of this assignment, you should be able to: • Correctly crash a project schedule using information about the crashing budget and the cost of crashing for each activity; and • Discuss when the project can no longer be crashed and explain why. Due Date Please submit this assignment by Sunday, April 14th at 11:59 PM (AZ time). Assignment Overview This assignment is a replication of the exercise that the video lecture will cover. You should be able to do this on your own, but if you prefer, you are allowed to work with classmates. As usual, if you work together, the names of those who worked together should be listed on the submission. Each student, however, should submit his or her answers individually. If you work in teams, you must be able to do crashing on your own after this exercise. The figures and tables on the next page show the schedule of a project, the normal cost and duration of each activity, and also the cost of crashing for each activity. Now, if the total available budget for crashing is $300, which activities can be crashed and by how much? What is the total duration of the project at that time? Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents Page 2 of 4 Evaluation Criteria and Grading Rubric Assignment will be evaluated on the quality and completion of the crashing exercise. See below for rubric guidelines. Criteria Identification of activities that need to be crashed in each step (40%) Calculation of the incremental crashing cost (20%) Stop crashing at the correct step (20%) Derivation of the project duration at the end of crashing (10%) Derivation of the total crashing cost when crashing should stop (10%) 81% to 100% Credit All activities that need to be crashed in each step are correctly identified. The incremental crashing cost is calculated correctly. Crashing is stopped at the correct step. The correct project duration is derived at the end of crashing. The total crashing cost when crashing should stop is correctly derived. 51% to 80% Credit Most of the activities that need to be crashed in each step are correctly identified. The incremental crashing cost is calculated mostly correctly, with a few errors. — 50% Credit or Less Few to none of the activities that need to be crashed in each step are correctly identified. The incremental crashing cost is not calculated correctly. Project duration is derived somewhat correctly at the end of crashing. The total crashing cost when crashing should stop is derived somewhat correctly. Project duration is derived incorrectly at the end of crashing. Crashing is not stopped at the correct step. The total crashing cost when crashing should stop is incorrectly derived. Assignment Submission Instructions Save your answers in a Word document (.doc or .docx) using the following file convention: MIS478-Spring2024LastName-FirstName-CrashingExercise.docx. Make sure that you list all the classmates that you work with on this assignment. When your file is ready, please consider verifying the Turnitin similarity percentage following the instructions at https://studenthelp.intech.arizona.edu/article/85-check-work so you can make any adjustments before submitting your work. After completing the assignment, submit it for grading using the appropriate assignment drop box as indicated below. • • • • • • • Navigate to the Table of Contents -> Learning Modules -> Week 5 area of D2L. Click on the Crashing Exercise (individual assignment) drop box title. Click on the Add a File button. Find the file you would like to upload. If you are using the most current version of your internet browser, you can drag and drop the file into the target area of the Add a File window. You can also use the Upload button to browse for and select the file you would like to add. Once you have selected your file(s), click the Add button in the bottom, left corner of the window. Click on the Submit button to complete the file submission. Upon successful assignment submission, you will receive a confirmation email. For further details on submitting assignments, please refer to the https://studenthelp.intech.arizona.edu/article/311-submit-an-assignment web site. Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents Page 3 of 4 Please note: If you make a mistake (such as leaving out part of the assignment, send the wrong files, etc.) and the Assignment tool won’t let you submit, then you must contact the instructor and describe what happened. Assignment Feedback When the instructor has graded the assignment, you will be able to view your grade and feedback comments by clicking on Assignments (in the navigation bar toward the top of the screen). For details on viewing assignment grade and feedback, please refer to the https://studenthelp.intech.arizona.edu/article/312-view-feedback-andturniti-com-reports-on-assignments website. Copyright © Arizona Board of Regents Page 4 of 4
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