Discussion Questions Xcd
1. Discuss the concept of the work package as an insurance policy. How is it an insurance policy, and what might it contain that would make it an insurance policy?
2. You have two choices for a resource to work on a programming task.
■■ One choice is Harry. He is the most skilled programmer in the company and is therefore in constant demand. As a result, he is usually assigned to several projects at the same time. He is available to your project on a half-time basis. He currently has commitments to two other projects for the remaining half of his time.
■ Your other choice is actually a team of two programmers, both of whom have average skills. They are recent hires into the company and have never worked together before. They could each be assigned to your project quarter-time. This would be the only project they would be working on. The remainder of their time will be spent in training.
Which choice would you make and why? Are there conditions under which one choice would be preferred over the other? Be specific.
Case Study
You have already done a WBS based on the case and placed time values on each of the tasks. As the vendor project manager on this project, what assumptions have you made on resources that will give you a good chance to bring this project in on time? Give your costs for your resources, and show when they will be used based on the current WBS. Do this in MS Project.
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