Question

Complete the following items for this assignment: 1. Read through the Case 13.1 Tree Trimming Project Case in Larson and Gray. Respond to Questions 1 and 2 of the case. Use Microsoft Excel to complete this item and include all calculations in your Excel file. Note that showing all calculations in Excel is required. 2. Complete Appendix Exercise 2 at end of Chapter 13 in Larson and Gray. Specifically, complete the table on pp. 509-510 in the textbook (note th SPI and CPI can be determined after the table is completed). Assume that cumulative EV, PV, CV, SV, SPI and CPI values are needed. Also, complete the table at the top of p. 511. At the end of Period 5, what is the status of this project (be specific)? 3. Discuss a strategy that you would use to communicate the status of the project to stakeholders. 4. Use Microsoft Excel to complete this item and include all calculations in your Excel file. Note that showing all calculations in Excel is required.

Answer 1

Answer As per the given information we can say that » wil is on the schedule. The money spend by the 5th day is directly Proportional to the labor of shearing his troos for the five days o - The estimates of the budget for 5 days also meet the amount of work done. → By the 5th day the crow shearing the fields have completed 25% of the total task/job to be completed. - This is said by taking or considering the Percentage of the work done ie (6000 trees) over the whole project work ire (Quooo trees) - This is the very first payout of wil to the workers - The money to be paid is 25% of budgeted cost of scheduled work. - If this trend is to be continued to the end of projet, wil will have completed ie in the work time and paid accomplished the workers in full. > This shows the planned value of Shearing field and wil would pay his crew by the end when they finish shearing.

2. Wil can set up the schedule to finish the tasks in a less demanding way by regular checkpoints and milestones accompli. shed by the end of period. The milestones should be come with a set of ideas of deliverables to measure the work done For example the milestone can be as five and days deliverables as can be no. of trees he wants to be shorn.com we can say that when there is a certain amount of difference of cost incurred for a certain amount of work accomplished (to be and the actual budget is called cost varian -ce. This shows by which degree is the Project completed or falling behind in the estimated budget drawn one of