What do you think about Deva’s approach to scheduling the move and estimating the costs

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Project Management
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• Project Management
• Q1.What happened to this project? Prepare a list
  of the factors that contributed to Revcons
  failure to obtain the product the wanted. For
  each factor, discuss what might have been done
  differently
• Q2.What went wrong with the project?
• Q3.Where were mistakes made in the project
  initially?

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• Q4.How were problems allowed to persist and go
  uncorrected for so long?
• Q5. What is your opinion of Seans approach to
  creating a WBS and estimating project costs?
• Q6.What do you think about Devas approach to
  scheduling the move and estimating the costs?
• Q7.If you were Devas manager, would you consider
  her plan comprehensive?

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• Q8.How would you prepare a plan for the move and
  what would your plan include?
• Q9.Working at a normal rate, in how many days can
  the job be completed? What should the bid be on
  this basis if Petersen attempted to obtain a
  profit of 10 percent before federal income taxes?
• Q10.What is the shortest possible time in which
  the bid can be completed? What should the bid be
  on this basis if Petersen attempted to obtain a
  profit of 10 percent before federal income taxes?
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• Q11.If the job is obtained and the work is to be
  completed working at a normal rate, what portions
  of the work should be supervised most carefully
  to ensure that the job is completed on time? What
  portions of the work should be supervised most
  carefully if the contract is let on the basis of
  completing the job in the shortest possible time?
• Q12.If television station management felt that
  the estimated time for completing the job in the
  estimated time for completing the job in the
  shortest possible period of time was still too
  long, what could be done?

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• Q13.Assume that you must act on the information
  available in the case. If it was your choice, who
  would you select to manage the project Manengco,
  Roberta, or some one else? Explain.
• Q14.If you could get more information before
  making a choice, what would you want to know?

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