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10/13/2023

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Individual Assessment

Date Due: Tuesday, 31 Oct 2023 @ 11:59 p.m.

Submit: Submit your completed Assignment to the blackboard under the Assessment Folder. Worth: this assignment is worth 30% of your final grade.

Question 1:

Justify why project management knowledge and skills are essential nowadays.

Please add THREE (3) references to support your discussion.

Whenever you need to quote ideas and/or the quotes of any other author, you should acknowledge this using the Chicago referencing method (Chicago 17th B ed.)

Be approximately 550 to 600 words in length, excluding diagrams and references.

(12 Marks)

Question 2:

Develop a WBS (work breakdown structure) to write and publish a research study in a book with an international publisher; be sure to identify the deliverables and organisational units (people) responsible. Develop a corresponding OBS (organisation breakdown structure) that identifies who is responsible for what.

Please use ONLY MS word application for this question

For each WBS task, please list the resource(s)

There is no need to add the time and cost for each WBS task.

(12 Marks)

Question 3:

Given the network plan that follows, compute the early, late, and slack activity times; determine the planned project duration; and identify the critical path.

Id Description Predecessor Time

A Select personnel None 3

B Invite personnel None 5

C Budget OK? A 14

D Prepare materials A 5

E Engage instructor B 4

F Select date B 7

G Remind personnel D, E 8

H Start project C, F, G 5

(6 Marks)