Question

Your organization is preparing a new marketing campaign. The test marketing project plan and the information reported at the end of week 6 are presented in the table below: Duration (weeks) Activity Predecessors Budget, $ Actual Cost, $ % Complete 400 200 a: Build items b: Supply stores c: Create ad program d: Schedule ads e: Check sale results 180 300 Solo bc 200 Ignore the last column "% complete" and use the rule 50-50 percent completion rule for the EV. It means that you can estimate that 50% of the budget is used when a task is underway and the remaining of the budget will be accounted for at completion. Use a table such as the one shown below to report your results. Task Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk3 Durations > Completion AC 2 100 Values Total PV 300 400 EV 300 PV 200 180 200 PV 250 AC 300 250 EV 600 400 EV300 PV 400 AC 200 EV200 1750 AC 1480 EV12501 Total Cumulative AC EV SV

Answer 1

Answers for a. b. and c.

Task total wk1 Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 wk7 Wk8 duration % complet 300 150 200 150 2 100 300 400 300 200 180 200 250 400 300 200 2001 180 2001 180 200 250 250 300 300 250 300 250 250 300 200 150 200 400 300 400 200 200 1750 1480 1250 100 100 1250 1180 1000 Total Total Total Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative cost var CV (EV-AC) Sch var SV (EV-PV) CPI (EV/AC) SPI (EV/PV) 180 -250 85% 80% 1180 885 1680 TV ETC (BAC-EV)/CPI EAC [AC+(BAC-EV)]