BUS 611 Assignment Data Driven Decision Making Using

Microsoft Excel (Roto Air)

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Data-Driven Decision Making Using Microsoft Excel This
assignment must be completed and submitted using a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet (.xls). Provide a source for each equation you use.
Sources must be listed at the bottom of the spreadsheet. No title page
or additional formatting is required. 1. Channels of Communication o
It has been estimated that project managers spend up to 90% of their
time communicating and your position at Roto Air is typical.
Calculate the number of possible channels of communication if the
project team were to grow to nine members, Important: show your
work. o The total number of stakeholders, including the project team,
is estimated at 75 people. Calculate how many more possible channels
of communication the additional stakeholders beyond the team
members represent. Important: show your work. 2. Benefit Cost Ratio
(BCR) o Roto Air plans to spend $1,000,000 on this project, resulting
in a total savings of $2,500,000 over the life of the project. Calculate
the Benefit Cost Ratio. Important: show your work. Ignore any effects
of the time value of money. o Roto Air also considered another
project that would have partially satisfied their needs. It would have
required a $750,000 investment and would result in a savings of
$125,000 per year for 10 years. Calculate the Benefit Cost Ratio.
Important: show your work. Ignore any effects of the time value of
money. o Comparing only the BCRs, explain which project should
Roto Air should have chosen. Ignore any effects of the time value of
money. 3. Payback Period o Calculate the payback period for the
$1,000,000 investment shown above. Important: show your work.
Ignore any effects of the time value of money. o Calculate the
payback period for the $750,000 investment shown above. Important:
show your work. Ignore any effects of the time value of money. o
Comparing only on the payback periods, explain which project should
Roto Air have chosen. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
4. Net Present Value (NPV) o Calculate the Net Present Value of
Roto Airs $1,000,000 investment with a $250,000 annual savings for
10 years when the interest rate averages 3% annually. Important:
show your work.
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BUS 611 Assignment Project Management Software (Roto

Air)
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Project Management Software Scenario Roto Air has decided to use
Smartsheet as the software for project management and collaboration.
The Quick Drop 100 Transition team will be the first to use it. You
will enter into a self-teaching exercise based on selected project
information that will be provided to you. In preparation you will need
to navigate to smartsheet.com and create a free trial account good for
30 days. Assignment: Project Management Software This is a
learning exercise using data provided to you. Please do not enter
different or additional data. The software is user friendly and quite
intuitive. Complete the following steps: 1. Navigate to
smartsheet.com. 2. Login using your email address and individual
password. 3. Using the Create New tab at the upper left, open a New
Project Sheet. 4. Save the sheet as Quick Drop 100 Transition and
your last name. 5. Under Task Name for row 1, enter Kickoff
Meeting. Note: Rolling over the icons in the left hand column under
Home reveals the function of the button. Find and hit the Wrap button
to display the full text of any entry. 6. Enter 1 in Duration. (Durations
have been set to display days). 7. Enter todays date under Start. 8.
Enter your first name under Assigned To. Note: Depending on your
view, you may have to slide the right side vertical border of the
Predecessors column to the right to view the Assigned To column. 9.
Enter Order Long Lead Items as Task Name 2. Then enter
Predecessors 1. 10. Enter Write Specifications for Rotor Forming
Machine as Task Name 3. Hit the Indent Right icon. Then enter
Duration 2, Predecessors 1, Assigned To Jackie. 11. Enter Send
Requests for Proposals as Task Name 4. Then enter Duration 1,
Predecessors 3, Assigned To Jackie. 12. Enter Evaluate Proposals as
Task Name 5. Then enter Duration 1, Predecessors 4, Assigned To
Your First Name. 13. Enter Forward Purchase Requisition to
Purchasing as Task Name 6. Then enter Duration 1, Predecessors 5,
Assigned To Jackie. 14. Enter Write Product Assembly Manual as
Task Name 7. Then enter Duration 12, Predecessors 1. Hit the Indent
Left icon. 15. Enter Gather Engineering Specifications as Task Name
8. Hit the Indent Right icon. Then enter Duration 2, Assigned To
John. 16. Enter Write Mechanical Instructions as Task Name 9. Then
enter Duration 5, Predecessors 8, Assigned To John. 17. Enter Write
Electrical Instructions as Task Name 10. Then enter Duration 4,
Predecessors 8, Assigned To Jose. 18. Enter Write Test Instructions as
Task Name 11. Then enter Duration 4, Predecessors 9, 10, Assigned
To Shawn. 19. Enter Release Manual For Reproduction as Task Name
12. Then enter Duration 1, Predecessors 11, Assigned To John. If all
went well you will have an indented Work Breakdown Schedule
(WBS), task durations, task start and finish dates, a list of owners and
a Gantt chart showing a clear visual display of your project.
Congratulations on your first use of a powerful new tool! Hint: Your
data was entered correctly if the Duration on line 2 is 5 and on line 7
is 12. These values are calculated by the software and cannot be
entered manually.
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 BUS 611 Week 1 Assignment Manufacture Location
Transition (Roto Air)
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Scenario: Roto Air You will be working with the following scenario
throughout this course. You are free to make reasonable assumptions
when facts have not been provided, but do state them as you complete
the assignments. You are a project manager for Roto Air, Inc., a
successful manufacturer of autonomous rotorcraft (drone helicopters)
headed by CEO Jackie Copperfield. You work at the research and
development facility in central New York and have been given the
assignment of transitioning the manufacturing processes for the
newest product, the Quick Drop 100, to its permanent manufacturing
site in central Florida. The Florida plant is non-union, has lower
property taxes, and lower utility costs than the New York location.
You will be sharing an existing building owned by Roto Air and used
for assembly of other similar products. While floor space has been
allocated for your product, the specialized machinery and tools must
be procured. One of these machines is to be custom built and has a
lead time of 5 months. Normal support functions such as human
resources, facility maintenance, and manufacturing engineering are
already available in Florida. A manual with the product assembly
instructions and specifications is needed for training the new
manufacturing technicians and will remain your responsibility to
complete. An appropriate budget of $1M has been approved for first
year transition costs. Annual savings from the move are expected to
be $250,000 per year. The budget is controlled by John Golden, plant
manager in Florida. Manufacturing is scheduled to start in the new
location six months from today. You have a well-qualified team of
four other employees that are free to travel as needed from their New
York home to Florida. Although the team members have worked on
many projects, they have not worked together before. Team members
are Jackie, Ken, Jose, and Shawn. Upon successful transition you will
return to your responsibilities in New York. Assignment: This week
you will complete the project charter. Various publications and
organizations have differing contents for a charter; however you will
be working with the outline preferred by Roto Air. Using the
information provided, complete the steps below. Compose a business
case for transitioning the product to Florida. Prepare a scope
statement for the transition project. Identify the most logical project
sponsor and justify your choice with at least two supporting reasons.
Identify the top level project schedule. Identify the overall budget.
Specifies at least one state or national safety standard that the
manufacturing operation must comply with and explain the reason for
its selection. Your paper must be 900 to 1200 words in length (not
including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according
to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. Contextual
(Level One) headings must be used to organize your paper and your
thoughts. You must cite at least two scholarly sources from the
Ashford Online Library in addition to the textbook. Carefully review
the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your
assignment.
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BUS 611 Week 2 Assignment Project Kickoff Meeting

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Project Kick-off Meeting [CLOs: 2,3]. Due by Day 7. Note that we
are continuing with our scenario from Week One. This week you
travel to the Roto Air plant in Florida to hold the project kick-off
meeting. In preparation for the meeting: a. Identify at least three
categories of stakeholders that should be invited. b. Remembering that
interested parties are in both New York and Florida: i. Select three
methods of communicating with the attendees. ii. Describe the best
method of holding the meeting that also limits travel costs. c.
Describe at least three team building exercises that could be used
during the meeting. d. Before leaving the office, Shawn mentions that
her husband is employed as a sales representative by the manufacturer
of one of the needed machines. i. After reviewing the Project
Management Institutes (PMI) Code of Conduct, specify which
potential violation exists. ii. As the team leader, describe how you
expect Shawn to proceed regarding this issue. iii. Explain what action
you would recommend to Shawns husband. The paper Must be 900
to 1200 words in length, double-spaced (not including title and
references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in
the Ashford Writing Center. Contextual (Level One) headings must
be used to organize your paper and thoughts. Must include a
separate title page with the following: o Title of paper 17 BUS611
Project Planning and Management COURSE GUIDE o Students
name o Course name and number o Instructors name o Date
submitted Must use at least two scholarly sources from the Ashford
Online Library in addition to the course text. Must document all
sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to
APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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BUS 611 Week 4 Assignment Risk Status Report and Paper

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isk Status Report and Paper [CLOs: 5, 6] Scenario The Quick Drop
100 transition team has met to identify project risks, explore
contingency plans, and assign owners to watch for symptoms and
address the risks. The team surfaced the following information: Julie
is scheduled for a one week vacation during month three of the
project. The supplier of a common set of hand tools for the
manufacturing floor notified the Roto Air Purchasing department that
the tools will not be available until one month after manufacturing is
scheduled to start. Alternative suppliers are available. The Human
Resources department has indicated that despite their best recruiting
efforts the two openings for skilled welders have resulted in no
qualified local applicants. The manufacturer of the custom-built rotor
forming machine now expects to be one month past the last
acceptable date for installing the machine. No other suppliers exist for
this item. Roto Air uses a Just In Time (JIT) delivery system for
major components used at the Florida plant. Hurricane season often
interrupts or delays deliveries during one of the scheduled months of
the project. Assignment Instructions This week you will be essentially
doing two related assignment in one MS Word document. The first
part is a status report. The second part is an academic paper. Part 1
Status Report: Prepare a simple status report for senior management
by creating a table within a MS Word. For each of the five risks:
Determine if each risk should be classified as low, medium, or high
based on its impact to the project. Differentiate the risk classifications
in the table using green, yellow, and red shading to produce a status
report that immediately signals the severity of the impact without
reading the details. Describe one plausible risk response for each of
the risks. Identify a team member to be responsible for monitoring
each risk. Part 2 Academic Paper: Write a paper that reviews the risks
and explains the options a project manager has available to lessen the
effects of risk. These include acceptance, avoidance, control
(mitigation), and transfer. Your paper must be 900 to 1,200 words in
length (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
Contextual (Level One) headings must be used to organize your paper
and your thoughts. You must cite at least two scholarly sources from
the Ashford Online Library, in addition to the textbook. Carefully
review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate
your assignment.
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BUS 611 Week 6 Final Paper Selling Project Management

Report (Roto Air)
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Week 6 Final Paper Selling Project Management Report Your new
knowledge of project management and experience at Roto Air has
earned you a promotion to a senior project manager. Roto Air has
recently purchased a smaller company that is the current supplier of
electromechanical assemblies used in the Quick Drop 100. After
your first visit to the new company you find that there is no formal
project management system in use and that local management is not
aware of the advantages of using project management principles.
Your assignment is to educate the new management team and prepare
them to welcome and integrate project management skills and tools
into their operations. To do so, you will prepare a persuasive, factual
report that: 1. Defines a project and project management and
differentiates routine operations. 2. Explains the benefits to the
business of using project management methodology. 3. Describes the
role and importance of a project sponsor. 4. Examines the benefits of
using project teams and methods of developing them and improving
communications. 5. Outlines the project life cycle. 6. Examines the
importance of a project charter and its role in preventing scope creep.
7. Justifies the need for using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). 8.
Explains the importance of holding a kick off meeting. 9. Summarizes
the benefits and uses of project management software. 10. Examines
the benefits of professional certification and the role of ethics in
project management. 11. Describes the importance of identifying and
mitigating risk in projects. 12. Relates and gives examples of data
driven decision making. 13. Recommends whether a PMO is needed.
14. Discusses the role of collecting and publicizing lessons learned.
15. Summarize your recommendations. Your paper must be 3500 to
4500 words in length (not including title and reference pages) and
must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved
APA style guide. Contextual (Level One)
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