You have been asked to take over the creation of a customer database for the Lynn Ice Hockey team. The previous team dropped the ball, so you must take over and fix the mistakes. To properly lay this out, you will split the project into four phases; System Design, Programming, Testing, Integration. To implement a measure of security, each team will have a code name; Able, Bake, Charlie, Delta. The parameters of the project are as follows:

The tasks, team, percentage of completion, and duration are all you need to input. The Start date has been calculated for you as the date of the project start. The end date is calculated for you as the task start date plus duration.

TASK	TEAM ASSIGNED TO	PROGRESS (% OF COMPLETION)	Duration
System Design
Assign ID Numbers	Able	50%	3
Gather Data	Able	60%	2
Develop Structure	Able	50%	4
Normalize Design	Able	25%	5
Finalize Design	Able		2
Programming
Partition Disk Space	Baker	0%	1
Program Database	Baker	0%	10
Secure Database	Baker		3
Implement Structure	Baker		5
Create Forms	Baker		3
Testing
Input Test Data	Charlie		5
Penetration Testing	Charlie		1
Input Real Data	Charlie		15
Verify Data	Charlie		3
Secure Data	Charlie		1
Integration
Integrate Database	Delta		1
Integrate Data Structure	Delta		2
Alpha Test	Delta		3
Beta Test	Delta		3
Train data entry specialists	Delta		15

 

Questions

1. What is the absolute earliest you can complete this project using the traditional waterfall technique? That is, each task must be completed before the next one can begin.
2. What is the duration for each of the phases of the project?
3. What is the total duration if we use the waterfall technique?
4. Are there tasks that can be completed while others are in progress? If so, which ones?
5. This project must be completed by 12/24 because we don’t want to work on Christmas. How many days can we take off for Thanksgiving and still get the project competed on time?