Case 1: POM+ Project*
EM 480—Project Management
30 October 2014
By Adam Ribeiro, Ben Paprocki, Stephen Pietsch, Nicholas Miller

Part 1
Based on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), the POM+ Project will take 142 working days to complete. With a project start date of January 3, 2012 the project is estimated to be complete July 26, 2012. To compensate for over-allocation of resources and project constraints, the POM+ Project WBS includes leveling efforts to enhance the project scope and stay within budget. The POM+ Project team capitalized on the total slack within the project's schedule to optimize project resource management. The POM+ Project initially had 50 days of total slack to select distributors. Based on the initial WBS and critical path network diagram, Marketing, Research and Development, Engineering, and Production resources were over allocated. Through redesigning the WBS, the select distributors’ task now has six days of total slack allowing the marketing team members to focus their attention on other critical tasks. ID | Task Name | Duration | Start | Finish | Total Slack | Free Slack | Late Start | Late Finish | 1 | POM+ Project | 135 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Thu 7/12/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Thu 7/12/12 | 2 | R & D Product Development | 45 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 3 | Need Survey | 20 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 1/31/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Tue 1/3/12 | Tue 1/31/12 | 4 | Set Product Specs | 15 days | Wed 2/1/12 | Tue 2/21/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Wed 2/1/12 | Tue 2/21/12 | 5 | Shelf Life Report | 10 days | Wed 2/22/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 0 days | 0 days | Wed 2/22/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 6 | Nutrition Report | 5 days | Wed 2/22/12 | Tue 2/28/12 | 5 days | 5 days | Wed 2/29/12 | Tue 3/6/12 | 7 | Secure Fruit Suppliers | 20 days | Wed 3/7/12 | Tue 4/3/12 |