Section 1 – E-Mail to Alex conveying project duration and critical tasks Hi Alex, Based on the task details provided, a project plan for the UltraMAX Testing Project has been created. The total duration of the project as can be seen from the project summary report is 140 days, with the project completion date as 3rd September 2010. The tasks that are on the critical path, and which should be managed very closely to ensure that there are no delays to ensure that there is no schedule slippage are : identify target consumers, recruit test subjects, screen test subjects, finalize test subjects, prepare placebo, test the subjects, input actual data into database, analyze actual data and prepare findings report. The critical tasks report for the project is attached below for your reference

Section 2: Project Overview, Project Status and Resource Leveling The project in scope is the product testing and analysis for UltraMAX to determine suitability for women customers, where NutroBalance as part of its strategic goals have decided to expand the Ultra product line to include new customer segments. The scope of the project therefore entails detailed end to end activities to effectively plan, facilitate, test, analyze and then report findings using which the company can make decisions for the new product. The timeline for the project is expected to be 140 days given that this is a key strategic project that must be completed fast, with the project start date being February 22, 2010. In terms of the current project status, the project planned start date is February 22, 2010, expected completion date is September 3, 2010 with the total duration of the project being 140 days. There are four resources identified, Sarah, Robert, Tony and Lisa who would work on the project, apart from the project manager. The estimated cost of the budget based on the costs of the