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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)
3. 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.

4. 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.
5. Comparing only the BCRs, explain which project should Roto Air
should have chosen. Ignore any effects of the time value of money.
6. 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.
7. Calculate the payback period for the $750,000 investment shown
above. Important: show your work. Ignore any effects of the time
value of money.
8. Comparing only on the payback periods, explain which project
should Roto Air have chosen. Ignore any effects of the time value
of money.
9. Calculate the Net Present Value of Roto Air’s $1,000,000
investment with a $250,000 annual savings for 10 years when the
interest rate averages 3% annually. Important: show your work.
10. Payback Period
11. Net Present Value (NPV)
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BUS 611 Assignment Project Management
Software (Roto Air)

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 today’s 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)

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
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 Institute’s (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 Shawn’s 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
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o Student’s name
o Course name and number
o Instructor’s 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
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)
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)
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)
must cite at least eight
professional and/or scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

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