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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) 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 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.
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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 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)
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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 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 17
BUS611 Project Planning and Management COURSE GUIDE 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
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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
electro¬mechanical 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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