Before You Start
You now need to estimate the work effort in hours and compute the durations and labor costs associated with each of the subtasks.
Table 1 shows the tasks, activities, subtasks, and the estimate assigned to the subtasks, and the cost per hour of the resource assigned to the subtasks.
Task | Activity | Subtask | Task Estimate (in days) |
Cost per Hour/Day | Who |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.1 Develop a training course |
1.1.1 Design the course |
1.1.1.1. Establish goals for the course | 6 | $200/$1600 | Project Manager |
1.1.1.2. Identify objectives for the course | 9 | $160/$1280 | Subject Matter Experts | ||
1.1.1.3. Create high level design | 9 | $140/$1120 | Designer | ||
1.1.1.4. Validate high level desing | 6 | $140/$1220 | Designer | ||
1.1.1.5. Create technical desing | 9 | $140/$1220 | Designer | ||
1.1.1.6. Validate technical desing | 6 | $140/$1220 | Designer | ||
1.1.2. Develop the course |
1.1.2.1. Create content | 30 | $125/$1000 | Writer | |
1.1.2.2. Create Media | 15 | $150/$1200 | Writer | ||
1.1.2.3. Review and edit content | 9 | $150/$1200 | Writer | ||
1.1.2.4. Create kitting profile for student handout | 9 | $125/$1000 | Writer | ||
1.1.2.5. Create kitting profile for instructor handout | 9 | $125/$1000 | Writer | ||
1.2 Conduct pilot | 1.2.1 Train the instructors |
1.2.1.1. Identify the instructors | 6 | $200/$1600 | Project Manager |
1.2.1.2 Train the instructors | 9 | $200/$1600 | Project Manager |
Table 2 shows the duration of the "Develop the Course" activity for the project at 100% availability and at 75% availability with 80% productivity. It also shows the labor costs at 100% productivity and 80% productivity. Notice how the duration and the costs increase as the availability and the productivity decrease.
Activity | Subtask | Task Estimate (in days) |
Cost per Hour/Day | Resource | Duration 100% Available | Duration 75% Available 80% Prod |
Cost (Labor) 100% Prod | Cost (Labor) 80% Prod |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.1.2 Develop the course | 1.1.2.1. | 30 | $125/$1000 | Writer | 30 days | 50 days | $30,000 | $37,500 |
1.1.2.2. | 15 | $150/$1200 | Writer | 15 days | 25 days | $18,000 | $22,500 | |
1.1.2.3. | 9 | $150/$1200 | Editor | 9 days | 15 days | $10,800 | $13,500 | |
1.1.2.4. | 9 | $125/$1000 | Writer | 9 days | 15 days | $9,000 | $11,250 | |
1.1.2.5. | 9 | $125/$1000 | Writer | 9 days | 15 days | $9,000 | $11,250 |
The formula used for duration at 75% availability and 80% productivity is:
Duration = Task estimate/Productivity = Task estimate/.80
Availability .75
The formula used for the labor cost at 80% productivity is:
Cost = Task estimate x Unit Cost = Task estimate x Cost per day
Productivity .80
Note: if you only pay people for the hours they work, the availability is 100% and is not taken into account when calculating cost.
Your Assignment
Based on the information in Table 1, the examples in Table 2, and using the formulas above, calculate the durations and labor costs (as per Table 2) associated with the following subtasks:
1.1.1.2. Identify the objectives for the course
1.2.1.1. Identify the instructors
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