What is the project expected cost for the total project

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1. Risk Likelihood

A product improvement project involves an existing product (M), with minor complexity (C), and is dependent for schedule on an existing system (D). Therefore,

M = 0.1, C = 0.3, D = 0.3

(as reference Risk Assessment Calculations document, Likelihood table).

Consider that criteria are weighted as follows:

M is (0.5), C is (0.3), D is (0.2), therefore W1 = 0.5, W2 = 0.3, W3 = 0.2

Calculate the Composite Likelihood Factor (CLF).

2. Risk Impact

A product test failure is expected to have a minor impact on overall technical performance and be correctable within 2 months at a cost of 10 percent. Therefore,

TI = 0.3, CI = 0.5, SI = 0.5

(as per reference Risk Assessment Calculations document, Impact table).

Consider that criteria are weighted as follows:

TI is Moderate (0.5), CI is Minor (0.3), SI is Low (0.2) therefore W1 = 0.5, W2 = 0.3, W3 = 0.2

Calculate the Composite Impact Factor (CIF).

3. Risk Consequence Rating

Use the previous problems (#1 Risk Likelihood and #2 Risk Impact) and calculate the Risk Consequence Rating (RCR).

5. Risk Time (RT), Risk Cost (RC), Expected Time (ET), Expected Cost (EC). Critical Path (L - V - R - C)

WBS Element	Critical Path (CP)	BEC	BTE (Week)	Corrective Cost	Corrective Time (Week)	Likelihood
L	CP	$20,000	9	$4,000	2	0.2
V	CP	$16,000	8	$4,000	2	0.3
T		$32,000	5	$8,000	2	01
U		$20,000	7	$12,000	3	0.2
S		$15,000	3	$4000	1	0.3
J		$12₆000	3	$4,000	1	0.1
R	CP	$10,000	4	$4,000	3	0.3
C	CP	$15,000	6	$5,000	2	0.3
		$147,000	27

BCE = total cost
BTE = total duration based on critical path

Below is a table with calculated Risk Time (RT) and Risk Cost (RC) for all the WBS elements (individual values and total values). These calculations are based on the information in the table above.

WBS ELEMENT	RC in dollars (corrective time x likelihood)	RT in weeks (corrective time x likelihood)
L	$800	0.4 weeks CP
V	1,200	0.6 CP
T	80	0.2
U	2,400	0.6
S	1,200	0.3
J	400	0.1
R	1,200	0.9 CP
C	1,500	0.6 CP
TOTAL	$8,780.00	3.7(CP = 2.5)

Given the information in the tables above. Hint: Use the critical path for RT (L - V - R - C_ .

a) What is the project expected cost (EC) for the total project?
b) What is the project expected time (ET) for the total project?

4. Decision Tree

An author decides to write a book. Historical data indicates that if the market is strong, gross sales will be $1 Million. If the market is weak, the gross sales will be only $50,000. There is a 70% chance of a strong market and a 30% chance of a weak market.

The author must decide whether to use a publisher or self-publish the book himself. If he self-published the book, all the sales go to himself as the author. If he uses a published, the publisher will receive 10% royalty on sales.

The decision tree for the problem is shown below. Determine:

a) The expected value for the publisher branch/option.

b) The expected value for the self-publishing branch/option.

c) Which branch/option should the author take?

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