Nightingale Case 9.3 Textbook File (4)

Nightingale Project—A from Textbook You are the assistant project manager to Rassy Brown, who is in charge of the Nightingale project. Nightingale was the code name given to the development of a handheld electronic medical reference guide. Nightingale would be designed for emergency medical technicians and paramedics who need a quick reference guide to use in emergency situations. Rassy and her project team were developing a project plan aimed at producing 30 working models in time for MedCON, the biggest medical equipment trade show each year. Meeting the MedCON October 25 deadline was critical to success. All the major medical equipment manufacturers demonstrated and took orders for new products at MedCON. Rassy had also heard rumors that competitors were considering developing a similar product, and she knew that being first to market would have a significant sales advantage. Besides, top management made funding contingent upon developing a workable plan for meeting the MedCON deadline. The project team spent the morning working on the schedule for Nightingale. They started with the WBS and developed the information for a network, adding activities when needed. Then the team added the time estimates they had collected for each activity. Following is the preliminary information for activities with dura- tion time and predecessors: Activity Description Duration Predecessor 1 Architectural decisions 10 none 2 Internal specifications 20 1 3 External specifications 18 1 4 Feature specifications 15 1 5 Voice recognition 15 2,3 6 Case 4 2,3 7 Screen 2 2,3 8 Speaker output jacks 2 2,3 9 Tape mechanism 2 2,3 10 Database 40 4 11 Microphone/soundcard 5 4 12 Pager 4 4 13 Barcode reader 3 4 14 Alarm clock 4 4 15 Computer I/O 5 4 16 Review design 10 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 17 Price components 5 5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 18 Integration 15 16,17 19 Document design 35 16 20 Procure prototype components 20 18 21 Assemble prototypes 10 20 22 Lab test prototypes 20 21 23 Field test prototypes 20 19,22 24 Adjust design 20 23 25 Order stock parts 15 24