MB16 THIRD SEMESTER MBA SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT EXAMINATION MARCH - 2015 Project Management TIME: 3HOURS MAX MARKS: 80 Section A Answer the following questions . 2X5 =10 1. What is EMAS? 2. How do you do environmental impact assessment? 3. Briefly explain Variance analysis? 4. What is DSS? 5. List the advantages of CAM? Section B Answer any six questions: 6X6= 36 1) What is Network crashing? When it is used? 2) Discuss the processes and techniques used in quality planning, quality assurance and quality control in projects? 3) What do you understand by the term project as a conversion process? Why is it called so? 4) What according to you are the requirements of a successful project manager? 5) Describe the advantages of planning by network analysis? 6) Explain how managing creativity and risk taking go hand in hand? 7) Discuss the important provisions of the project import regulations 1986? Section C Answer any two questions in this section 10X2= 20 1. What are the pitfalls in the traditional method of cost accounting and expenditure control in projects? 2. Discuss the processes and techniques used in quality planning, quality assurance and quality control in projects? 3. What are the different types of project organisations? Discuss briefly each with its merits? 4. a. What is PERT? What for it is used? b. Draw a pert diagram using the following details and calculate the expected time and the variance: Activity A B C D E F G Optimistic time 2 3 3 3 7 3 7 Most likely Pessimistic time 4 4 5 4 9 5 10 7 7 8 8 14 8 15 Section D Answer one question in this section. 1X 14 = 14 1. ‘S’ curves alone can help the management in monitoring the progress of the projects by depicting the under or over spending and delays etc., “ discuss 2. The normal and crash point for each activity for a project are given in a table below: Activity Normal Crash i, j Duration Cost Duration Cost A (1,2) 8 100 6 200 B(1,3) 4 150 2 350 C(2,4) 2 50 1 90 D(2,5) 10 100 5 400 E(3,4) 5 100 1 200 F(4,5) 3 80 1 100 Duration in days and cost in rupees. Indirect cost being . 100 per day. i) Draw the network diagram for the above project? ii) Determine the normal project duration and the total normal cost of the project? iii) Find the minimum cost and corresponding project duration ? iv) Find the minimum project duration and corresponding cost? **************************?