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THIS ANALYSIS GOES WITH LAB #3A (ONLY) Microsoft Project 2016: Real World Scheduling Schedule Analysis - Lab #3 Name After completing Lab #3, answer the following questions from the (4) schedule printouts, then staple the printouts in the order you created them, with Schedule Analysis - Lab #3 on top, and turn in to your instructor. Holidays Calendar (compared to schedule before Calendar changes): 1. Did the schedule end date change when holidays were added to the calendar? Yes No If yes, what is the new end date? If no, why didn't it change? 2. Did the total project duration change? Yes If no, why didn't it change? No. If yes, what is the new project duration ? 3. Did the critical path change? Yes No If yes, what new tasks are now critical that were not previously? (list by tasks IDs) Six Day Workweek Calendar (compared to Holiday Calendar): 4. Did the end date change after assigning tasks on the Six Day Workweek? If yes, what is the new end date? Yes No If no, why didn't it change ? No. If yes, what is the new project duration? 5. Did the total project duration change? Yes If no, why didn't it change? 6. Did the critical path change? Yes No If yes, what new tasks are now critical that were not previously? (list by tasks IDs) Weather Calendar (compared to the Six Day Workweek): 7. Did the end date change with the Weather Calendars added to the schedule? Yes No If yes, what is the new end date? If no, why didn't it change? THIS ANALYSIS GOES WITH LAB #3A (ONLY) 8. Did the total project duration change? Yes No. If yes, what is the new project duration? If no, why didn't it change? 9. Did the critical path change? Yes No If yes, what new tasks are now critical that were not previously? (list by tasks IDs) 10. When the two weather calendars were assigned to the (8) tasks, only the assignment to tasks 3, 5, and 6 effected the project end date. Explain why? Your contract with the owner has Incentive Clauses that stipulate that the owner will pay you a bonus of $5000 per workday for every workday the project is finished prior to its scheduled December 6, 2019 end date - and - that you will have to pay the owner a $5000 per workday penalty for every workday that the project goes beyond this same scheduled end date. Based on that information, answer the following two questions using the Weather Calendar schedule. 11. Your boss was told by your Interior Finishes subcontractor that they could accelerate the completion of the interior finishes task by 8 workdays to finish on November 25th if your company would agree to pay their crew time-and-a-half (1.5 x normal rate) for overtime for the last 28 days of that work. The normal rate for their crew is $2700/day. Your boss has asked you to determine if this would gain or lose money for your company, and by how much? Gain Lose (circle one) By how much? $ 12. After that same contractor had begun their work, they said that if you rent a specialized piece of equipment for one week (must be rented for a (5) day minimum rental at $1900/day) they could accelerate the completion of their work an additional (3) days. If your company would pay for the rental, determine if your company would gain or lose money? (Note: Calculate this gain or loss using their new finish date of November 25th resulting from the overtime question above). Gain gain, how much gain? $ If a loss, how much loss? $ Lose If a , and explain the loss?