Assignment 3 (A3):
Earned Value Analysis (planned value, actual cost, and earned value)
You are given the following information for a one-year project: Planned Value (PV) = $23,000, Earned Value (EV) = $20,000, Actual Cost (AC) = $20,000, and Budget at Completion (BAC) = $120,000.
Answer the five questions below to complete your assignment. Reference the same question numbers in your response. Non-conforming submissions will not be graded.
1. For this one-year project calculate:
a. cost variance,
b. schedule variance,
c. cost performance index (CPI), and
d. schedule performance index (SPI).
2. Explain your assessment on how the project is doing: Is it ahead or behind schedule? Is it under or over budget? Use all of the calculated variances and indexes from above to support your argument.
3. Use the CPI to calculate the estimate at completion (EAC) for this project. Is the project performing better or worse than planned? Why?
4. Estimate how long it will take to finish this project using SPI.
5. Depict a sketch showing the relationship between PV, AC, EV, BAC, and EAC. Interpret the sketch explaining on-budget (cost) and on-time (schedule) progress of the project. This sketch is not based on the data calculated here. Instead draw a free hand sketch and describe the PV, AC, and EV relationship you drew. You may take a picture of your free-hand sketch and copy/paste in the assignment. In your narrative clearly indicate if the project represented by your sketch is above, below, or on budget and ahead, behind, or on schedule. [75-150-word response.]
Assignment 4 (A4):
PERSONALITY PROFILE
Identify your personality profile using the four-letter code for Extraverted (E) or Introverted (I); Sensing (S) or Intuitive (N); Thinking (T) or Feeling (F); and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P). Use both Myers-Briggs and Jung Typology tests:
1. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): access the MBTI test here.
2. Human Metrics Jung Typology Test: access the Jung Typology Test link here.
Once you determine your personality style visit the Personality Type link here for a perspective on the different personality styles.
Address each of the five questions below in your assignment submission:
1. Describe the characteristics of your personality profile. What does your personality profile say about you?
2. Do you agree or disagree with the personality profile you found for yourself? Discuss your agreement or disagreement by providing examples from your professional or personal experience.
3. How does your personality type get along with other personality types? Conduct research to find out how your personality type get along (or NOT) with others.
4. Identify a famous person that has the same personality type as yours. Describe the management and leadership styles you admire from this famous person.
5. Assess your personality profile match for project management using the suitability to project management grid link here. Write your agreement or disagreement regarding the suitability of your personality style for project management.
