World Vision International-Ghana has secured a 50 million Ghana Cedis from the Mastercard Foundation for a 3-year youth employment project. The project seeks to develop the capacity of Ghanaian Youth aged (15-24) years in entrepreneurial skills to enable them access capital and set up their own businesses. The youth entrepreneurial development and employment initiative covers various sectors like construction, agriculture, agro-processing, manufacturing, services among others. The first phase of the project which is the pilot is expected to cover some selected Ghanaian youth in Accra, Kumasi, Koforidua, Ho, Takoradi, Sunyani, and Tamale. Prior to approval of the project, Care International Ghana Project Management Unit devoted sometime to conduct a literature review in order to understand the current economic wellbeing of Ghanaian youth in terms employment and income levels among others. These were followed by needs assessment studies on current employment need of the Ghanaian youth. To ensure that the project is accomplished on time and within quality levels to the expectation of all stakeholders, the appointment of a project manager should commence after approval of project charter and it is expected to last for 14 days. Developing a project work plan is expected to last for 20 days and must begin after a project manager is appointed. Appointment of other core project management team (Accountant, Procurement and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist) is expected to be 20 days and should commence at the same time with appointment of a project manager. Stakeholder engagement on youth group and procurement of goods and services are expected to begin after a project manager is appointed. Whilst stakeholder engagement will last for 20 days, procurement is expected to last for 30 days. Developing a monitoring a reporting system will commence immediately an M&E Specialist has been appointed. As part of recruiting eligible youth, youth eligibility screening will be performed after procurement is completed for a period of 25 days. This will be followed by the selection of qualified youths after eligible youths had been screened for 20 days. You required to: (a) Prepare a network diagram to determine the duration of the National Youth Employment Project as soon as a project charter is released to the time qualified youths are selected and determine the total duration of the project (b) Identify all critical activities from approval of project charter to selection of eligible youth (c ) Explain how project management software like the Gantt chart can be useful in tracking the activities of the National Youth Employment Project
Critical Path Method
The critical path is the longest succession of tasks that has to be successfully completed to conclude a project entirely. The tasks involved in the sequence are called critical activities, as any task getting delayed will result in the whole project getting delayed. To determine the time duration of a project, the critical path has to be identified. The critical path method or CPM is used by project managers to evaluate the least amount of time required to finish each task with the least amount of delay.
Cost Analysis
The entire idea of cost of production or definition of production cost is applied corresponding or we can say that it is related to investment or money cost. Money cost or investment refers to any money expenditure which the firm or supplier or producer undertakes in purchasing or hiring factor of production or factor services.
Inventory Management
Inventory management is the process or system of handling all the goods that an organization owns. In simpler terms, inventory management deals with how a company orders, stores, and uses its goods.
Project Management
Project Management is all about management and optimum utilization of the resources in the best possible manner to develop the software as per the requirement of the client. Here the Project refers to the development of software to meet the end objective of the client by providing the required product or service within a specified Period of time and ensuring high quality. This can be done by managing all the available resources. In short, it can be defined as an application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet the objective of the Project. It is the duty of a Project Manager to achieve the objective of the Project as per the specifications given by the client.
World Vision International-Ghana has secured a 50 million Ghana Cedis from the Mastercard Foundation for a 3-year youth employment project. The project seeks to develop the capacity of Ghanaian Youth aged (15-24) years in entrepreneurial skills to enable them access capital and set up their own businesses. The youth entrepreneurial development and employment initiative covers various sectors like construction, agriculture, agro-processing, manufacturing, services among others. The first phase of the project which is the pilot is expected to cover some selected Ghanaian youth in Accra, Kumasi, Koforidua, Ho, Takoradi, Sunyani, and Tamale. Prior to approval of the project, Care International Ghana Project Management Unit devoted sometime to conduct a literature review in order to understand the current economic wellbeing of Ghanaian youth in terms employment and income levels among others. These were followed by needs assessment studies on current employment need of the Ghanaian youth. To ensure that the project is accomplished on time and within quality levels to the expectation of all stakeholders, the appointment of a project manager should commence after approval of project charter and it is expected to last for 14 days. Developing a project work plan is expected to last for 20 days and must begin after a project manager is appointed. Appointment of other core project management team (Accountant, Procurement and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist) is expected to be 20 days and should commence at the same time with appointment of a project manager. Stakeholder engagement on youth group and procurement of goods and services are expected to begin after a project manager is appointed. Whilst stakeholder engagement will last for 20 days, procurement is expected to last for 30 days. Developing a monitoring a reporting system will commence immediately an M&E Specialist has been appointed. As part of recruiting eligible youth, youth eligibility screening will be performed after procurement is completed for a period of 25 days. This will be followed by the selection of qualified youths after eligible youths had been screened for 20 days.
You required to:
(a) Prepare a network diagram to determine the duration of the National Youth Employment Project as soon as a project charter is released to the time qualified youths are selected and determine the total duration of the project
(b) Identify all critical activities from approval of project charter to selection of eligible youth
(c ) Explain how project management software like the Gantt chart can be useful in tracking the activities of the National Youth Employment Project
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