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Second Status ReportReporting period: Feb 15-April 10, 2005

Project Manager: Hakki Isik

Team members: Chad Harms

Yilmaz BayazitNazimah Abdul Rahim

Asziliawati Ramli

PROJECT PROJECT DESCRIPTIONDESCRIPTION

• Project justification: Hakki Isik, the project sponsor, was not happy with his living room. He would like to replace the carpet in the living room with hardwood floor. He believes replacing the carpet and painting the walls will make the living room look better.

• Project scope: To do a makeover of the living room at Hakki’s house.

• Cost estimate: $1,500• Time goal: Feb 15 to May 6, 2005

FLOORING FLOORING TYPES TYPES

CONSIDEREDCONSIDERED

LAMINATE LAMINATE FLOORINGFLOORING

HARDWOOD HARDWOOD FLOORINGFLOORING

Cheaper than hardwood

Very high quality

FLOORING TYPES cont’dFLOORING TYPES cont’d

MAPLEMAPLEPrice: Price:

$3.17/sqft$3.17/sqft

RED OAKRED OAKPrice: Price:

$3.17/sqft$3.17/sqft

COLONIAL COLONIAL OAKOAK

Price: $2.99/sqftPrice: $2.99/sqft

REAL MAPLE REAL MAPLE WOODWOOD

Price: $6.49/sqftPrice: $6.49/sqft

LAMINATE FLOORINGLAMINATE FLOORING

HARDWOOD FLOORINGHARDWOOD FLOORING

• Decided to go with the real hardwood flooring – More expensive, but the project sponsor wanted

the living room floor to match the kitchen floor.– Kitchen floor has real maple hardwood floor.

SELECTIONSELECTION

Kitchen Kitchen floorfloor

• Stapling• Gluing• Floating

– Method of choice– Easier

INSTALLATION INSTALLATION METHODSMETHODS

WORK COMPLETEDWORK COMPLETED Walls painted from white to light weight beige

BEFOREBEFORE AFTERAFTER

WORK COMPLETED cont’dWORK COMPLETED cont’d Team website refined

Web screenshotWeb screenshot

Gantt chart updated Hardwood flooring ordered Weekly meeting

established: every Tuesday, 5.00pm @ ME building or after class

Project manager interviews completed

Topic presentation on “Hoover Dam” completed

WORK COMPLETED WORK COMPLETED cont’dcont’d

Decorate walls with pictures

Complete evaluating VPMi software

Prepare for team final presentation and project notebook

Update Gantt chart as the project progresses

WORK TO WORK TO BE COMPLETEDBE COMPLETED

WHAT WENT RIGHT?WHAT WENT RIGHT?

• Great communication among team members

• Team members successfully completed their assigned tasks on time

• Project manager manages the project efficiently

WHAT WENT WRONG?WHAT WENT WRONG?

• Delay of material delivery from Home Depot– Material was scheduled to be

received last week– Delivery date was changed

to the end of this week– Effect on project schedule:

One week behind

• ONE WEEK BEHIND SCHEDULE

• A BIT OVERBUDGET– The initial cost estimate does

not include the small pieces such as the T-molding, hard surface reducer, and carpet transition.

HOW’S OUR PROJECT HOW’S OUR PROJECT DOING?DOING?

LIVING ROOM AREALIVING ROOM AREA