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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Headquarters Islamabad

This document summarizes the cost management of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation project for PTCL, a telecommunications company in Pakistan. The project had a budget of 190 million and actual cost of 190 million, and completed on schedule within the planned 2 years. Project management tools used included MS Project. Estimation techniques for resources and costs included expert judgment, bottom-up estimating, and parametric analysis. Key risks to the project were potential economic recession and political instability in Pakistan. Monitoring of earned value was important for project success, and the project was completed on budget with no overruns.

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Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited Headquarters Islamabad

This document summarizes the cost management of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation project for PTCL, a telecommunications company in Pakistan. The project had a budget of 190 million and actual cost of 190 million, and completed on schedule within the planned 2 years. Project management tools used included MS Project. Estimation techniques for resources and costs included expert judgment, bottom-up estimating, and parametric analysis. Key risks to the project were potential economic recession and political instability in Pakistan. Monitoring of earned value was important for project success, and the project was completed on budget with no overruns.

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PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT

QUESTIONAIRE

1. Project Information

Project Title: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation in PTCL

Sponsor Organization: PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY LIMITED


HEADQUARTERS ISLAMABAD

Contractor Organization: SIEMENS

2. Project Type:

1. IS 2. IT 3. Telecom 4. Software 5. Service Industry

1. Total Project Cost(Budgeted/Planned)(approx) 190 M


2. Total Project Cost (Actual) 190 M
3. Project Duration (Planned) 2 years
4. Project Duration (Actual) 2 years

5. Important Deliverables
Deliverables Budgeted Actual Cost Planned Actual
Cost (approx.) Duration Duration
(approx.) (approx.) (approx.)
ERP 190M 190M 2yr 2yr
implementatio
n

6. What Software project management tools were used to manage the project?
1. MS Project 2. Primavera 3. Any
other____________________
7. What processes/standards were followed in the project?
1. PRINCE 2. ISO900 3. IEEE 4. CMMI
5. ____________________

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8. What tools/techniques were used for estimation of required resources?


1 Expert judgment 2. Alternate Analysis 3. Bottom-up-Estimating
2 Published estimating data 5. Any other _______________________

9. What tools/techniques were used for cost estimation?


1. Top down approach 2.Bottom up approach 3 Parametric analysis
4. Reserve analysis 6.three point formula 7. Line of code
8 .functional point base 9. COCOMO

10. While estimating Cost which Economic Model you used?


1. COCOMO 2. SLIM 3. MSCM 4. Any other
____________________

11. Software cost increases due to which factor?


1. Software size 2. Good quality 3. Resources 4. Material used
6. All of the above

12. Cost has a _________________ relation with quality.


1. Direct 2. Indirect

13. What techniques were employed to ensure project quality?


Weekly Monthly Quarterly Duration (Hrs)
Inspection / weekly
Walkthrough
Meetings monthly

Formal quarterly
Interview

Formal monthly
Technical
Review
Any other

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14. What tools/techniques were used for duration estimation of any activity/deliverable?
1. Expert judgments 2. Three point estimation 3. Reserve Analysis
4. Any other

16. What were the five external risks influencing project outcomes negatively?
Please enlist and rank any five of the project risks which could influence outcomes
negatively.

Risks
1. Recession in economy.
2. Political Instability, Security issues.

17. What was the intensity of following generic risks in the project and what were
the measures taken to manage the risks.
Risks 1.Low 2.Medium 3.High 4.Critical Measures taken
Delay 0-5% 5-25% 25-50% 50-100% Increase
timings hour
Over 0-5% 5-25% 25-50% 50-100% Controllable
budgeted
Poor Quality 0-5% 5-25% 25-50% 50-100% External and
internal analysis
Lack of 0-5% 5-25% 25-50% 50-100% Tanning the
information employee
Lack of 0-5% 5-25% 25-50% 50-100% Full support
client
organization
support

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19. Contract was awarded directly to the project organization as sole


procurement?
Yes
20. Request for proposal for the project was advertised by the client in the
newspapers?
Yes
21. What was the type of contract?
1. Fixed price or lum sum contract 2.cost reimbursable contract

22. Monitoring Earned value (EV) during the execution of the project is important
for the success of the project?
Yes

23. Dose the project over budgeted?


No

24. What are the reasons of over budgeting?

______________________________________________________________________

25. Project faces any internal failure cost?


Yes/No
N.M
26. What are the reasons of internal failure?

______________________________________________________________________
_______________

27. Project faces any external failure cost?


N.M

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28. What are the reasons of external failure?

29. Can you please share following documents to improve our knowledge about
Project Management practices in the industry? Information will be used only for
our class project purpose and never be misused.

a) project charter
b) Work breakdown structure(WBS)
c) Gantt Chart
d) Critical path analysis
e) Risk register.

A) Project charter b ) Gantt chart and cash flow summary

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