Earned Value Analysis

To save on time and costs, the company has decided to outsource the testing of the information system (IS) to Bug Busters. The following table was received from Bug-Busters. The cost of Resource A is $30.00 an hour and the cost of Resource B is $35.00 an hour. All the task activities are sequential—that is, finish-to-start. Testing or the project start date will begin on the first Monday in January of next year regardless of any holidays.

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Earned Value Analysis for Bug Busters

The team believes that Bug Busters will not be able complete the project based on the original budget. It would not be reasonable to move forward with this project as the budget would need to be increased to get this project completed.

Quality Management Plan

Project Description

Husky Air launched for business in January of 2008 when L.T. Scully pooled his life savings and secured a significant loan from a midwestern bank. With its headquarters in DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (DKB), Husky Air is a fixed-based operator facility that offers a wide range of services to the growing demands for private aviation.

Quality Management Statement

The quality management plan for the Pilot Angels project will consist of bringing a mature mindset in the processes and roles of project team members. The project maturity will consist of the following five levels of process maturity:

1. Initial

2. Repeatable

The Tiger Team will also follow the project quality management (TQM) plan as the framework of the project. The TQM framework consist of the following plan:

· Quality control

· Learn improve & mature

Quality Management Metrics

Quality Management Verification Activities

The idea of verification originated from the aerospace industry to ensure all software performed as intended as any error would result in a potentially catastrophic consequences (Marchewka, 2016, p. 245).

Quality Management Validation Activities

Validation is an activity that can help determine if the project deliverable meets the customer or client’s expectations and ensures the system performs as specified.

References

Marchewka, J. T. (2016). Information technology project management: Providing measurable organizational value. John Wiley & Sons.