AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

The Family Planning Research Center of Nigeria

The Acceptance of a New Method of Birth Control

Shaikha Al Najim, Maryam Al Mutawa, Rawan Al Nasrallah, Shammah Al Fahad 1F1

This report is to help Dr. Adinombe Watage to achieve his goals given with a timeframe.

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Executive summary Introduction and problem statement Project overview Required staff and Manpower Allocation Minimizing the duration Cost issue Monitor and control Important aspects Strategic Stakeholders Qualification of project manage Project forecast and revise Summary of results Recommendation

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The project must finish within 60 days with 10 staff with minimum financial cost. The primary budget is $25,400 and the estimate time to finish this project is 67 days, when not work on parallel and wait to complete each task. We found a way to achieve the goal of delivering the project within 60 days as minimum cost possible.

INTRODUCTION AND PROBLEM STATEMENT

Dr. Adinombe Watage, deputy director of the Family Planning Research Center in Nigeria's Over-The-River Providence, was assigned the task of organizing and training 5 teams of field workers. The project is to demonstrate acceptance of a new method of birth control. There are10 persons will be working on this project. Two types of materials must be prepared: 1. Those for use in training the workers. 2. Those for distribution in the field. Bellow is the breakdown of the activities and tasks and each cost assigned. (Table 1) Activit y A B C D E F G H I J K Description Identify faculty Arrange transport Identify materials Make accommodations Identify team Bring team in Transport faculty Print material Deliver material Train team Do fieldwork Prede cessor Norma l Time 5 7 5 3 7 2 3 10 7 15 30 Crash Time 2 4 3 1 4 1 2 6 2 10 20 Normal Cost 400 1000 400 2500 400 1000 1500 3000 200 500 10000 Crash...