Question 1Your team has been asked to test and document enhancements to a web application that allows buyers to purchase custom-printed canvas shoes. The tasks and dependencies are as follows:Create a testing planOnce the testing plan is ready, your team can:Test the user interfacesTest the databaseTest the networkWrite the documentation first draftWhen the user interface tests are complete, you can:Perform user testing—enlist some users to test the user interfaceWhen the database and network testing are complete, you can:Perform integration testing—network with the databaseWhen the user testing of the user interface and the database testing are complete, you can:Perform integration testing—database, network, and user interfaceWhen all integration testing and user testing are complete, you can:Perform system testingThen you can:Review and revise documentationAfter all other tasks are complete, you can:Obtain management approvalDuration estimates for the tasks: a. 3 days b. 10 days c. 6 days d. 7 days e. 20 days f. 5 days g. 3 days h. 2 days i. 8 days j. 4 daysk. 5 daysCreate a network diagram and a Gantt chart for the project tasks. Ask your instructor if you are permitted to use software such as Microsoft Project to help you prepare your diagrams.What is the planned duration for the testing project?What is the critical path for the testing project?For each task NOT on the critical path, calculate the amount of slack available.If the user testing of the user interface takes 15 days, what will the impact be on the project duration?Question 2Wedding cost estimation: Given the following information, calculate the estimated costs for a wedding with 250 guests and a bridal party of six, using the methods indicated. Show your work.Note that members of the bridal party are already counted as guests, you don’t need to add them twice.Parametric estimateBottom-up estimateAnalogous cost estimateYou will probably notice some differences in the estimated values. Are these differences significant? What might cause the differences? If you were estimating a significant project in the future, which method(s) would you use and why?Wedding Cost EstimatesItemDollarsGroom’s brother’s wedding, last year, 175 guests, similar venue and style$20,300Catering$65 per personPhotographer$1,500Rental of hall$500Clothing, bride$2,000Clothing, groom$750Flowers$800Other décor items$500Cake$500Gifts for bridal party$80 eachWedding planner$2,000Wedding planner’s estimate of typical cost for this kind of wedding$10,000 plus $75 per guestQuestion 3Cost reimbursable contract calculation.A contract calls for a total payment of $800,000 with a guarantee. Essentially the contractor is guaranteed to make at least $200,000 above his costs. If the contractor can demonstrate his costs exceed $600,000, the project will pay the difference, with a $50,000 ceiling on the overage. The contractor demonstrates he spent $623,000. How much (gross) must the project remit to the contractor?Another option for the same contract has the contractor guaranteed to be paid his costs plus 20%, for costs that exceed $600,000. With the same initial assumption—guarantee of $800,000 gross payment (no requirement to itemize costs), but if the contractor can show that costs exceed $600,000, the project will pay $800,000 plus the costs that exceed $600,000, plus 20% of those excess costs, with a ceiling of $900,000 gross. The contractor demonstrates he spent $623,000. How much (gross) must the project remit to the contractor?Under option 3.2, at what dollar amount of total costs would the contractor be assuming all of the excess costs beyond that point?In which option did the project assume more of the risk of a cost overrun? Explain.

Option 1: International Issue ExaminationSelect an organization that operates internationally but which has had controversy or widely-recognized problems. For example, Wal-Mart has expanded into China only to find that Wal-Mart products were not wanted; Shell Oil continues to battle allegations of benefiting from corrupt political bodies in foreign locations; and the United Nations has been criticized for its ineffectiveness in war-torn countries. Your Portfolio Project will be a position paper of 8-10 pages, not including the reference and title pages, that includes an examination of the following:The management issues.A description of the theories that apply to the international management of the organization and the handling of the specific issues.A substantiated opinion regarding the organization’s management of the issues. In other words, has the organizational management been effective in its facilitation of the organization’s position in the global landscape? Why or why not?Given the future of international management, include thoughts on how management can prepare to deal with or conclude the issues.Your project should adhere to the following standards:Include at least four academic references (in addition to your text or other required reading materials), preferably from the CSU-Global Library.Review the grading rubric in the Module 8 folder.Be sure to follow the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.Week 3 Deliverable:In Week 3 you will submit the name of an organization and a description. See the Portfolio Project Milestone and grading rubric in the Week 3 folder for more information.Week 4 Deliverable:In Week 4 you will submit an outline to your instructor for review. Be sure to touch base with your instructor early in the week if you have any questions or concerns about this assignment. Create an outline for your Portfolio Project that includes identification of the organizational issues you have selected and how the theories and frameworks covered so far in class apply and why the organization expanded internationally. Incorporate the following three topics in your outline:External environment factorsCultural dynamicsStrategy and structure.

Capstone Element #2 Write a paper focusing on your organizations HR staffing elements such as planning, forecasting, recruiting, and selection. How have shifting workforce demographics impacted the human resource function? What methods are used for human resource planning and forecasting for the organization? Does the organization focus primarily upon short-term or long-term human resource needs, or both? Once staffing needs are established, what procedures are utilized for filling job vacancies? What methods are used to recruit new employees? How do you utilize social network sites and the Internet for recruiting, selection, etc.? How effective are these? What methods and criteria are used for evaluating, interviewing, and selecting job applicants? To what degree does the organization seek to fill existing job vacancies from among present employees or by recruiting new employees, and why? Do you have established policies?