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Critical Care Hospital - Case Study _Incident for sermon Critical Care Hospital Critical Care Hospital hasplanned to purchase a CATSCAN within the next six months. Though not mentionedin the text, the cost of the equipment will be at least several hundredthousand dollars, and could even exceed one million dollars. Additionally,major renovations are needed to the radiology incision where the equipmentwill be housed. Unfortunately, the construction project cannot be starteduntil the machine is in place, which will be five months from now. The ProjectManager ("PM") feels that she may be able to expedite the constructionschedule by utilizing a resource allocation version of the Critical PathMethod ("CPM"). get the machine up and running is of great interest to thehospital, as revenues generated by the CATSCAN are projected to be in therange of $25,000 per monthAccording to the text, the project is slated tohave a duration of twelve months. The waiting m for the CATS CAN is fivemonths. This leaves the PM eight months to accomplish her goal. Given that theequipment is arriving simultaneously with the onset of the constructionproject, I would suggest a combination of a heuristic approach using an "AsLate As Possible" ("ALAP") prioritization with a fast-track approach to theactual constructionThe reason for the ALAP approach is the five-month detentionprior to the equipment being delivered. Holding off on allocating resourcesduring this slow period should, in theory, allow the PM to reserve monetaryresources for the Crash period. I would deem that part-time allocation ofadministrative support, to solicit construction bids, generate reports andmanagement approval requests along with full-time PM participation would besufficient. The PM during this time will be working with hospital managementto generate a detailed project plan and Scope of Work. Several criticalelements come into coquette in this situation. For example, two reloca tions of theexisting radiology department, or at least the area that will house theCATSCAN will be required during the construction period. The graduation exercise will be forthe purpose of clearing the required space for the new CATSCAN area, includingconstruction corridors, to a temporary location. Then, after the equipment isinstalled and renovations complete on this area, the rest of the departmentwill need to be renovated as well. This aspect of the project will requireextensive coordination with other departments within the hospital. Thisincludes administrative staff, medical personnel, suppliers (pick-ups anddeliveries), janitorial staff, and primarily the radiology staff itself.During the first five months of the project I would suspect that thiscoordination and planning alone would consume 50% of the PMs time.