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- 1. a. The following Table 1 (below) contains a list of activities, with precedence requirements andcrash costs for a project that is to be completed by Present Technologies Limited (PTL).Table 1Activity PredecessorActivityorActivitiesNormalTime(days)CrashTime (days)Normal Cost ($)Crash Cost ($)A __ 2 1 1,000 2,000B __ 7 4 800 4,300C __ 5 3 2.000 7,000D B, C 4 3 1.500 2,750E A 6 2 1.250 15,250F B, E 7 2 2,500 10,000G D 6 3 2,000 8,000H F, G 3 1 4,000 10,000 (i) What is the critical path for this project in Table 1, using the normal times?You are the manager of a project to improve a billing processat your firm. Table 7.7 contains the data you will need toconduct a cost analysis of the project. Indirect costs are $1,600per week, and penalty costs are $1,200 per week after week 12.a. What is the minimum-cost schedule for this project?b. What is the difference in total project costs between the ear-liest completion time of the project using “normal” timesand the minimum-cost schedule you derived in part (a)?ASAP!! ANSWER PLEASE Consider the following project. Task Description Duration (Weeks) Immediate Predecessors A Select office site - 3 B Create organizational and financial plan - 5 C Determine personnel Requirements B 3 D Design Facility A, C 4 E Construct interior D 8 F Select personnel to move C 2 G Hire new employees F 4 H Move Records, Key Personnel, etc. F 2 I Make Financial arrangement B 5 J Train new personnel H, E, G 3 Draw a project network What are the critical activities? Develop the activity schedule for the project What activity has the most slack time?
- 3.8 Roger Ginde is developing a program in supply chain management certification for managers. Ginde has listed a num- ber of activities that must be completed before a training program of this nature could be conducted. The activities, immediate pre- decessors, and times appear in the accompanying table: a) DrawtheappropriateAONPERTdiagramforJ.C.Howard’s management team. b) Find the critical path. c) What is the project completion time? • • 3.11 The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq’s software firm in Chicago, their dura- tions, and what activities each must precede: ACTIVITY DURATION (WEEKS) PRECEDES A (start) 1 B, C B 1 E C 4 F E 2 F F (end) 2 — ACTIVITY IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR(S) TIME (DAYS) A — 2 B — 5 C — 1 D B…For the next project: | | TIME ESTIMATE (WEEKS) TASK DESCRIPTION a m b A foundations 2 3 4 B framework 4 7.5 8 C roofs 3 5.5 11 D plumbing 2.5 4 5.5 E electrical wiring 2 3 4 F doors and windows 3 5 7 G interior finish 3 3.5 7 H exterior finish 2 5 8 I inspection 1 1 1 a. I made the network diagram. b. Calculate the parameters corresponding to expected time, variance, nearest and farthest start times and farthest c. What is the probability of meeting a specific project completion date? For example, what is the probability of building the house in 32 weeks? Topic: stochastic processesQ1. Using a suitable example each, describe what the following project planningprocess activities involve:a. Establish project objective;b. Define scope;c. Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS);d. Estimate activity durations;e. Sequencing activities.
- 2. The following table lists the activities of a network along with their time estimates: Activity Predecessor Duration (Days) Optimistic (a) Most Likely (m) Pessimistic (b) A None 2 5 8 B None 4 7 16 C A 3 6 9 D A 2 5 8 E C 5 8 11 F D 3 6 15 G B 2 5 14 H E, F 2 5 8 I G 6 9 12 J H, I 0 0 0 (a) Draw the project network. Use activity on node (A-O-N) method. (b) Identify the Critical Path. Calculate the length and variance of the Critical Path. (c) Identify the non-critical activities. Work out the Total Slack (TS) and Free Slack (FS) for all the non-critical activities. (d) State whether the network is sensitive or insensitive! (e) What is the approximate probability that jobs on the critical path will be completed by the due date of (i)24 days, (ii) 29 days?Follow up to previous question: 3) A company decides to plan a project, with activities, precedences and random duration statistics given in the following table: Activity Immediate Predecessors Duration Minimum (weeks) Duration Mode (weeks) Duration Maximum (weeks) A none 2 5 9 B A 1 6 8 C A 3 5 12 D B 2 4 12 E B, C 4 6 8 F B 6 7 8 G D, E 1 2 6 H F, G 4 6 16 Questions: 1) What method should be used? Compute the mean and variances for each activity and add them to the table above. 2)Draw the project network and label the arcs with the activity name. 3) Assuming that the critical path is AàBàP1àEàGàH, compute the probability that this path duration is between 28 weeks and 32 weeks. 4) Assuming that the critical path is AàBàP1àEàGàH, compute the number of weeks within which the project will be completed with probability 0.95.Determine the most probable or mean time and fill-up the last column of the table below. Activity a m b Immediate Predecessor t (days) A 1 3 5 - B 0.5 1 1.5 A C 4 6 8 A D 5 7 9 B E 1 2 3 - F 6 9 12 D G 7 10 13 C, F H 1 3 5 C I 2 4 6 H J 1 2 3 E, G, I K 0.5 1 1.5 H
- a) Explain the purposes of a dummy activity in a network diagram. (b) Table 1 shows the activities of a project and their durations. Table 1Activity Preceding Activity Duration (Days)A – 9B – 3C A 8D A 2E A 3F C 2G C 6H C 1J B,D 4K F,J 1L E,H,G,K 2M E,H 3N L,M 4 i. Draw the project network.ii. Determine its critical path and completion time.iii. Calculate the total float for the non-critical chains. 2. a) Outline FOUR different types of stockholding casts. b) i) Explain the periodic review system of inventory control.ii) State TWO disadvantages of the periodic review system. c) Explain FOUR major functions of an office. d) A common trend in the office management in many large manufacturing organizations today is to set up an ‘organization and method’ (O&M) team, which is normally directly answerable to the Chief Executive Officer. Highlight FOUR responsibilities of such a team. 3. a) State FOUR objectives of maintenance in a manufacturing plant. b) Explain the purpose of the…The prime objectives of project management are cost, time andA. ScheduleB. QualityC. Customer satisfactionD. Performance.Coleman Rich Control Devices, I nc., producescustom-built relay devices for auto makers. The most recent projectundertaken by Rich requires 14 different activities. Rich's managerswould like to determine the total project completion time(in days) and those activities that lie along the critical path. Theappropriate data are shown in the following table.a) What is the probability of being done in 53 days?b) What date results in a 99% probability of completion?