Fin-Click Solutions is a software development company. It is specialized in developing software for financial institutions. Fin-Click is running an online banking mobile application project for AtoZ bank. The followings are the activities for implementing the project which is named iMoney. Salem Ali, the project manager, is a professional project manager and has over 20 years of experience in his field. The following table presents a proposed set of activities with their estimated durations based on his previous experience with another similar project. Activity Code Activity Name Activity Duration (in days) Dependency A Define New Business Rules 14 - B Define Specific UI Requirements 9 A C Define Functional Specifications 20 A D Create Code Design Document 14 B E Implement Code Control System 20 D,F F Setup Development Environment 10 A G UI Development 25 E H Code Development 50 F I Test Environment Setup 15 H J Test Plan 10 G,I K Unit Testing 20 H L UAT 15 C,H M Results Reporting 7 J,K,L N Operations Switch Over 5 M Based on the given information answer the following: 1. Draw a network diagram for iMoney project using the precedence diagraming method. 2. How many paths are there in this project? List them with the duration of each. 3. What is the overall duration of the iMoney project? 4. What is the Critical Path(s) of the project? 5. What is the total and free slacks of iMoney project? Show your work on the diagram. 6. Although the development team claimed that the time given for setting up the development environment is sufficient, the project manager was not confident from that claim and he placed 2 extra weeks as a contingency. The project manager also added three more contingency days just in case other tasks may slip the schedule. a. Show the effect of these provisions on the network diagram and recalculate the overall duration of the project after introducing these changes.

Fin-Click Solutions is a software development company. It is specialized in developing software for financial institutions. Fin-Click is running an online banking mobile application project for AtoZ bank. The followings are the activities for implementing the project which is named iMoney. Salem Ali, the project manager, is a professional project manager and has over 20 years of experience in his field. The following table presents a proposed set of activities with their estimated durations based on his previous experience with another similar project. Activity Code Activity Name Activity Duration (in days) Dependency A Define New Business Rules 14 - B Define Specific UI Requirements 9 A C Define Functional Specifications 20 A D Create Code Design Document 14 B E Implement Code Control System 20 D,F F Setup Development Environment 10 A G UI Development 25 E H Code Development 50 F I Test Environment Setup 15 H J Test Plan 10 G,I K Unit Testing 20 H L UAT 15 C,H M Results Reporting 7 J,K,L N Operations Switch Over 5 M Based on the given information answer the following: 1. Draw a network diagram for iMoney project using the precedence diagraming method. 2. How many paths are there in this project? List them with the duration of each. 3. What is the overall duration of the iMoney project? 4. What is the Critical Path(s) of the project? 5. What is the total and free slacks of iMoney project? Show your work on the diagram. 6. Although the development team claimed that the time given for setting up the development environment is sufficient, the project manager was not confident from that claim and he placed 2 extra weeks as a contingency. The project manager also added three more contingency days just in case other tasks may slip the schedule. a. Show the effect of these provisions on the network diagram and recalculate the overall duration of the project after introducing these changes.

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Activity Code	Activity Name	Activity Duration (in days)	Dependency
A	Define New Business Rules	14	-
B	Define Specific UI Requirements	9	A
C	Define Functional Specifications	20	A
D	Create Code Design Document	14	B
E	Implement Code Control System	20	D,F
F	Setup Development Environment	10	A
G	UI Development	25	E
H	Code Development	50	F
I	Test Environment Setup	15	H
J	Test Plan	10	G,I
K	Unit Testing	20	H
L	UAT	15	C,H
M	Results Reporting	7	J,K,L
N	Operations Switch Over	5	M

Based on the given information answer the following:

1. Draw a network diagram for iMoney project using the precedence diagraming method.

2. How many paths are there in this project? List them with the duration of each.

3. What is the overall duration of the iMoney project?

4. What is the Critical Path(s) of the project?

5. What is the total and free slacks of iMoney project? Show your work on the diagram.
6. Although the development team claimed that the time given for setting up the development environment is sufficient, the project manager was not confident from that claim and he placed 2 extra weeks as a contingency. The project manager also added three more contingency days just in case other tasks may slip the schedule.

a. Show the effect of these provisions on the network diagram and recalculate the overall duration of the project after introducing these changes.

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