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- 2) Following is a table listing the project activities, sequencing requirements and other relevant information: Expected Time Direct Cost Activity Preceded By Regular Crash Regular Crash A -- 6 days 2 day $2000 $3800 B -- 12 6 2000 10000 C A 4 2 1000 4000 D B, C 10 6 3400 4600 E D 8 6 2800 3900 F E 6 2 5000 7600 G B, C 18 8 16000 19600 H F, G 6 4 2000 4000 (a) Construct a network including the Early and Late Start and Finish times. (b) Identify the normal Critical Path(s) and the normal expected completion time (c) Can the project be crashed to last 18 days? Which activities should be crashed and at what additional cost?A student has been put in charge of a new garden design. The new design will involve five different activities. Per project management guideline, activities “a” and “b” start on day 0. Draw the network diagram. Calculate ES/EF/LS/LF and Slack for all activities. Activity A: Immediate Predecessprs (-) Duration days (3) Activity B: Immediate Predecessprs (-) Duration days(5) Activity C: Immediate Predecessprs (a) Duration days(3) Activity D: Immediate Predecessprs (b) Duration days(7) Activity E: Immediate Predecessprs (C,D) Duration days(3)This project has the following activities that need to be completed (see Table below) a) Draw the AOA and AON diagrams b) Find the critical path in AOA and AON Diagrams. Show calculations and table. c) Find the completion time. Show calculations d) Find the duration of each activity. Show calculations e) Show the predecessors in a table format. Activity TE AB 1 AC 3 AD 3 DC 4 CB 3 DE 8 CF 2 BF 4 IJ 2 CE 6 EF 5 FG 10 FH 11 EH 1 GH 9 EJ 3 GI 8 HJ 6 .
- 10. The project described in the following table is scheduled to be completed in 11 weeks. Constructa network diagram using AOA or AON (see Example 5 for either type). Then answer the followingquestions:a. If you were the manager of this project, would you be concerned? Explain.b. If there is a penalty of $5,000 a week for each week the project is late, what is the probabilityof incurring a penalty of at least $5,000? Path Activity Estimated time(Weeks) Std. Dev(Wks) A C 4 0.7 D 6 0.9 B E 3 0.62 F 9 1.9Draw the Network Diagram and determine the Critical Path and duration of the project (in days).Activity Duration (days) Predecessor(s)A 2 -B 3 -C 4 A, BD 5 CE 2 DF 3 DG 4 EH 2 FI 2 G, HRoger Ginde is developing a program in supplychain management certification for managers. Ginde haslisted a number of activities that must be completed beforea training program of this nature could be conducted. Theactivities, immediate predecessors, and times appear in theaccompanying table: a) Develop an AON network for this problem.b) What is the critical path?c) What is the total project completion time?d) What is the slack time for each individual activity?
- Q: (a) How value engineering can reduce overall project duration? Can you give any practical example? (b) What will be the difference in duration of dummy activity for simple and complex arrow networks? (c) Draw arrow network for the following given project. Picture of table is attached at the end.To be able to meet delivery dates, a project consultant intimates that a project should be analyzed with activities as follows: ACTIVITY IMMEDIATE PREDECESSOR EXPECT DURATION (WEEKS) A. Initial discussion none 3 B. product design none 5 C. Market survey B 3 D. market evaluation A,C 4 E. product costing D 8 F. sales plan C 2 G. product pricing F 4 H. prototype F 2 I. master inform B 5 J.prototype testing HEG 3 (i) Draw a network to represent the various activities of the project.(ii) Draw up a table showing for each activity, the earliest and latest start and finish times and total float/slack.(iii) Determine the critical path and project duration.(iv) As a management science student, advise the management about the effect on the project completion time If the start time of activity A is delayed by 3weeks, activity G is delayed by 8 weeksJabez Contractors installs network routers. Using the CPM method and in reference to the table provided comment on the expected completion time of the projectand identify the activities that neeD to be prioritised by the project manager. (Nodiagram is required) TABLE- PROJECT INSTALLATION Activity Predecessor optimistic Most Likely Pessismistic Estimated time A - 4 7 10 7 B - 2 9 10 8 C A,B 2 5 8 5 D C 16 19 28 20 E C 6 9 24 11 F E 1 7 13 7 G C 4 10 28 12 H D,F 2 5 14 6 I G 5 8 17 9 J H,I 2 5 8 5
- Using the information provided in the table, the network diagram and the project completion time = 25 weeks, reduce the completion time of the project by 3 weeks in the most economical way. Activity NormalTime(weeks) NormalCost ($) CrashTime(weeks) CrashCost ($) MaximumweeksReduced CrashCost perWeek ($) A 3 500 2 900 1 400 B 4 600 3 700 1 100 C 6 800 3 1,286 3 162.00 D 6 1,500 4 2,150 2 325 E 6 1,750 4 2,250 2 250 F 5 1,200 5 1,200 0 0 G 7 1,500 5 1,794 2 147 H 3 500 3 500 0 0 Reduce G by select a number of (1-4) week(s), C by select a number (1-4) of week(s), at a cost of $ __________ enter a dollar amount .Dave is the project manager for a construction project that is building agazebo. When the project first started, he met with the stakeholders to definethe scope. The sponsors mentioned that the gazebo is a really important partof their daughter’s wedding ceremony that was planned for 7 months fromthen. In fact, they said that if the gazebo couldn’t be completed in 7 months, itwouldn’t be worth it for them to even start the project. Dave wrote down the7-month deadline to put in his Project Scope Statement. In which section ofthe document did the deadline appear?”A. Project ConstraintsB. Project DeliverablesC. Project ObjectivesD. Project Assumptions Which of the following is a “hygiene factor” under Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory?A. Recognition for excellent workB. Self-actualizationC. Clean clothingD. Good relations with coworkers and managers(2) Following is a table listing the project activities, sequencing requirements and other relevant information: Expected Time Direct Cost Activity Preceded By Regular Crash Regular Crash A -- 6 days 2 days $2000 $3800 B -- 12 6 2000 10000 C A 4 2 1000 4000 D B,C 10 6 3400 4600 E D 8 6 2800 3900 F E 6 2 5000 7600 G B, C 18 8 16000 19600 H F, G 6 4 2000 4000 Construct a network including the early and late start and finish times. Identify the normal critical path (s) and the normal expected completion time. Can the project be crushed to last 18 days? Which activities should be crushed and what additional cost?