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 weeks

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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 weeks

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