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
H, E, G
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 and activity I by 12 weeks, how is the total time for the project affected?
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