Answer to Question #201039 in Excel for Nana kofi

Question

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?

Answer 1

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