Answer to Question #227143 in Programming & Computer Science for suave

Question

kofi and Ama, computer consultants, are considering embarking on a joint project that will involve development of relatively small commercial software package for personal computers. The program involves scientific calculations for a specialized portion of the engineering market.

Kofi and Ama have broken down the project into nine tasks and have estimated the time required for each task. The list of these tasks, the times required and the precedence relationships are given below

Task

Time Required (in weeks)

1-2

3

2-3

4

2-4

2

3-5

6

4-5

5

4-6

3

8

5-6

7

6-7

5

7-8

8

(a) Draw the network of the project.

(b) (b) Determine the slack/floats of each activity.

(c)

(d) (c) As a management science student, advise Kofi and Ama on the effect of the critical path and the project completing time.

d) As a management science student, advise Kofi and Ama the effect on the project completion time if activities 2-3 and 4-6 are delayed for 3 weeks and 6 weeks respectively. Present your answer in the form of memo

Answer 1

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