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Transcribed Image Text:Detail Instructions
Consider the following activities, activity times and precedence relations for a hypothetical Athletic
Club Building project.
Activity Activity Description
Normal Time (weeks)
Immediate
Predecessors
A
Form project team
9
B
Prepare renovation plans
12
A
C
Demolish interior space
10
B
D
Upgrade utility systems
20
A
E
Select equipment, furniture &
10
B
fixtures
F
Hire Staff
10
A
G
Renovate building
30
B,C
H
Purchase equipment, furniture &
26
E
fixtures
Install equipment, furniture &
4
D.G.H
fixtures
3
FI
J
Train staff

Transcribed Image Text:a) Draw a project network.
b) List all paths and path length (duration) of each path
c) Based on step b, what is the critical path and projection. In one sentence, explain how you know.
d) Make a forward pass through the network to compute and annotate the project network with
earliest start and finish time for each activity
e) Make a backward pass through the network to compute and annotate the project network with
latest start and finish time for each activity
e) Compute to compute and annotate the project network with the slack time for each activity.
f) Highlight the critical path on the network by using different arrow colors or arrow thickness.
g) Using new information from step e that was not available from step b, explain in one sentence
how you know what the critical path is.
h) Indicate which activities can be delayed without delaying the whole project and also how long
each of these activities can be delayed.
i) If you shortened the time of activity H, would it shorten the project duration? Explain why or why
not.
j) If you shortened the time of activity G, would it shorten the project duration? Explain why or why
not.
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