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Alebwelelapo is planning a soccer tournament for the weekend of May 29–30. The club’s officers know that by April 30 they must send out acceptances to teams that have applied to enter, and by April 20 they must send out the tournament game
|
Activity |
Description |
Predecessor |
Duration (Days) |
|
A |
Send application forms |
– |
7 |
|
B |
Get volunteer workers |
– |
18 |
|
C |
Line up referees |
– |
10 |
|
D |
Reserve fields |
– |
21 |
|
E |
Receive and process forms |
A |
30 |
|
F |
Determine age divisions |
B, C, D, E |
9 |
|
G |
Assign fields to divisions |
F |
7 |
|
H |
Sell program ads |
B |
2 |
|
I |
Acquire donated items for team gift bags |
B |
20 |
|
J |
Schedule games |
G |
14 |
|
K |
Design ads |
H |
80 |
|
L |
Fill gift bags |
I |
12 |
|
M |
Process team t-shirt orders |
E |
10 |
|
N |
Send acceptance letters |
F |
7 |
|
O |
Design and print programs |
J, K, L, N |
18 |
|
P |
Put together registration boxes (programs, gifts, etc.) |
O |
7 |
|
Q |
Send out game schedules |
J, K, L, N |
8 |
|
R |
Assign referees to games |
J, K, L, N |
7 |
|
S |
Get trophies |
F |
8 |
|
T |
Silk-screen t-shirts |
M |
17 |
|
U |
Package team t-shirt orders |
T |
8 |
a) Develop a project network Activity-on-Arrow (AOA) for the club’s tournament preparation process and show all activity schedule and duration of the project [show clearly all dummy activities]
kindly help in drawing a clear network please.
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