Given the activities of a project, their time estimates, and their immediate predecessors shown below: 1. Draw the Gannt chart for this project. 2. What's the earliest expected time to finish the project? 3. Which activities should not be delayed? 4. Which activities can be delayed? 5. What's the maximum amount of time that each of the activities can be delayed without delaying the whole project? Activity Times, months Maximum Slack, months Activities Immediate Predecessors 3 2 A 4 В 4 C F C G D, E H F, G 352 ABCDE

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Given the activities of a project, their time estimates, and their immediate
predecessors shown below:
1. Draw the Gannt chart for this project.
2. What's the earliest expected time to finish the project?
3. Which activities should not be delayed?
4. Which activities can be delayed?
5. What's the maximum amount of time that each of the activities can be delayed
without delaying the whole project?
Maximum Slack,
Activity Times,
months
Activities
Immediate
Predecessors
months
A
В
3
C
2
A
4
B
E
4
F
3
C
D, E
F, G
G
H
M52
Transcribed Image Text:Given the activities of a project, their time estimates, and their immediate predecessors shown below: 1. Draw the Gannt chart for this project. 2. What's the earliest expected time to finish the project? 3. Which activities should not be delayed? 4. Which activities can be delayed? 5. What's the maximum amount of time that each of the activities can be delayed without delaying the whole project? Maximum Slack, Activity Times, months Activities Immediate Predecessors months A В 3 C 2 A 4 B E 4 F 3 C D, E F, G G H M52
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