Question #2. (20 marks) The following table shows activities related to a small project and their...
The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations, what activities each must precede and the crash cost to reduce duration per week: Duration (weeks) Activity A (start) Precedes B, C Crash Cost/Week $400 $100 $200 $300 $400 F F (end) 2 Suppose that Rafay is only given 5 weeks (instead of 7) to complete the project. By how many weeks should each activity be crashed in order to...
The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations, what activities each must precede and the crash cost to reduce duration per week: Activity Duration (weeks) Precedes Crash Cost/Week A (start) 2 B, C $ 370 B 2 E $ 130 C 4 F $ 200 E 1 F $ 150 F (end) 2 — $ 420 Suppose that Rafay is only given 5 weeks (instead of 8) to...
A senior manager has finished reviewing the latest draft of an upcoming project. the following table provides information about the project including the normal time for each activity, activity sequence and information about costs to shorten some of the activities and therefore the project duration. As he prepares ro review rhe proposal with the owners he is concerned about the project duration and expects the owners will want the project shortened. Activity Precedes Normal Time. (week) Crashing Costs ($000) 1st...
The Table shows the information related to a project that involves the merger of two marketing firms (in days). a) Draw the project network. b) Develop the project schedule (ES, EF, LS, LF). c) What are the critical activities? d) What is the project duration? e) If there is an option to delay one activity without delaying the entire merge project, which activity would you delay, why? f) Formulate the LP model that would determine the earliest start time of...
Question 13 The following table provides a list of activities in a project, along with their respective durations and precedence requirements: Immediate Duration Activity Predecessor(s) (weeks) A 2 B 3 с 2 D A,B 5 E CD F D 4 G E 2 1 Determine the duration of the project. a. 13 weeks b. 12 weeks OC. 11 weeks d. 10 weeks e. 9 weeks Question 14 Assume that activity F has the following times: Early start time (ES) =...
A Question 11 The following table provides a list of activities in a project, along with their respective durations and precedence requirements: Immediate Duration Activity Predecessor(s) (weeks) 2 B 3 C B D А E A.C 1 F DE 3 с 3 2 6 G Determine the amount of slack time for Activity E: a. O weeks b. 1 week C. 2 weeks O d. 3 weeks Question 12 Assume that activity A has the following times: Early start time...
Consider a project with the following information: Activity Duration Predecessors A 5 -- B 7 A C 9 B D 5 B E 7 C, D F 6 D G 4 C H 7 E, F, G Activity Duration ES EF LS LF Float A 5 0 5 0 5 B 7 5 12 5 12 C 9 12 21 12 21 D 5 12 17 16 21 E 7 21 28 21 28 F 6 17 23 22 28...
2. For the following project draw a node network and a bar chart. Then perform resource leveling trying to reduce the daily resources needed to no more than 8 laborers per day. If you cannot get it down to 8, manually shift resources so that the project starts low and gradually increases towards the middle and gradually decreases toward the end of the project Duration (days) laborers Activity IPA А 6 2 В 2 C 8 3 5 А, В...
The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations and what activities each must precede: Activity Duration (weeks) Precedes A (start) 2 B, C B 2 E C 6 F E 3 F F (end) 4 — This exercise contains only parts b, c, and d. b) Define the critical path, listing all critical activities in chronological order. Critical path activities are the activities that lie on the longest...
The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations and what activities each must precede: Duration(Weeks) Activity Precedes 3 A(start) В.С В 2 5 C F E 2 F F(end) b- The activites on the critical path are: A C- F c- The total project completion time for Rafay Ishfaq's software firm is weeks. d- Determine the slack time for each of the activities. e- What is the total...