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Hello, I need help in the following exercises from book: Project Management: Achieving competitive advantage (4th ed.).Jeffery Pinto

Exercise 9.1

Consider the following information that you have compiled re-
garding the steps needed to complete a project. You have identi-
fied all relevant steps and have made some determinations re-
garding predecessor/successor relationships. Using MS Project,

develop a simple network diagram for this project, showing the
links among the project activities.

Activity Predecessors
A – Survey site —
B – Install sewer and storm drainage A
C – Install gas and electric power lines A
D – Excavate site for spec house B, C
E – Pour foundation D

Exercise 9.2
Suppose we have a complete activity predecessor table (shown
here) and we wish to create a network diagram highlighting the
activity sequence for this project. Using MS Project, enter the
activities and their predecessors and create a complete activity
network diagram for this project.
Project—remodeling an aPPliance
Activity Predecessors
A Conduct competitive analysis —
B Review field sales reports —
C Conduct tech capabilities
assessment

—
D Develop focus group data A, B, C
E Conduct telephone surveys D
F Identify relevant specification
improvements E
G Interface with marketing staff F
H Develop engineering
specifications G
I Check and debug designs H
J Develop testing protocol G
K Identify critical performance
levels J
L Assess and modify product
components I, K
M Conduct capabilities
assessment L
N Identify selection criteria M

Activity Predecessors
O Develop RFQ M
P Develop production master
schedule N, O
Q Liaise with sales staff P
R Prepare product launch Q

Exercise 9.3

Suppose that we add some duration estimates to each of the ac-
tivities from exercise 9.1. A portion of the revised table is shown

here. Recreate the network diagram for this project and note
how MS Project uses nodes to identify activity durations, start
and finish dates, and predecessors. What is the critical path for
this network diagram? How do we know?
Activity Duration Predecessors
A – Survey site 5 days —
B – Install sewer and storm
drainage 9 days A
C – Install gas and electric
power lines 4 days A
D – Excavate site for spec
house 2 days B, C
E – Pour foundation 2 days D

Answer 1