Problem 1

A project has been defined to contain the following list of activities, along with their required
times for completion,

ACTIVITY

TIME

IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I

1
4
3
7
6
2
7
9
4

A
A
A
B
C,D
E,F
D
G,H

Requirement:
a. Draw the critical path diagram (Node).
b. Show the early start and early finish times.c. Show the critical path.
d. What would happen if activity F was revised to take four days instead of two?

Solution Problem 2 Type equation here .

a. Calculation of expected time and activity variance:
ACTIVITY

EXPECTED TIME
ET=

a+ 4 m+b
6

ACTIVITY VARIANCE
ba 2
2=
6

( )

4.00

5.50

25
36

4.17

1
4

11.33

16
9

6.50

9
4

9.00

25
9

4.50

25
36

b.
F(2)

B(4)

G(7)
A(1)

C(3)

D(7)

E(6)

c. Shown on diagram
d. Shown on diagram
e. We know that,
Transformation formula Z

Problem 3
A project consists of 9 activities. For each activity, the preceding activity is given and a
deterministic estimate of the length of time required to complete it.

ACTIVITY

TIME

IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I

6
9
8
12
11
7
12
14
9

A
A
A
B
C,D
E,F
D
G,H

Requirement:
a. Draw a node diagram.
b. Calculate the slack time for each paths.
c. Determine critical path.