Operations Management

Assignment
Shaharyar Naeem
17U00019
Section E

Q3.8
a)

B
A                 C
D

                                                 E                  F

                                                                                      G

b) and c)
A-E-G = 2 + 3 + 8 = 13 days
B-D-E-G = 5 + 10 + 3 + 8 = 26 days
C-F-G = 1 + 6 + 8 = 15 days
Since B-D-E-G has the longest duration of 26 days, it forms the Critical path. The duration of
Critical Path is always termed as project length. Therefore, project length is 26 days
THE CRITICAL ACTIVITIES FOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME ARE: B-D-E-G
PROJECT LENGTH FOR THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT = 26 DAYS

d)
Slack time of all activities lying on critical path will be ZERO
Therefore, Slack times of activities B, D, E and G will be ZERO
Slack time of activity of A
= Duration of critical path B-D-E-G   Less Duration of path A-E-G
= 26 – 13
= 13 days
Slack time of activities C and F
= Duration of critical path B-D-E-G    Less Duration of C-F-G
= 26 – 15 days
= 11 days

ACTIVITY SLACK TIME

A 13

B 0

C 11

D 0

E 0

F 11

G 0

Q3.20
a)
Time [(a + 4b + c)/6]
A 10
B 10
C 10
D 8
Variance [(b-a)/6] ^2
A 4/36
B 144/36
C 4/36
D 36/36

b)
Critical Path AC takes 20 weeks
Critical Path BD takes 18 weeks

c)
Critical Path AC:
σ2CP = σ2A + σ2C
= 4/36 + 4/36 = 8/36
= 0.222
Critical Path BD:
σ2CP = σ2B + σ2D
= 144/ /36 = 180/36
=5

d)
mean = 20
variance (σ2) = 0.222
standard deviation (√0.222) = 0.47
P (x ≤ 22) = P [(22 – 20)/0.47] = 4.26
Using z table: 4.26 = 1.00

e)
mean = 18
variance (σ2) = 5
standard deviation (√5) = 2.24
P (x ≤ 22) = P [(22 – 18)/2.24] = 1.79
Using: 1.79 =0.96327

f)
Path B-D has more variability and has a higher probability of exceeding 22 weeks.