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Tutorial 04 - Project Scheduling

This document contains 10 questions and answers related to project scheduling techniques like activity networks, critical path method, and Gantt charts. The questions cover topics such as constructing activity networks using arrow and node notation, determining early and late start/finish times using forward and backward passes, identifying critical paths and slack times, and incorporating dummy activities into networks.

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Tutorial 04 - Project Scheduling

This document contains 10 questions and answers related to project scheduling techniques like activity networks, critical path method, and Gantt charts. The questions cover topics such as constructing activity networks using arrow and node notation, determining early and late start/finish times using forward and backward passes, identifying critical paths and slack times, and incorporating dummy activities into networks.

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IS333: Project Management Tutorial 04 Questions and Answers

IS333: Project Management

Project Scheduling (Lagging, Crashing, and Activity Networks)

Tutorial 04 Questions

1. Construct a network activity diagram based on the following information:

2. You have a partial network for your project, and you are about to conduct a forward pass through
it. Explain why the early start (ES) for activity G is 23 days, not 19 days. Remember, activity
G is a merge activity.

3. Referring to the figure above in question 2, suppose that Activity G was the last activity in the
network and you were about the start a backward pass.
a. What is the project’s duration? (Hint: complete the forward pass)
b. What are the late finish (LF) and late start (LS) values for Activities E, F, and G?
c. Which activity has slack time? How many days?

4. Referring to the figure shown below, suppose that Activity O was the last activity in the network
and you were about to start a backward pass.
a. What is the project’s duration? (Hint: complete the forward pass)
b. What are the late finish (LF) and late start (LS) values for activities L, M, N, and O?
c. Which activities have slack time? How many days?

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5. Your university is holding a fund-raiser and will be hiring a band to entertain spectators. You
have been selected to serve as the event project manager and have created a Work Breakdown
Structure and duration estimates for the activities involved in site preparation for the event.
Construct a network activity diagram based on the following information:

Activity Description Predecessors Duration (Days)


A Site selection None 4
B Buy concessions A 4
C Rent facilities A 2
D Build stands A 5
E Generator & wiring installation C 2
F Security B 4
G Lighting installation E 2
H Sound system installation E, F 2
I Stage construction D 3
J Tear down G, H, I 4

a. Conduct both a forward and backward pass using AON notation. What is the estimated
total duration for the project?
b. Identify all paths through the network. Which is the critical path?
c. Which activities have slack time?
d. Identify all burst activities and merge activities.

6. Explain the concept of a “dummy variable.” Why is this concept employed in AOA notation?
Why is there no need to use dummy variables in an AON network?

7. Using the following information about Project A, its activities and predecessor activities below:

Activity Predecessors
A -
B A
C B
D B
E C, D
F C
G E, F
H D, G

a. Create the Activity Network Diagram using the (AoN) technique. (Question repeated
from Tutorial 3, remove any redundant member)

Develop the AOA diagram based on the following information.


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9. Develop a Gantt chart with the following information. What is the expected duration of the
project? What is the critical path?

Activity Expected Duration Predecessors


A 12 None
B 8 None
C 5 None
D 10 A and B
E 10 C and D
F 5 A and B

10. Consider a project with the following information. Construct the project activity network using
AOA methodology and label each node and arrow appropriately. Identify all dummy activities
required to complete the network.

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