Thomas Cristo

(b) Critical path is BDEG

(c) Total project takes 26 days
(d)
3.6 (a)
Activity Time

ES

EF

LS

LF

A
B
C
D
E
F
G

0
0
0
5
15
1
18

2
5
1
15
18
7
26

13
0
11
5
15
12
18

15
5
12
15
18
18
26

2
5
1
10
3
6
8

Slack Critical
13
0
11
0
0
11
0

No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes

3.11
Activity
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

Time

ES

EF

LS

LF

6
7
3
2
4
6
10
7

0
0
6
6
7
7
11
13

6
7
9
8
11
13
21
20

2
0
8
12
7
8
11
14

8
7
11
14
11
14
21
21

Slack Critical
2
0
2
6
0
1
0
1

No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No

The critical path is given for activities B, E, G.

Total project completion time is 21 days.
3.14(a)
Activity

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K

3
2
1
6
2
6
1
3
10
14
2

6
4
2
7
4
10
2
6
11
16
8

8
4
3
8
6
14
4
9
12
20
10

Expected Variance
5.83
3.67
2.00
7.00
4.00
10.00
2.17
6.00
11.00
16.33
7.33

0.69
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.44
1.78
0.25
1.00
0.11
1.00
1.78

(b, c)
Activity Time
A
5.83
B
3.67
C
2.00
D
7.00
E
4.00

ES
EF
0.00 5.83
0.00 3.67
0.00 2.00
2.00 9.00
9.00 13.00

LS
LF Slack Critical
7.17 13.00 7.17
No
5.33 9.00 5.33
No
0.00 2.00 0.00 Yes
2.00 9.00 0.00 Yes
9.00 13.00 0.00 Yes

F
G
H
I
J
K

10.00
2.17
6.00
11.00
16.33
7.33

13.00
13.00
23.00
15.17
2.00
29.00

23.00
15.17
29.00
26.17
18.33
36.33

13.00
15.83
23.00
18.00
20.00
29.00

23.00 0.00
18.00 2.83
29.00 0.00
29.00 2.83
36.33 18.00
36.33 0.00

Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes

The critical path is given by activities C, D, E, F, H, K. Average project completion time is 36.33 days.

(d)Expected completion time for the project is 36.33 days.. Project variance = Sum of variances of activities
on critical path = 0.11 + 0.11 + 0.44 + 1.78 + 1.00 + 1.78 = 5.22. Standard deviation = 2.28
40 36.33

P ( t 40 ) = P z
= P [ z 1.61] = 0.946
2.28

3.19Crash costs per unit time are $600 for A, $900 for B, and $1,000 for C. (a) A offers the cheapest path to a single
day reduction. (b) A cannot supply a second reduction, so the next best choice is B, which adds $900. (c) The total for
both days is $1,500.