Q. A small engineering project consist of 6 activities namely A,B,C,D,E &F with duration of 4,6,5,4,3&3 days respectively.

Draw the network diagram and calculate EST,LST,EFT,LFT & FLOAT.Mark the critical path and find total project duratio

10 10
3

4 0 0
1 1v

15 15

18

18
6

12

Activity Duration
( a) A 4

EST

LST

EFT

LFT

Total Cost

Free Float

Independent Float

(b) 0

(c-a) 0

(a+b) 4

(c) 4 0 0 0

B C D E

6 5 4 3

4 10 4 8

4 10 8 12

10 15 8 11

10 15 12 15

0 0 4 4

0 0 0 4

0 0 0 0

15

15

18

18

FORMULAE:

LST

LST= LFT Duration of Activity

TOTAL FLOAT

Total Float = LST - EST

FREE FLOAT

Free Float = EST of tail event EST of head event activity duration

 INDEPENDENT FLOAT

INDEPENDENT FLOAT= EST of tail (succeeding)event - LFT of head (preceeding)event activity duration

NOTE : Independent Float ,if it turn out to be negative,is taken as zero