MANAGEMENT (MGMT727)

Assignment No. 1
Due Date: January 30, 2017

Marks: 20

A lag is the minimum amount of time a dependent activity must be delayed to begin or end. T

1. When activities of long duration delay the start or finish of successor activities, the network
2. Lags can be used to constrain the start and finish of an activity.
Use the following information to answer the questions given below.
ID

Duration

ES
S
LS

Activity EF

Additional Lag
Lag
Relationships
A
5
None
0
B
10
None
0
C
15
Start-finish C to D
20
D
5
Start-start D to E
5
Finish-finish D to E
25
E
20
B
0
Finish-finish E to F
0
F
15
D
0
None
0
G
10
C
10
Finish-finish G to F
10
H
20
F
0
None
0
1. Draw project network (PERT/CPM) using activity on node method. (10 Marks)
2. Compute early, late and slack times for each activity. Identify critical activities/ path and t
Instructions:
1. This is a practical assignment in which you have to draw a proper project network.
2. Use following legend to show an activity on node:
ID

Duration

Finish-toStart
Predecessor
None
A
A
B

Finish-toStart Lag
0
0
0
5

S
LF

ES: earliest start time

EF: earliest finish time
LS: latest start time
LF: latest finish time
S: slack time

3. For slack and project duration, calculate earliest and latest times first.
4. No theoretical definitions and explanations are required.

5. Consult Chapter 6 of RecommendedTextBookfor further guidance.

6. Show all necessary working and calculations in your assignment solution.
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yed to begin or end. The use of lags in project networks occurs for two primary reasons:

activities, the network designer normally breaks the activity into smaller activities to avoid the long de

10 Marks)
l activities/ path and the expected project duration. (10 Marks)

oject network.

overcome uploading difficulties. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and abo

reference style in Google and read various websites containing information for better understanding

s to avoid the long delay of the successor activity. Use of lags can avoid such delays and reduce netwo

mergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenie

etter understanding or visit http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/apa/APA01.html

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ID
A

Finish-toDuratio
Start
n
Predecessor
5
None

Finish- Additional
toLag
Lag
Start Relationship
Lag
s
0
None
0
None

ES

EF

15

20

20

5
25

15

20

15

35

10

15

20

15

None

20

35

10

10

F-f G to F

10

20

30

20

None

35

S-fDCtotoE D
S-S
F-F D to
E
F-f E to F

55
215

LS

LF

SL
0
5
5
15
15
20
20
35

15

10
0
0

5
0

20
50

25

D
5

25

25

55

55

70

20
5

C
15

ES
S
LS

Activi
ty

ID
Durati
on

EF
S
LF

20

20

G
10

30

F
15

70
70

Dur Pred
70
70

H
20

90
90

A
5 None
B 10 A
C 15 A
D
E
F
G
H

5
20
15
10
20

B
B
D
C
F

La
g
None
0
None
0
S-f
CtotoE D 20
S-S D

F to S Others

0
0
0

5
F-F D
0 F-f to
E Eto F
0
None
10 F-f G to F
None
0

5
25

0
0
10
0