Project Scheduling

Q1 An insurance company has decided to modernize and refit one of its branch offices Some of
the existing office equipments will be disposed of but the remaining will be returned to the
branch of completion of the renovation work Tenders are invited from a number of selected
contractors The contractors will be responsible for all the activities in connection with
renovation work excepting the prior removal of the old equipment and its subsequent
replacement

Activity Description Duration(weeks) Immediate

Predecessors
A Design new premises 14 -
B Obtain tenders from 4 A
the contractors
C Select the contractor 2 B
D Arrange details with 1 C
selected contractor
E Decide which 2 A
equipment is to be
used
F Arrange storage of 3 E
equipment
G Arrange disposal of 2 E
other equipment
H Order new equipment 4 E
I Take delivery of new 3 H,L
equipment
J Renovation take place 12 K
K Remove old 4 D,F,G
equipment for storage
or disposal
L Cleaning after the 2 J
contractor has
finished
M Return old equipment 2 H,L
for storage

a) Draw the network diagram showing the interrelations between the various activities of
the project
b) Calculate total completion time and the critical path
c) Find the effect on the overall duration of the project if the estimates or tenders can be
obtained in two weeks from the contractors by reducing their numbers
Q2 The following network diagram represent activities associated with the project

Activities A B C D E F G H I

Optimistic 5 18 26 16 15 6 7 7 3
time
Pessimistic 10 22 40 20 25 12 12 9 5
time
Most 8 20 33 18 20 9 10 8 4
likely time

F
3
B I 7
6

1 A E
H

2 D 5

C
G

Determine the following

a) Expected activity time and variance

b) The earliest and latest completion times of each event
c) The critical path
d) The probability of expected completion time of the project if the original schedule time of
completing the project is 41:5 weeks
e) The duration of the project that will have 95 percent chance of being completed

Q 3 A small project is composed of 7 activities whose time estimates are listed in the table below

Activities are identified by their beginning (i) and ending (j) node numbers

Activity(i-j) Optimistic(weeks) Most likely(weeks) Pessimistic(weeks)

1-2 1 1 7
1-3 1 4 7
1-4 2 2 8
2-5 1 1 1
3-5 2 5 14
 4-6 2 5 8
5-6 3 6 15

a) Draw the network diagram of activities in the project

b) Find the expected duration and variance for each activity What is the expected project
length?
c) Calculate the variance and standard deviation of the project length What is the probability
that the project will be completed?
i) At least 4 weeks earlier than expected time
ii) No more than 4 weeks later than expected time
d) If the project due date is 19 weeks, what is the probability of not meeting the due date