IE 310 Project Management

(In-Class Exercise)

A network consists of the activities in the following list. Times are given in weeks.

Activity Preceding Time

A -- 2
B -- 5
C -- 1
D B 10
E A, D 3
F C 6
G E, F 8

a. Draw the network diagram.

0 A 2 15 E 18

13 2 15 15 3 18

0 start 0

0 0 0 0 B 5 18 G 26
5 D 15
0 5 5 18 8 26
5 10 15

0 C 1 1 F 7

11 1 12 12 6 18
b. Calculate the ES, EF, LS, LF, and Slack for each activity.

Results
Task Early Start Early Finish Late Start Late Finish Slack
A 0 2 13 15 13
B 0 5 0 5 0
C 0 1 11 12 11
D 5 15 5 5 0
E 15 18 15 18 0
F 1 7 12 18 11
G 18 26 18 26 0
c. What is the critical path?
B and G
c. What is project completion time?
The completion time is 26