CHAPTER 8

SCHEDULING
Review & Homework
Review: Construction the Network AON-AOA
Practice 1: Construction the Network AON-AOA
Assignment 1: Construction the Network AON-AOA
Assigment 2

1. Develop a network diagram for this problem

2. What is the critical path?
3. What is the slack time for each individual activity?

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Assignment 3
ACTIVITY IMMEDIATE TIME (DAYS)
PREDECESSOR(S)
A _ 3
B A 4
C A 6
D B 6
E B 4
F C 4
G D 6
H E,F 8

1. Develop a network diagram for this problem

2. What is the critical path?
3. Determine the slack on all activities.
Review: Slack/Float Identification

Earliest Earliest
Start
ES Activity EF Finish

Latest Start LS Duration LF Latest Finish

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 What the Critical Path Calculates
 Earliest Start (ES) = the earliest time at which an activity can start
 Calculated by a forward pass through the network diagram,
 Calculated on the basis of the project’s start time and the duration the
preceding activity. If If an activity has multiple immediate predecessors:
ES= Max {EF of all immediate predecessors}
 Earliest Finish (EF) = the earliest time by which an activity can be finished
 Calculated by adding the activity’s duration estimate to the earliest start
time.
EF= ES + Duration estimate

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 What the Critical Path Calculates
 Latest Finish (LF) = the latest time at which an activity has to finish and still allow
the project to be completed on time.
 Calculated by a backward pass through the network diagram
 Calculated on the basis of the project’s completion time and the duration for the
succeeding activities. If an activity is an immediate predecessor to more than one
activity
LF = Min {LS of all immediate following activities}
 Latest Start (LS) = the latest time by which an activity can start and still allow the
project to be completed on time.
 Calculated by subtracting the activity’s duration from the activity’s latest finish time
LS= LF – Duration estimate

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Assignment 4

1. Develop a network diagram for this problem

2. What is the critical path?
3. What is the slack time for each individual activity?
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Calculating Uncertain Activity Times:
PERT Method

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Calculating Uncertain Activity Times:
PERT Method

Assignment 5:

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Calculating Uncertaint Activity Times:
PERT Method

Assignment 6:

(d) What is the probability completion time of this

project?

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Calculating PERT Method
Assignment 7:

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Questions?

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