Name of Course SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Course CSEB344/CSEB4213

Student Names Code

and IDs
Lecturer DR AZHANA AHMAD Semester SEM 1 2022/2023

(5 marks for team work)

SECTION

Date

Assessment Class Assignment 2

Weightage 10%
Course Outcome to achieve CO 3: Utilize appropriate tools to manage and monitor software
project

CO 4: Work effectively as part of a software development project

team

Question

1
Assume you have a project with ten activities labeled A-J, as shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1

Activity Preceding Duration

Event
A - 3
B A 1
C A 2
D B, C 5
E C 3
F D 2
G E, F 3
H F, G 5
I G, H 5
J I 2

(a) Derive the forward and backward pass for each of the following task (begin at time = 0).
Draw the network diagram clearly. [20 marks]

2
(b) Enter the EF, LF, slack and determine the critical path in Table 2 below. [20 marks]

Table 2

Activity Preceding Duration EF LF Slack Critical

Event path?
Yes/No
A - 3
B A 1
C A 2
D B, C 5
E C 3
F D 2
G E, F 3
H F, G 5
I G, H 5
J I 2

(c) List critical path (if any). [5 marks]