Project Management

Sheet 3 (Project Time Management) PERT

1. The table below represents a plan for a project :

a. construct an appropriate network diagram

b. Indicate the critical path
c. What is the expected completion time for the project?
2. A project with 3-Time PERT activities has the following in-table data:

a) Construct the project network and determine the project expected time to finish
and the standard deviation.
b) What is the time required to complete the project with a confidence of 90%?
c) Draw a Gantt chart for the project.
3. The table below represents a plan for a project

Activity Predecessors Times

a m b
A - 1 2 3
B - 2 5 8
C A 6 9 18
D B,C 4 7 10
E C 1 3 5
F E 4 4 10
G D 5 8 17
H E,G 4 5 6
I C 4 4 4
J F,I 3 5 7
K H,J 3 9 15
L J 5 6 13
M H 4 10 10
N K,L,M 1 4 7

a) Find the project network paths and the critical path’s length and variance .
b) What is the time required to complete the project with a confidence of 97.5%?
c) Determine the slack and the four scheduling times of each activity.
d) What is the probability of finishing the project in less than 50 weeks?