Ministry of Higher Education

High Institute for Engineering and Technology, New Damietta

Civil Engineering Department
ENG-408 [Project Management and Control]
Sheet 1
Project Planning and Scheduling

The given table shows the activities list of a project.

❖ Using Bar Chart
- Draw the Gantt chart.
- Determine the project completion time.
❖ Using A.D.M.
- Draw the network.
- Find all the paths and path lengths through the project network.
- Find the earliest and the latest dates and the slack time for each event.
- Determine the project completion time.
- Determine the critical path and show it clearly on the network.
❖ Using P.D.M.
- Draw the network.
- Find the earliest and the latest dates for each activity.
- Determine the project completion time.
- Find the total float for each activity.
- Find the free float for each activity.
- Determine the critical path and show it clearly on the network.
Activity A B C D E F
1. Predecessor -- A A B, C B E
Duration 4 3 5 8 7 12

Activity A B C D E F
2. Predecessor -- -- A A B D, E
Duration 10 8 14 7 6 8

Activity A B C D E F G
3. Predecessor -- -- -- A B C D
Duration 1 2 2 1 3 2 1

Activity A B C D E F
4. Predecessor -- -- B A, C A D, E
Duration 5 1 2 4 6 3

Activity A B C E F G H
5. Predecessor -- A A B, C C C F, E, G
Duration 8 10 5 12 5 7 5

Activity A B C E F G H K M
6. Predecessor -- A B C C, E F B H, F G
Duration 8 10 5 20 5 5 17 12 2

Activity A B C D E F G H I
7. Predecessor -- -- A B C, D C, D E F G, H
Duration

Activity A B C D E F G H I
8. Predecessor -- A B A C, D E D E G, H
Duration 20 10 8 11 7 6 12 13 5

Activity A B C D E F G H I
9. Predecessor -- -- -- A A B, D C C F, G
Duration 10 12 8 13 14 18 14 12 12

Activity A B C E F G H K M N
10. Predecessor -- -- B B A, C A, C F, E E K G
Duration 4 3 5 7 6 8 8 4 3 5

Activity A B C D E F G H I J
11. Predecessor -- -- A A, B C A, B F G G I
Duration 40 20 15 25 15 25 10 15 10 15

Best Wishes,
Eng. Elin Eldars
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 Ministry of Higher Education
High Institute for Engineering and Technology, New Damietta
Civil Engineering Department
ENG-408 [Project Management and Control]

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K
12. Predecessor -- -- A A, B C C C D, E F F, G H
Duration 4 3 7 6 3 2 4 5 7 2 4

Activity A B C D E F G H I
13. Predecessor -- -- A A B B A, C, E C, D, E, F F, G, H
Duration

Activity A B C D E F G H I J
14. Predecessor -- -- A, B A C A, B A, B, C, F G D, G I, H
Duration

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L
15. Predecessor -- -- A B C D D D E, F G, I G, I H, J
Duration 5 7 6 9 4 11 8 6 8 6 2 5

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K
16. Predecessor -- A -- C A, D -- F C C B, E, F, G H, I, J
Duration 3 3 1 2 8 4 1 4 12 6 4

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
17. Predecessor -- A B B B C D, E F G, H I I J K L
Duration 1 2 4 3 2 3 5 1 4 2 3 3 5 4

Activity T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11

18. Predecessor -- T1 T2 T1 -- T5 T4, T6 T5 T4, T6 T8, T9 T3, T7, T10
Duration 6 9 7 11 3 6 3 6 3 11 4

From 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 5
19. To 2 3 4 4 5 6 5 6 6
Time 4 3 2 0 4 5 7 7 6

From 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 5 6
20. To 2 3 5 6 3 4 5 7 6 7 7
Time 10 20 2 5 0 10 0 3 0 1 8

Activity A B C D E F G
Predecessor -- -- B B C A D
21.
Duration 10 4 3 4 2 12 1
- If all other activities take the estimated amount of time, what is the maximum duration of activity D without delaying the project?

Activity A B C D E
Predecessor -- -- A, B A, B D
22. Duration 2 3 2 2 3
- After delaying one week of the start of the schedule; the manager has already finished activity A, and all the other activities are right on
schedule. Will this shorten the length of the project? Why / Why not?

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K
Predecessor -- -- A A, B A, C A A C, G H I C, F
23. Duration 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 4
- After delaying one week of the start of the schedule; the manager has already finished activity A, and all the other activities are right on
schedule. Will this shorten the length of the project? Why / Why not?

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L
Predecessor -- A -- C -- E -- G H I, F, D, B E J, K
24. Duration 30 5 2 3 7 25 15 10 2 10 15 30
- If activity E is interrupted for 6 minutes, by how much will the project be delayed?
- If you use a processor, which reduces the time from 7 to 2 minutes, will the project still be delayed?

- What will happen if activity I increase by 4 weeks?

- What will happen if activity D increase by 10 weeks?
- What will happen if activity G increase to 26 weeks?
25. - What will happen if activity G increase to 28 weeks?
- What will happen if activity E increase by 2 weeks?

Best Wishes,
Eng. Elin Eldars
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