Planning & Scheduling (PSP) Código Revisión: RA

Compound Questions # 1 Fecha 10-Sep-22

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1. Based on the information below, answer the following questions.

A project has seven activities A, B, C, D, E, F & G. Activities A, B, D can start anytime. Activity A
takes 3 weeks, Activity B takes 5 weeks and Activity D takes 11 weeks. Activities A & B must be
completed before Activity C can start. Activity C requires 6 weeks to complete. Activities B, C & D
must be completed before activity E can start. Activity E requires 2 weeks. Activity F takes 4 weeks
and can start as soon as Activity C is completed. Activity E must be completed before Activity G
starts. Activity G requires 3 weeks. Activity F and Activity G must be completed for the project to be
completed.

a. What is the critical path of the project?

b. How much is the float for Activity B?
c. If Activity F requires Activity E to complete, how much week’s project completion date will be
affected?
d. If activity B is delayed for 10 days, what will be effect on project completion date?
e. If you remove activity C from the network, what will be impact on the project completion date?
f. If you are going to compress the duration of the activities by 2 weeks. Which activity, you will
choose to compress?

2. Based on the figure besides, answer the following questions.

a. What is the duration of the critical path in this network?

b. What is the float for Activity G?
c. If a project planner imposes a finish time of 14 on the project with no change in the start date or
activity durations, what is the total float of Activity E?
d. If the imposed finish time in question 6.c above is removed and reset to 16 and the duration of
Activity H is changed to 3, what is the late finish for Activity G?

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