NET WORK

DIAGRAM
SAMPLE PROBLEMS
Solving for ES and EF Activity ES EF
1-2 0 5
Early Finish = Early Start + Duration 1-3 0 2
3-4 2 6
2-4 5 8
ES EF 4-5 6 11
0+5=5 2-5 5 9
2
ES 5 ES EF
0 5+4=9
1 5
ES EF

2 3 8+3=11

3
3 4
ES EF
4 ES EF
0+2=2
2+4=6
Solving for LS and LF Activity LF LS
4-5 11 8
Late Start = Late Finish - Duration 5-2 11 5
LF LS 4-2 8 5
9-4=5 4-3 8 4
1-2 5 0
2
1-3 4 2
LF LS 5
5-5=0 LF
1 5 11
LF LS 3
4-2=2 2

3
3 4
LF LS
8-4=4 4 LF LS
11-3=8
ACTIVITY LS ES SLACK or LF EF SLACK

1-2 0 0 0 5 5 0
1-3 2 0 2 4 2 2
2-4 5 5 0 8 8 0
2-5 5 5 0 9 9 0
3-4 4 2 2 8 6 2
4-5 8 8 0 11 11 0
 a.) The length of each path
b.) The critical path
c.) The amount of float time for each path

10+10=10 10+8=18
0 10-10=0
START 23-4=19
10 8
1 2 4
19-8=11
11-6=5

4
6 13

25-2=23 24
6+12=18
3 5 6
0+6=6 12 2 END
23-12=11 23+2=25

PATH LENGTH IN WEEKS FLOAT/SLACK

1-2-4-5-6 10+8+4+2 = 24 25-24=1

1-2-5-6 10+13+2=25 25-25=0
1-3-5-6 6+12+2=20 25-20=5
Solve for value of Float or Slack
0 10 10+8=18
START 10 8
1 2 4 23-4=19
10-10=0 19-8=11
11-6=5 23-13=10

4
6 13

22 24
3 5 6
12 2 END
23-12=11 25-2=23 25

ACTIVITY LS ES FLOAT (LS-ES) Critical Path – activities with ZERO

1-2 10-10 = 0 At (1) = 0 0 FLOAT TIME
1-3 11-16 = 5 6-6 = 0 5 1-2; 2-5; 5-6
2-4 19-8 =11 0+10 =10 1
2-5 23-13 =10 0+10=10 0 Shared Slack or Shared Float
3-5 23-12 = 11 0+6=6 5 1-3; 3-5 5
4-5 23-4 = 19 10+8=18 1
5-6 25-2 =23 10+13=23 0 2-4; 4-5 1