In: Operations Management
Consider the project described in the below Excel
a. Construct an Activity-on-Node network for the project.
b. Determine the critical path using the expected time for each activity (you can use Excel), and the expected project duration.
c. What is the probability that the project will be finished in 3 weeks? In 4 weeks?
Time estimates (days) | ||||
Activity | Predecessor | a | m | b |
a | -- | 1 | 3 | 5 |
b | -- | 2 | 3 | 5 |
c | -- | 2 | 4 | 7 |
d | a | 1 | 3 | 4 |
e | d | 2 | 5 | 8 |
f | b,e | 1 | 2 | 2 |
g | b,c,e | 3 | 6 | 8 |
h | f | 2 | 4 | 5 |
i | g | 3 | 4 | 6 |
j | h,i | 1 | 2 | 4 |