Question

Completed

1. Select an area or a place for playground

• Buy property

2. Furnish the land and establish borders
3. Select playground equipment

• Buy needed equipment

4. Make designs for playground
5. Get equipment for the playground
6. Recruit workforce
7. Assign tasks to workers
8. Give workers timeframe
9. Start work
10. Check on the progress of work
11. Finished playground

	Activity	Pre	Time (Days)	ES	LS	LS	LF	Critical	Slack
A	Select An Area	NA	10	0	10	0	10	Yes	0
B	Furnish the land	A	30	10	40	10	40	Yes	0
C	Select Equipment	A	5	10	15	52	57		42
D	Make Designs	B, C	10	40	50	40	50	Yes	0
E	Get Equipment	C	3	15	18	57	60		42
F	Recruit Workforce	D	10	50	60	50	60	Yes	0
G	Assign task	E, F	3	60	63	60	63	Yes	0
H	Give Workers a time frame	G	2	63	65	63	65	Yes	0
I	Start Work	H	2	65	67	65	67	Yes	0
J	Check on Progress	I	60	67	127	67	127	Yes	0
K	Finish Playground	J	20	127	147	127	147	Yes	0

Needs to be completed

1. Assign a crash duration to tasks that you feel are feasible to crash.
2. Assign total normal costs and total crash costs to each task.
3. Decrease your total project duration by 15%. This may be accomplished using any of the techniques described in the lesson.
4. Write a short narrative describing how you arrived at your new durations in (1) above and your basis of estimate for costs in (2)

Answer 1

Please refer to the solution below.