The director of continuing education at Bluebird University just approved the planning for a sales training seminar;
Question:
The director of continuing education at Bluebird University just approved the planning for a sales training seminar; her administrative assistant identified the various activities that must be done and their relationships to each other, as shown in Table.
Because of the uncertainty in planning the new course, the assistant also has supplied the following time estimates for each activity:
The director wants to conduct the seminar 47 working days from now. What is the probability that everything will be ready intime?
ACTIVITIES FOR THE SALES TRAINING SEMINAR Activity Description Immediate Predecessor(s) Design brochure and course announcement dentify prospective teachers Prepare detailed outline of course Send brochure and student applications Sand teacher applications Select teacher for course Accept students Select text for course Order and receive texts Prepare room for class C,E G. H Time Estimates (days) Activity Optimistic Most Likely Pessimistic 12 25 12 10 17
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Bluebird University Calculation of activity statistics in days The AON diagram is The critical path ...View the full answer
Operations management processes and supply chain
ISBN: 978-0136065760
9th edition
Authors: Lee J Krajewski, Larry P Ritzman, Manoj K Malhotra
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