1) Develop a project network consisting of at least 20 steps that should be done to complete the project. As the case suggests, keep the level of detail for these activities general, rather than specific. Be sure to indicate some degree of precedence relationship among the activities.
2) Suppose you now wanted to calculate duration estimates for these activities. How would you make use of the following approaches? Are some more useful than others?
a. Expert opinion
b. Past history
c. Mathematical derivation
3) Joe was trying to decide which scheduling format to employ for his planning: AON or AOA. What are some of the issues that Joe should first consider prior to choosing between these methods?
The general nature of the project, developing a strip mall with four stores of roughly equal size, is intended to challenge students to identify a variety of activities necessary to accomplish the project. The first step is to create a simple WBS of the various project activities and deliverables that will be required. Instructors can decide in advance how much detail they want students to go into for this assignment; for example, they may wish to leave all elements at the deliverable level and not get down to specific work packages.