Question: 1. 2. When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project take? What is the critical path for the project?

1. 2. When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project take? What is the critical path for the project? 3. Which activity has the greatest amount of slack? 4. How sensitive is the network? 5. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices. 6. Compare the advantages/disadvantages of displaying the schedule as a network versus a Gantt chart. Name Resource Names Duration Predecessors Start Finish 1 Conveyor Belt Project 530 days 2 Hardware 440 days 3 Hardware specifications Design;Development 50 days 24 4 Hardware design Design;Development 70 days 3 5 Hardware documentation Design;Documentation 30 days 4 6 Prototypes Assembly; Development 80 days 25 7 Order circuit boards Purchasing 5 days 26 1/4/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 4/19/10 8:00 AM 7/28/10 8:00 AM 11/18/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 8 Assemble preproduction Assembly;Development 9 Operating System 30 days 7FS+50 days 9/19/11 8:00 AM 445 days 10 Kernel specifications Design 20 days 24 11 Drivers 310 days 12 Disk drivers Assembly;Development 100 days 10 13 Serial I/O drivers Development 130 days 25 14 Memory management Development 90 days 10 15 Operating system documeDesign;Documentation 25 days 10 16 Network interface Development 90 days 26 17 Utilities 415 days 18 Utilities specifications Design;Development 15 days 24 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 11/18/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 19 Routine utilities Development 60 days 18 3/1/10 8:00 AM 2/2/12 5:00 PM 10/28/11 5:00 PM 4/16/10 5:00 PM 7/27/10 5:00 PM 9/8/10 5:00 PM 3/15/11 5:00 PM 7/7/11 5:00 PM 10/28/11 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 3/5/10 5:00 PM 5/24/11 5:00 PM 7/27/10 5:00 PM 5/24/11 5:00 PM 7/13/10 5:00 PM 4/9/10 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 9/23/11 5:00 PM 2/26/10 5:00 PM 5/21/10 5:00 PM Early Start 1/4/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 4/19/10 8:00 AM 7/28/10 8:00 AM 11/18/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 9/19/11 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 11/18/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 3/8/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM Late Start 3/1/10 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 2/8/10 8:00 AM 4/19/10 8:00 AM 7/28/10 8:00 AM 2/2/11 8:00 AM 7/8/11 8:00 AM 9/26/11 8:00 AM 3/22/10 8:00 AM 3/22/10 8:00 AM 4/19/10 8:00 AM 4/19/10 8:00 AM 11/18/10 8:00 AM 5/3/10 8:00 AM 8/4/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 4/26/10 8:00 AM 4/26/10 8:00 AM 6/15/10 8:00 AM Early Finish 2/2/12 5:00 PM Late Finish 2/2/12 5:00 PM Total Slack 0 days 10/28/11 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 5 days 4/16/10 5:00 PM 4/16/10 5:00 PM 0 days 7/27/10 5:00 PM 9/8/10 5:00 PM 3/15/11 5:00 PM 7/7/11 5:00 PM 10/28/11 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 3/5/10 5:00 PM 5/24/11 5:00 PM 7/27/10 5:00 PM 7/27/10 5:00 PM 0 days 9/8/10 5:00 PM 0 days 5/24/11 5:00 PM 7/14/11 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 4/16/10 5:00 PM 5/24/11 5:00 PM 50 days 5 days 5 days 0 days 30 days 0 days 9/8/10 5:00 PM 30 days 5/24/11 5:00 PM 5/24/11 5:00 PM 0 days 7/13/10 5:00 PM 4/9/10 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 9/23/11 5:00 PM 2/26/10 5:00 PM 5/21/10 5:00 PM 9/8/10 5:00 PM 40 days 9/8/10 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 5/14/10 5:00 PM 105 days 0 days 30 days 55 days 9/8/10 5:00 PM 75 days 20 Complex utilities Development 80 days 18 3/1/10 8:00 AM 6/21/10 5:00 PM 21 Utilities documentation Design;Documentation 20 days 18 22 Shell Development 60 days 26 23 24 25 26 27 28 System Integration Architectural decisions Design Integration first phase Assembly;Development System hard/software te: Assembly Project documentation Development;Docum... Integration acceptance teAssembly;Development 530 days 25 days 3/1/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 50 days 5; 12; 14; 15; 1... 9/9/10 8:00 AM 3/26/10 5:00 PM 9/23/11 5:00 PM 2/2/12 5:00 PM 2/5/10 5:00 PM 11/17/10 5:00 PM 25 days 6;13 5/25/11 8:00 AM 6/29/11 5:00 PM 50 days 26 60 days 8;16;22;27 6/30/11 8:00 AM 11/7/11 8:00 AM 9/9/11 5:00 PM 2/2/12 5:00 PM 3/1/10 8:00 AM 3/1/10 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 9/9/10 8:00 AM 5/25/11 8:00 AM 6/30/11 8:00 AM 11/7/11 8:00 AM 5/17/10 8:00 AM 8/11/10 8:00 AM 8/12/11 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 1/4/10 8:00 AM 9/9/10 8:00 AM 5/25/11 8:00 AM 8/26/11 8:00 AM 11/7/11 8:00 AM 6/21/10 5:00 PM 9/8/10 5:00 PM 55 days 3/26/10 5:00 PM 9/23/11 5:00 PM 2/2/12 5:00 PM 2/5/10 5:00 PM 11/17/10 5:00 PM 6/29/11 5:00 PM 9/9/11 5:00 PM 9/8/10 5:00 PM 11/4/11 5:00 PM 2/2/12 5:00 PM 115 days 30 days 0 days 2/5/10 5:00 PM 0 days 11/17/10 5:00 PM 0 days 6/29/11 5:00 PM 0 days 11/4/11 5:00 PM 40 days 2/2/12 5:00 PM 2/2/12 5:00 PM 0 days

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