Question: 1) Activity (A) Develop business plan [Duration (2months)] Predecessor (none) Slack Activity (B) Buy and create website [Duration (2 weeks)] Predecessor (A) Slack Activity (C)

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Activity (A) Develop business plan [Duration (2months)] Predecessor (none) Slack

Activity (B) Buy and create website [Duration (2 weeks)] Predecessor (A) Slack

Activity (C) Develop prod. architecture [Duration (8 months)] Predecessor (A) Slack

Activity (D) Seek investors/funding [Duration (6 months)] Predecessor (A) Slack

Activity (E) Hire additional workers [Duration (3 months)] Predecessor (D) Slack

Activity (F) Buy computers & supplies [Duration (2 weeks)] Predecessor (D) Slack

Activity (G) Rent space for office [Duration (1.5 months)] Predecessor (D) Slack

Activity (H) Move into and open office [Duration (2 weeks)] Predecessor (G) Slack

Activity (I) Develop detailed product [Duration (9 months)] Predecessor (C,E,F) Slack

Activity (J) Sell and ship 1st product [Duration (1 month)] Predecessor (B,H,I) Slack

1a) Draw an activity on node network diagram for this project. (Use months as your working units, assuming that 4 weeks = one month)

1b) Identify the critical path and how long the entire project will take. For full credit, show me why this path is critical.

1c) Complete the table by identifying the slack time for each activity. Make sure to express all of your answers using months as your unit of measure.

1d) Draw a design structure matrix for this project

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