The table below shows the activities related to making Picorro according to the time.

a. Draw an Activity on Node (AON) diagram for the creation of a Picorro car.
b. Determine the critical path and completion time of the car.
c. If you want to speed up the car work by 1 day, can this be done by:
• Purchase transmission to reduce H activity time by 1 day
• Speeding up the activity of receiving accessories to 4 days. If not, explain why.
d. Give one way so that work on the car can be completed 2 days earlier.
 

 

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Solution a AON diagram for the creation of a Picorro car The AON diagram for the creation of a Picorro car is as follows AON diagram for the creation of a Picorro car b Critical path and completion ti... View the full answer