A radar project is in the process of being authorized. Develop a schedule assuming the start date is Sept 1, 2022, with a normal schedule (i.e., five-day work weeks) and no holidays. An activity defined as a 5-week activity requires five work weeks x 5 work days per work week = 25 work days.  However, when calculating a completion date, a 5-week activity equates to 5 calendar weeks x 7 calendar days per calendar week = 35 calendar days.
Create the following scheduling diagrams and information for the project listed below.

1.  AON (Activity on Node) Network diagram using the most likely duration from the table below.  The network should only use and show defined precedence relationships. Indicate the critical path and calculate the duration of the project.  The AON diagram should show the task predecessors and the ES, EF, LS, and LF times.  Draw the diagram with Most Likely Durations, and omitting the expected time and variance shown inside each box in the text's figure.  Please show the duration, not calendar days, for the network diagrams.

2.   Show a Gantt schedule chart (a bar chart of the schedule) using the most likely duration. In contrast to the previous display, calendar time should be represented on the time axis of a Gantt chart.  The Y axis should only list the task names or IDs corresponding to the bars on the Gantt chart. Show the time axis in months

3. Create a table with calendar dates for the start and end of each activity and the project completion date using the most likely duration.

4. Calculate the expected time, the variance, and the standard deviation for each task on the critical path.

 

5. Using the project completion date from question 3 as the desired completion, calculate the likelihood that the project will be completed by that date.

6. Write an explanation referencing only the Critical Path Method and what you have done to produce the likelihood in the answer above. Assuming a mature project management organization, how were the various durations (i.e., optimistic, most likely, and pessimistic) for each task produced? What assumptions go into a PERT calculation?
All Durations Are In Weeks.
 

 

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No. Task Name 1 234 ԼՈ 5 6 7 68 9 All Durations Are In Weeks. 10 11 12 13 Optimistic Most Likely 0 Radar Project Authorized Antenna Design 3 6 Antenna H/W Design Antenna S/W Design 12 Radar Interface Unit Design 4 Radar Interface H/W Design 5 Radar Interface S/W Design 12 Receiver Design 3 Receiver Hardware Design 5 Receiver Software Design Design Review Radar Material Acquisition Prototype Manufacturing 6386 0 L80 5 15 LO 5 7 14 5 7 8 4 10 9 Pessimistic Predecessors 0 5 10 20 6 7 16 7 9 10 6 12 12 1 FS 2 SS + 5 (lag) 2 FS + 5 (lag) 10FS, 9FS, 4FS, 3 FS 5 FS 5 FS 1 FS 8 FS 8 SS 6 FS, 7FS 11 FS 12 FS No. Task Name 1 234 ԼՈ 5 6 7 68 9 All Durations Are In Weeks. 10 11 12 13 Optimistic Most Likely 0 Radar Project Authorized Antenna Design 3 6 Antenna H/W Design Antenna S/W Design 12 Radar Interface Unit Design 4 Radar Interface H/W Design 5 Radar Interface S/W Design 12 Receiver Design 3 Receiver Hardware Design 5 Receiver Software Design Design Review Radar Material Acquisition Prototype Manufacturing 6386 0 L80 5 15 LO 5 7 14 5 7 8 4 10 9 Pessimistic Predecessors 0 5 10 20 6 7 16 7 9 10 6 12 12 1 FS 2 SS + 5 (lag) 2 FS + 5 (lag) 10FS, 9FS, 4FS, 3 FS 5 FS 5 FS 1 FS 8 FS 8 SS 6 FS, 7FS 11 FS 12 FS

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