Question: Activity Description Predecessors Duration A Identify product requirements for the global market --- 16 B Preliminary design of the product A 7 C Select fabrication

Activity Description Predecessors Duration
A Identify product requirements for the global market --- 16
B Preliminary design of the product A 7
C Select fabrication plant in another country --- 15
D Evaluation of design B, C ??
E Prepare the contract with the supplier and the fabrication plant A 12
F Contract negotiation E 15
G Preparation of fabrication plant D, E 17
H Final design of the product F 10
I Fabrication of product G 14
J Testing of plant and product G, H 3
K Oversea shipment of product to owner J, I 13

  • Estimate the duration of activity D using the PERT method, knowing that it has an optimistic time estimate of 11 days, a most likely estimate of 14 days, and a pessimistic estimate of 23 days.
  • Draw a Network Diagram of this project (you can use drawings tool in Word or scan in your hand drawings as an image)
  • Find the critical path and the shortest time to complete this project
  • Calculate the ES, LS, EF, LF, and Slack time for each task in the network (you can enter such information into the boxes of tasks on the network diagram)

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