Chapter 6: Exercise 1 1. Given the following project to landscape a new building site: Activity A B C E F G Immediate Predecessor - A A B, C D D E, F Activity Duration Resource (days) Used 2 2 3 4 1 2 X, Y X X S X, Y W, X W, X, Y X, Y a. Draw a Gantt chart using MSP. b. Assuming a 5-day week, find the critical path and project duration in days. c. Given that each resource is assigned 100 to each task, identify the resource constraints. percent d. Using the MSP default, level the resources and determine the new project duration and critical path. e. Identify what alternative solutions can be used to shorten the project duration without overallocat- ing the resources. 2. Given the following project (all times are in days): Acti- Prede- Normal Normal Crash vity cessor Time Cost Time a C d e g h b a, c a, c b d e, f 5 4723856 $50 40 70 20 30 80 50 60 3 2 6 1 1543 Crash Cost $150 200 160 50 290 100 180

Chapter 6: Exercise 1 1. Given the following project to landscape a new building site: a. Draw a Gantt chart using MSP. b. Assuming a 5-day week, find the critical path and project duration in days. c. Given that each resource ts assigned 100 percent to each task, identify the resource constraints. d. Using the MSP default, level the resources and determine the new project duration and critical path. e. Identify what alternative solutions can be used to shorten the project duration without overallocat-ing the resources. 2. Given the following projece (all times are in days)