Question: Given the project within the table below, calculate the following: Activity Duration ( hours ) Immediate Predecessors A 4 None B 8 None C 6

Given the project within the table below, calculate the following:
Activity
Duration (hours)
Immediate Predecessors
A
4
None
B
8
None
C
6
A
D
7
B, C
E
3
D
F
1
E
G
5
E, F
H
4
G
a. What is the project's minimum completion time?[ Select ]["25","28","27","30","29"]
b. What is the critical path in the project?[ Select ]["B, C, D, E, F, G","C, D, E, F, G","B, D, E, F, G, H","A, C, D, E, F, G, H","A, C, D, E, G, H"]
c. What is the slack for activity B?[ Select ]["3","0- it is on the critical path", "5","4","2"]
d. What is the Early Start and Early Finish for Activity D?[ Select ]["10,17","0,7","18,25","8,15","12,19"]
e. What is the Late Start and Late Finish for activity B?[ Select ]["6 and 12","0 and 8","3 and 11","7 and 13","2 and 10"]
f. What would happen to the overall project length if activity B now took an additional 3 hours to complete, now taking a total of 11 hours?[ Select ]["the project time would be reduced by 3 hours because activity B is on the critical path. The project would now be 27 hours", "the project length would remain the same, because B is a non-critical activity", "the project length would decrease because activity B has 3 hours worth of slack", "The project would increase by 1 hour, because B has a slack of 2 hours - the project is now going to take 31 hours"]

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