NOTE: PLEASE ANSWER 16.2

16.1. Christine Phillips is in charge of planning and coordinating next spring's sales management training program for her company. Christine has listed the following activity information for this project: Immediate Predecessors Activity A B D E Activity Description Select location Obtain speakers Make speaker travel plans Prepare and mail brochure Take reservations Estimated Duration (Weeks) 2 3 A,B A.B WNNWN 3 a. Construct the project network for this project. b. Find all the paths and path lengths through this project network. Which of these paths is a critical path? c. Find the earliest times, latest times, and slack for each activity. Use this information to determine which of the paths is a critical path. d. It is now one week later, and Christine is ahead of schedule. She has already selected a location for the sales meeting, and all the other activities are right on schedule. Will this shorten the length of the project? Why or why not? 16.2.* Reconsider Problem 16.1. Christine has done more detailed planning for this project and so now has the expanded activity list shown below. Follow the instructions for Problem 16.1 with this expanded activity list. Activity Immediate Estimated Activity Description Predecessors Duration (weeks) Select location Ootain keynote speaker Obtain other speakers Make speaker travel plans for keynote speaker AB Make travel plans for other speakers AC 3 Make food arrangements Negotiate hotel rates Prepare brochure CG Mail brochure Take reservations Prepare handouts CF A H 1 1 1 3 4 K