Operations Management: Network diagram AON: In excel spread sheet Calculate ES-LS (Early Start - Late Start), EF-LF (Early finish - Late finish) for each activity. (You can also represent project AON Network)

Client decided to award you the contract for the implementation of the proposed solutions (forecasting system and inventory management system). They want you to finish the project within 75 business days, with a risk of a penalty of $100,000 if you exceed that duration.

Question: Calculate ES-LS, EF-LF for each activity as per given below information. (Excel sheet)

Project Information Table Duration (days) Likely Precedence Activity A B D E F G H 1 J K L M N 0 P 0 R S T Optimistic 3 2 1 6 2 6 1 3 3 14 1 2 2 3 12 2 4 1 5 1 4 2 7 4 8 2 6 4 16 1 8 3 4 13 4 5 2 Pessimistic 8 4 3 8 6 10 4 9 10 20 1 10 4 5 16 5 6 3 8 1 A A B D E F H H D K K M N o P M Q S 1 F L 0 R 1 Project crashing information Possible duration reduction (days) Optimistic Likely Pessimistic 1 1 1 Cost to crash the duration by one day (S) 500 1 ! 1 1,500 2 2 2 750 ! ! ! 1.000 Activity A B D E F G H 1 J K L M N O P 0 R S T 3 3 3 750 2 3 850 1.000 3 3 3 3 3 2.500