Question: Part 1 - Based on what you have seen in the table 7 . 3 , draw the critical path through the network diagram for

Part 1- Based on what you have seen in the table 7.3, draw the critical path through the network diagram for the consumer market study project (Figure 7.7) and modify the table 7.3 if the estimated duration of the Mail Questionnaire & Get Responses task is reduced from 65 days to 55 days. Note that the tasks on the critical path now have a total slack of 2, the least amount of slack in the project.
\table[[Consumer Market Study Project,\table[[Estim.],[Dur.]],Earliest,Latest,\table[[Total],[Slack]]],[Activity,Respon.,Start,Finish,Start,Finish],[1,Identify Target Consumers,Susan,3,0,3,-8,-5,-8],[2,Develop Draft Questionnaire,Susan,10,3,13,-5,5,-8],[3,Pilot-Test Questionnaire,Susan,20,13,33,5,25,-8],[4,Review Comments & Finalize Questionnaire,Susan,5,33,38,25,30,-8],[b,Prepare Mailing Labels,Steve,2,38,40,38,40,0],[6,Print Questionnaire,Steve,10,38,48,30,40,-8],[7,Develop Data Analysis Software,Andy,12,38,50,88,100,50],[8,Develop Software Test Data,Susan,2,38,40,98,100,60],[9,Mail Questionnaire & Get Responses,Steve,65,48,113,40,105,-8],[10,Test Software,Andy,5,50,bs,100,105,50],[11,Input Response Vata,Jim,7,113,120,103,112,-8],[12,Analyze Results,Jim,8,120,128,112,120,-8],[13,Yrepare Report,Jim,10,128,138,120,130,-8]]
 Part 1- Based on what you have seen in the table

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