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As Project Manager for the The Big Company plc, you will manage Project J. The activities, their times and costs are given in the network information table below. TURN OVER The Universitv of the West indies Page 2 Question 1 (cont'd) You are required to: a) compute the Expected (Normal) Times for the activities of the Project (show all workings) (4 marks) b) indicate the initial node and end node for each activity, and the predecessor relationships ( 4 marks) c) complete the network diagram for the project ( 8 marks) d) i) identify the activities on the critical path in order of occurrence (2 marks) ii) what is the normal project duration? (1 mark) ii) state the slack for any activity not on the critical path (1 mark) e) Top Management has given the project manager the objective of completing the project within 26 months. i) Explain what it means to crash (1 mark) ii) Calculate the crash cost per month for each activity (show all workings) ( 4 marks) iii) Crash the appropriate activity or activities, and apply the results on the network already constructed for c) above. (3 marks) iv) Sstate the new duration and minimum cost for the project. (2 marks) As Project Manager for the The Big Company plc, you will manage Project J. The activities, their times and costs are given in the network information table below. TURN OVER The Universitv of the West indies Page 2 Question 1 (cont'd) You are required to: a) compute the Expected (Normal) Times for the activities of the Project (show all workings) (4 marks) b) indicate the initial node and end node for each activity, and the predecessor relationships ( 4 marks) c) complete the network diagram for the project ( 8 marks) d) i) identify the activities on the critical path in order of occurrence (2 marks) ii) what is the normal project duration? (1 mark) ii) state the slack for any activity not on the critical path (1 mark) e) Top Management has given the project manager the objective of completing the project within 26 months. i) Explain what it means to crash (1 mark) ii) Calculate the crash cost per month for each activity (show all workings) ( 4 marks) iii) Crash the appropriate activity or activities, and apply the results on the network already constructed for c) above. (3 marks) iv) Sstate the new duration and minimum cost for the project. (2 marks)