Question: Q 2 . An advertising project manager is planning a new advertising campaign. In addition, the manager gathered the time information for each activity. The

Q2. An advertising project manager is planning a new advertising campaign. In addition, the manager gathered the time information for each activity. The precedence relationships of the activities are shown in the Table 2 below.
\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline Table 2: Time Estimate (weeks)\\
\hline Activity & \begin{tabular}{c}
Optimistic \\
time
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
Most Likely \\
time
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
Pessimistic \\
time
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
Immediate \\
Predecessor
\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{c}
Expected \\
time (Te)
\end{tabular} & Variance \\
\hline A & 1 & 4 & 7 & Start & & \\
\hline B & 2 & 6 & 7 & Start & \\
\hline D & 3 & 3 & 6 & B & \\
\hline E & 6 & 13 & 14 & A & \\
\hline F & 3 & 6 & 12 & A, C & \\
\hline G & 6 & 8 & 16 & B & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
A. Calculate the expected time (Te) and variance for each activity
B. Draw the network
C. Determine the critical path, using the expected times (Te) as activity duration.
D. How long will the advertising campaign project take?
E. Calculate the slack for each activity
 Q2. An advertising project manager is planning a new advertising campaign.

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