Q.2 Your team has been asked to test and document enhancements to a web application that allows buyers to purchase custom-printed canvas sportswear or shoes. The tasks and dependencies are as follows:

I.

1. Create a testing plan

1. Once the testing plan is ready, your team can:
2. Test the user interfaces
3. Test the database
4. Test the network
5. Write the documentation first draft
6. When the user interface tests are complete, you can:
7. Perform user testingenlist some users to test the user interface
8. When the database and network testing are complete, you can:
9. Perform integration testingnetwork with the database
10. When the user testing of the user interface and the database testing are complete, you can:
11. Perform integration testingdatabase, network, and user interface
12. When all integration testing and user testing are complete, you can:
13. Perform system testing
14. Review and revise documentation
15. After all other tasks are complete, you can:
16. Obtain management approval
    1. Create a network diagram and a Gantt chart for the project tasks. What is the planned duration for the testing project?

Duration estimates for the tasks:

a.	3 days
b.	10 days
c.	6 days
d.	7 days
e.	20 days
f.	5 days
g.	3 days
h.	2 days
i.	8 days
j.	4 days
k.	5 days

1. What is the critical path for the testing project?
2. For each task NOT on the critical path, calculate the amount of slack available.
3. If the user testing of the user interface takes 15 days, what will the impact be on the project duration?
4. If you were informed by management that you must reduce the planned duration of the project by five days, describe how you, as a project manager, could crash or fast track this project. Be specific in identifying exactly what could be changed in the project plan for each option.