To get you started on the scheduling responsibility, the Project Manager has asked you to submit

a report on the following items within the next $5$ days. Given the magnitude of the overall

contract, the scope is being handeld as a project portfolio made up of programs and projects. To

start off, the Project Manager has asked that you look at the schedule of some of the smaller

projects.

$1.$ As part of completing the initial project plan, the Project Manager has asked that you

schedule the setting up of the central project office for the new underground rail depot

project. The activity list and duration estimates are as follows:

Activity

Predecessor

$($FS unless otherwise

indicated$)$

Optimistic

$($days$)$

Most Likely

$($days$)$

Pessimistic

$($days$)$

Start $-000$

A $$ Seek for available office

locations

Start $91215$

B $$ Negotiate lease with

landlord of top choice

A $4614$

C $$ Legal department review

of lease

A $($FS $+2)91221$

D $$ Receive Eurotunnel

approval of location

C $($FF$)6918$

E $$ Coordinate setup logistics

with landlord

B $51015$

F $$ Procurement department

finalizes lease

E $($SS $+2)6816$

Finish D$,$ F $000$

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Course Instructor: D$.$ Klaas

a$.$ Draw the network diagram using the precedence diagramming method $(6$ marks$)$

$*$ Important: the network diagram must be created without the use of Project

Management software such as Microsoft Project or WBS Chart Pro. Excel, Word and

Visio are acceptable tools to use.

Note: The diagram should be integrated into the final deliverable and not submitted as a

separate file.

b$.$ Using the Deterministic $($Critical Path$)$ Method, identify the:

$-$ Critical path $(1$ mark$)$

$-$ Duration $(1$ mark$)$

c$.$ Using the Probabilistic Method $($PERT formulas$),$ calculate the expected duration $(),$ and

standard deviation $(\backslash$sigma $)$ for tasks A through F$.(6$ marks$)$

d$.$ Using network diagram from $($a$)$ and the PERT estimates identify the:

$-$ Critical path $(1$ mark$)$

$-$ Duration $(1$ mark$)$