Week 7 Assignment: PERT, CPM, and Critical Path Diagram Instructions CO-8: Describe the activities involved with initiating and controlling production activities, including measuring performance, flow-shop scheduling, job-shop challenges, and machine scheduling. Prompt: Define "Critical path", "Slack time", "Resource Levelling" and "Dummy activity" with reference to PERT and CPM. An architect has been awarded a contract to prepare plans for an urban renewal project. The job consists of the following activities and their estimated value. Draw a critical path arrow diagram for this project, indicate the critical path and calculate the total slack and free slack for each activity. Job Description Predecessor Expected time in days A Prepare preliminary NA 2 sketches B Outline specifications NA 1 Cc Prepare drawings A 3 D Write specifications AB 2 E Run prints ED 1 F Have specifications printed BD 3 F Have specifications printed BD 3 G Assemble bid package EF 1 Submission Submit a Word document that includes the critical path chart and explanation of the path. The written work should follow APA format. Include academic quality references to support the definitions