Work Breakdown Structure 1. Wedding project 1.1 Decide on date 1.2 Marriage license 1.3 Ceremony 1.3.1 Rent church 1.3.2 Florist 1.3.3 Create/print programs 1.3.4 Hire photographer 1.3.5 Wedding ceremony 1.4 Guests 1.4.1 Develop guest list 1.4.2 Order invitations 1.4.3 Address and mail invitations 1.4.4 Track RSVPs 1.5 Reception 1.5.1 Reserve reception hall 1.5.2 Food and beverage 1.5.2.1 Choose caterer 1.5.2.2 Decide on menu 1.5.2.3 Make final order 1.5.3 Hire DJ 1.5.4 Decorate reception hall 1.5.5 Wedding reception

a. What is the duration of the project?

b. Which activities are on the critical path?

c. Which activities have slack and what is the amount of slack for each of those activities?

190 Chapter 6 Developing a Project Plan Exercises Creating a Project Network 1. Here is a partial work breakdown structure for a wedding. Use the method described in the Snapshot from Practice 6.1: The Yellow Sticky Approach to create a network for this project. Note: Do not include summary tasks in the network (i.e., 1.3, Ceremony, is a summary task; 1.2, Marriage license, is not a summary task). Do not consider who would be doing the task in building the network. For example, do not arrange "hiring a band" to occur after "florist" because the same person is responsible for doing both tasks. Focus only on technical dependencies between tasks. Hint: Start with the last activity (wedding reception), and work your way back to the start of the project. Build the logical sequence of tasks by asking the following ques- tion: In order to have or do this, what must be accomplished immediately before this? Once completed, check forward in time by asking this question: Is this task(s) the only thing that is needed immediately before the start of the next task? Work Breakdown Structure 1. Wedding project 1.1 Decide on date 1.2 Marriage license 1.3 Ceremony 1.3.1 Rent church 1.3.2 Florist 1.3.3 Create/print programs 1.3.4 Hire photographer 1.3.5 Wedding ceremony 1.4 Guests 1.4.1 Develop guest list 1.4.2 Order invitations 1.4.3 Address and mail invitations 1.4.4 Track RSVP 1.5 Reception 1.5.1 Reserve reception hall 1.5.2 Food and beverage 1.5.2.1 Choose caterer 1.5.2.2 Decide on menu 1.5.2.3 Make final order 1.5.3 Hire DJ 1.5.4 Decorate reception hall 1.5.5 Wedding reception