April 7, 2013
Week 5 Assignment
Part 1: Textbook Exercises
Complete the following exercises:
* Exercise 4 on p. 186 of course text.
Draw a project network from the following information.
B: Survey Designed
C: Target Market Identified
A: Contract Signing
G: Demographics
D: Data Collection
E: Develop Presentation
H: Presentation
F: Analyze Results
What activity(s) is a burst activity?
Larson & Gray defines a burst activity as an activity that has more than one activity immediately following it. It appears that D: Data Collection is the burst activity of this project network.
What activity is a merge activity?
A merge activity is an activity that has more than one activity immediately preceding it. It appears that H: Presentation is the merge activity because it is the last activity and has everything preceding it.
* Exercise 10 on p. 188.
J.Wold, project manager of Print Software, Inc, wants you to prepare a project network, compute the early, late, and slack activity times; determine the planned project duration; and identify the critical path. His assistant has collected the following information for the Color Printer Drivers Software Project: Review design features | 8 | B | 10 | 0 | | | 8 | 2 | 10 | Program and test | 10 | E | 70 | 0 | | | 10 | 60 | 70 |
External Specifications | 70 | H | 90 | 0 | | | 70 | 20 | 90 |
External specifications | 0 | A | 8 | 0 | | | 0 | 8 | 8 | Document new features | 8 | C | 11 | 57 | | | 63 | 3 | 68 |
External Specifications | 11 | F | 13 | 57 | | | 68 | 2 | 70 | External Specifications | 90 | J | 100 | 0 | | | 90 | 10 | 100 | Write software | 8 | D | 68 | 10 | | | 18 | 60 | 78 | External Specifications | 68 | G | 70 | 10 | | | 78 | 2 | 80 | External Specifications | 70 | I | 80 | 10 | | | 80 | 10 | 90 | External