Unit vi project | MBA 6961 – Project Management | Columbia Southern University

  

Part 1

Develop an in-depth schedule for the project you selected and used to develop the statement of work and work breakdown structure in Unit III. Please refer to the Integrated Project in Chapter 10 on page 363 (Project Scheduling) of the textbook for more information. Be sure to include the following components: 

• an activity precedence diagram,
• an activity duration table, and
• a network diagram and Gantt charts.

  

Part 2

Please complete Case Study 10.1: Project Scheduling at Blanque Check Construction on page 360 of the textbook, and answer the three questions at the end. 

  

Part 3

Develop a network activity chart, and identify the critical path for a project based on the information provided in the Gantt chart below. Draw the activity network as a Gantt chart. What is the expected duration of the project? 

  

Activity 

Expected Duration 

Predecessor 

 

A 

5 days 

—- 

 

B 

10 days 

A 

 

C 

8 days 

A 

 

D 

1 day 

A 

 

E 

5 days 

B, C 

 

F 

10 days 

D, E 

 

G 

14 days 

F 

 

H 

3 days 

G 

 

I 

12 days 

F 

 

j 

6 days 

H, I 

  

Part 4

Using the information provided in the Gantt chart below, construct the project activity network using the activity-on-node (AON) methodology, and label each node. Identify the critical path and other paths through the network. 

  

Activity 

Duration 

Predecessors 

 

A 

3 

— 

 

B 

5 

A   

 

C 

7 

A 

 

D 

3 

B, C 

 

E 

5 

B 

 

F 

4 

D 

 

G 

2 

C 

 

H 

5 

E, F, G 

 

Activity 

Duration 

ES 

EF 

LS 

LF 

Slack 

 

A 

3 

0 

3 

0 

0 

— 

 

B 

5 

3 

8 

8 

13 

5 

 

C 

7 

3 

10 

3 

10 

— 

 

D 

3 

10 

13 

13 

13 

— 

 

E 

5 

8 

12 

13 

17 

5 

 

F 

4 

13 

17 

13 

17 

 

G 

2 

10 

12 

15 

17 

5 

 

H 

5 

17 

22 

17 

22 

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