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    The document describes a project with activities A through K of varying durations and dependencies. It states that some activity durations have changed from the original estimates. It asks to update the table with new durations, draw a PERT chart, and identify the critical path. The critical path is identified as A-B-D-G-I-J-K. The critical path shows the minimum time needed to complete the project. Slack time is defined as the difference between earliest and latest finish times of a task, and activity H is calculated to have 8 weeks of slack time.

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    The document describes a project with activities A through K of varying durations and dependencies. It states that some activity durations have changed from the original estimates. It asks to update the table with new durations, draw a PERT chart, and identify the critical path. The critical path is identified as A-B-D-G-I-J-K. The critical path shows the minimum time needed to complete the project. Slack time is defined as the difference between earliest and latest finish times of a task, and activity H is calculated to have 8 weeks of slack time.

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    The document describes a project with activities A through K of varying durations and dependencies. It states that some activity durations have changed from the original estimates. It asks to update the table with new durations, draw a PERT chart, and identify the critical path. The critical path is identified as A-B-D-G-I-J-K. The critical path shows the minimum time needed to complete the project. Slack time is defined as the difference between earliest and latest finish times of a task, and activity H is calculated to have 8 weeks of slack time.

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    The document describes a project with activities A through K of varying durations and dependencies. It states that some activity durations have changed from the original estimates. It asks to update the table with new durations, draw a PERT chart, and identify the critical path. The critical path is identified as A-B-D-G-I-J-K. The critical path shows the minimum time needed to complete the project. Slack time is defined as the difference between earliest and latest finish times of a task, and activity H is calculated to have 8 weeks of slack time.

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    TUTORIAL 2 QUESTION 3

    A project X has been defined to contain the following list of activities along with
    their required time for completion.

    Activity Time (weeks) Immediate Predecessors

    A 2 -

    B 3 A

    C 3 B

    D 7 B

    E 6 B

    F 1 C,D

    G 5 D,E

    H 4 F,G

    I 8 G

    J 2 H,I
     Your team is required to construct A pert chart to
    identify the critical path for project X. Assume that
    your team is in its first week of the project and has
    discovered that each of the activity duration
    estimation is wrong. Activity B will take only two
    weeks to complete. Activities D and G will each take
    three times longer than anticipated. All other activities
    will take twice as long to complete as previously
    estimated. In addition, A new activity, K, has been
    added. It will take one week to complete and its
    immediate predecessors are activities J and I.
    A. Update the table on each of the activity duration based on the
    updated estimation and draw a PERT chart accordingly.
    Calculate and show the Earliest Start, Earliest Finish, Latest
    Start, and Latest Finish for the activities.

    Activity Time (weeks) Immediate Predecessors

    A 2*2= 4 -

    B 3 2 A

    C 3*2= 6 B

    D 7*3= 21 B

    E 6*2= 12 B

    F 1*2= 2 C,D

    G 5*3= 15 D,E

    H 4*2= 8 F,G

    I 8*2= 16 G

    J 2*2= 4 H,I

    K 1 J,I
    PERT CHART C
    6 12
    6
    42 48 F H J
    27 29 42 50 58 62
    2 8 4
    A B D 48 50 50 58 58 62
    0 4 4 6 6 27
    4 2 21
    0 4 4 6 6 27 G I K
    27 42 42 58 62 63
    E 15 16 1
    6 18 27 42 42 58 62 63
    12
    15 27

    B. Identify the critical path from the PERT chart drawn.


    Critical path: A – B – D – G – I – J – K

    C. Why is it important to identify the critical path of a
    project in systems development?

    Critical path is a series of tasks with no slack time. If


    any task along the critical path falls behind schedule,
    the entire project is delayed. Critical path is important
    for project manager to monitor progress and make
    prompt decision to keep the project on track.
    D. Define the term “slack time”. What is the slack time for
    activity H?

    Slack time is the difference between a task’s EF and LF.


    The amount difference between EF and LF is the time
    that the task can be late without delaying the overall
    project.

    The slack time for activity H = 58–50 = 8 weeks

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