Project Management Question

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A) Two manufacturing facilities are integrating their inventory management systems as a result of operations consolidation. Preliminary analysis and interviews with all parties involved resulted in the following project information. All times are in weeks.

Your task is to identify the following:

  1. Critical path
  2. Total project completion time
ACTIVITYIMMEDIATE PREDECESSORSTIME (IN WEEKS)
A-3
BA1
CA2
DB,C3
EC5
FC3
GE7
HE,F5
ID,G,H8

B) Zentaur, Inc. started creating a new digital imaging system. They found out that their has a similar product under study, but has not yet been able to begin production. Because of the competitor’s action, top managers have asked for a speedup of R&D activities so that Zentaur can produce and market their system at the soonest possible date. The predecessor information and activity time estimates in months are shown below.

Your task:

  1. Identify the critical path
  2. Compute activity slack time
  3. Identify project completion time
ActivityImmediate PredecessorsOptimistic TimeMost Probable TimePessimistic Time
A--11.55
BA345
CA123
DB,C3.556.5
EB4512
FC,D,E6.57.511.5
GE59

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Please identify your answers clearly.

Examples:

A.1) Critical Path is: ----

A.2) Total project completion time is: ----

For Item B, your answers should be labeled:

B.1) Critical Path:

B.2) Slack time for each activity: (you should have the slack times for all activities in this section)

B.3) Project completion time

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Explanation & Answer

Hello,

Project Management
Question One.
Project implementation by the two manufacturing companies
Question Two
Project on new digital system by Zentaur Inc.


Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Project Management
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

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Project Management

Question One.
Action on Node Diagram
The action on node diagram below depicts the implementation project on an inventory
management systems as part of co...


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