8.1: Create the Project Network Diagram

Questions: Project Networks

1. C – Conditional statements are allowed.

2. Longest

3. B – I-node, J-node

4. A – Early Start, Early Finish

5. A – Slack or Float; B – Late Finish; C – Late Start

6. B – Burst Activity

7.

Exercise 1

Critical path is highlighted in yellow.

Exercise 2

Critical path is highlighted in yellow.

1. C – A–>E–>G–>H

Exercise 3

Critical path is highlighted in yellow.

1. A – It has zero slack; B – Its Early Start is 57 time units

2. B – The project will be 4 days late

8.2: Advanced Network Diagrams

Matching: Advanced Project Networks

I – The finish time of one task is dependent on another task finishing

B – The amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to subsequent tasks

G – The start of one task is dependent on another task finishing

A – The amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to the project completion date

J – The finish of one task is dependent on another task starting

C – Doesn’t use up resources and doesn’t add any direct costs to our project. Adds time to forward pass calculations

D – Our project is ahead of schedule

H – The start of one task is dependent on another task starting

E – Our project is behind schedule

F – Doesn’t use up resources or time, and doesn’t add any direct costs to our project. Used to mark important events

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3