Problem 3.

2, HR7E

WBS

R. Saltzman

Level 1 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 3

Level ID No. Activity 1.0 Develop political campaign 1.1 Fund-raising plan 1.11 Set initial goals for fund-raising 1.12 Set strategy, including identifying sources 1.13 Raise the funds 1.2 Develop position on major issues 1.21 Identify voters' concerns 1.22 Analyzer competitor's voting record 1.23 Establish position on major issues 1.3 Staffing for campaign 1.31 Email old college classmates & friends 1.32 Solicit resumes from local law school students 1.33 Review resumes & call prospectives 1.34 Interview & select key aides 1.4 Paperwork compliance for candidacy 1.41 File papers with Florida Election Commission 1.42 Make tax records publicly available 1.5 Ethical plan/issues 1.51 Put investments into blind trust

Problem 3.3, HR7E

AON & Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G H

Immediate Predecessors A A B B C D E, F

Time (Days) 3 4 6 6 4 4 6 8 Key ES EF LS LF

Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network. D, 6 B, 4 7 13 9 15 E, 4 13 19 15 21 G, 6

A, 3

37 59

H, 8 03 03 C, 6 7 11 9 13 F, 4

13 21 13 21

39 39

9 13 9 13

Project should take 21 days. Critical activities are shown in red.

Problem 3.4, HR7E

AOA/AON & Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G H I

Immediate Predecessors A A B B C E, F D G, H

Time (Days) 5 2 4 5 5 5 2 3 5

The activity-on-arc (AOA) network is given in the back of the book. Below is an activity-on-node (AON) representation of the project network. D, 5 B, 2 7 12 8 13 E, 5 12 15 13 16 I, 5 H, 3 Key ES EF LS LF

A, 5

57 68

G, 2 05 05 C, 4 7 12 9 14 F, 5

16 21 16 21

14 16 14 16

59 59

9 14 9 14

Project should take 21 days. Critical activities are shown in red.

Problem 3.5, HR7E

AOA & Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity J K L M N O P

Nodes 1-2 1-3 2-4 2-3 3-4 4-5 3-5

Time (Days) 10 8 6 3 2 7 5 Key ES EF LS LF 2 10 13 11 14 M, 3 10 16 10 16 L, 6 4

Draw the activity-on-arc (AOA) network. 0 10 0 10 J, 10

start

16 23 16 23 O, 7 5 done

K, 8 08 6 14 3

N, 2

13 15 14 16 P, 5 13 18 18 23

Project should take 23 days. Critical path is shown in red.

Problem 3.7, HR7E

AON & Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G

Immed. Predec. A B, C B, C D E, F

Time (Hours) 6.0 7.2 5.0 6.0 4.5 7.7 4.0 Key ES EF LS LF slack

a) Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network.

A, 6

C, 5

0.0 6.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 B, 7.2

6.0 11.0 6.0 11.0 0.0

D, 6

F, 7.7

0.0 7.2 3.8 11.0 3.8

11.0 17.0 11.0 17.0 0.0 E, 4.5

17.0 24.7 17.0 24.7 0.0

G, 4

24.7 28.7 24.7 28.7 0.0

11.0 15.5 20.2 24.7 9.2 b) Critical path is shown in red. c) Total project completion time is 28.7 hours. d) Draw a Gantt chart for the project (uses the EF and ES times): Activity A B C D E F G 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 Hours

Problem 3.9, HR7E

AON & Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F

Immediate Predecessors A A B C, D E

Time (Hours) 20 60 100 30 20 10 Key ES EF LS LF

Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network. D, 30 B, 60 80 110 90 120 A, 20 20 80 30 90 120 140 120 140 C, 100 E, 20

F, 10

0 20 0 20

140 150 140 150

20 120 20 120

Project should take 150 hours. Critical activities are shown in red.

Problem 3.11, HR7E

AON & Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G H

Immed. Predec. A A B B C, E D, F

Time (Weeks) 6 7 3 2 4 6 10 7 Key ES EF LS LF slack G, 10

a) Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network. C, 3 69 8 11 2 D, 2 06 28 2 E, 4 B, 7 7 11 7 11 0 F, 6 7 13 8 14 1 b) Critical path is shown in red. c) Total project completion time is 21 weeks. 13 20 14 21 1 68 12 14 6

A, 6

11 21 11 21 0 H, 7

07 07 0

Problem 3.14, HR7E

Probabilistic Times

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K

Immed. Predec. C B, D A, E A, E F G C H, I

a 3 2 1 6 2 6 1 3 10 14 2

Time (Days) m 6 4 2 7 4 10 2 6 11 16 8

b 8 4 3 8 6 14 4 9 12 20 10

Mean t 5.83 3.67 2.00 7.00 4.00 10.00 2.17 6.00 11.00 16.33 7.33

Variance 2 0.69 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.44 1.78 0.25 1.00 0.11 1.00 1.78

Key ES EF LS LF slack

Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network. G A 0 5.83 7.17 13.00 7.17 B 0 3.67 5.33 9.00 5.33 C 0 2.00 0.00 2.00 0.00 D 2.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 0.00 J 2.00 18.33 20.00 36.33 18.00 Problem 3.15, HR7E Total project completion time is F 13.00 23.00 13.00 23.00 0.00 E 9.00 13.00 9.00 13.00 0.00 13.00 15.17 15.83 18.00 2.83 H 23.00 29.00 23.00 29.00 0.00 K 29.00 36.33 29.00 36.33 0.00 I 15.17 26.17 18.00 29.00 2.83

36.33

days

Problem 3.16, HR7E Probability that project completion time is 40 days or less Variance along critical path 5.22 Std. Dev. along critical path 2.29 Prob{Normal(36.33, 2.29) <= 40} = Prob{Z <=

1.60

} = .9452

(Appendix I)

Problem 3.17, HR7E

Probabilistic Times

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K

Immed. Predec. A A A B C, E C, E F F D,G,H I, J

a 4 2 8 4 1 6 2 2 6 4 2

Time (Days) m 8 8 12 6 2 8 3 2 6 6 2

b 10 24 16 10 3 20 4 2 6 12 3

Mean t 7.67 9.67 12.00 6.33 2.00 9.67 3.00 2.00 6.00 6.67 2.17

Variance 2 1.00 13.44 1.78 1.00 0.11 5.44 0.11 0.00 0.00 1.78 0.03

Key ES EF LS LF slack

Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network.

B 7.67 17.33 8.00 17.67 0.33 A 0.00 7.67 0.00 7.67 0.00 C 7.67 19.67 7.67 19.67 0.00 D 7.67 14.00 25.00 31.33 17.33

E 17.33 19.33 17.67 19.67 F 0.33 19.67 29.33 19.67 29.33 0.00 G 19.67 22.67 28.33 31.33 8.67 H 29.33 31.33 29.33 31.33 0.00 I 29.33 35.33 32.00 38.00 2.67 J K 38.00 40.17 38.00 40.17 0.00

31.33 38.00 31.33 38.00 0.00

a) Expected time for activity C is 12.00 b) Variance for activity C is 1.78 c) What is the critical path? See red nodes and arcs. d) Estimated time of critical path? 40.17 e) Variance along the critical path? 10.03 Std. Dev. along the critical path? 3.17 f) Prob{completion before week 36} = Prob{Z < -1.32 } =

9.342%

Problem 3.19, HR7E

Crashing Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C

Immed. Predec. A B

Normal Time 7 4 11

Normal Cost $ 6,000 $ 1,200 $ 4,000

Crash Time 6 2 9

Crash Cost $ 6,600 $ 3,000 $ 6,000

a) What action would you take to reduce the critical path by one day? Crash Cost per day $ 600 $ 900 $ 1,000 Max. Crash time 1 2 2

Activity A B C

Since A is the critical activity with the lowest crash cost per day, crash A first. b) To crash the critical path a second day, crash B since it has the second lowest cost. c) What is the total cost of the 2-day reduction? $ 1,500

Problem 3.20, HR7E

Crashing Critical Path

R. Saltzman

Activity A B C D E F G

Immed. Predec. A B C D, E

Normal Time 4 2 3 8 6 3 4

Normal Cost $ 2,000 $ 2,200 $ 500 $ 2,300 $ 900 $ 3,000 $ 1,400

Crash Time 3 1 3 4 3 2 2

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

Crash Cost 2,600 2,800 500 2,600 1,200 4,200 2,000 Key ES EF LS LF slack

A 04 04 0 B 02 46 4 C 03 10 13 10

D 4 12 4 12 0 E 28 6 12 4 F 36 13 16 10

G 12 16 12 16 0

a) Project completion date is 16 weeks. b) Total cost required to complete project in normal time is $ 12,300 c) Which activity should be crashed first? Critical activity D, for Crash Cost per week $ 600 $ 600 #DIV/0! $ 75 $ 100 $ 1,200 $ 300 Max. Crash time 1 1 0 4 3 1 2

75

Activity A B C D E F G

d) What is the maximum time that can be crashed? Crash D for 4 weeks. Cost = Crash G by 2 weeks. Cost = Crash A & E by 1 week. Cost = Total 7 weeks

$ $

$300 After which B & E become critical. 600 700 $1,600