1. Activities of a project are summarized in the following table.
Activity Immediate Duration Activity Immediate Duration
Predecessor(s) (Weeks) Predecessor(s) (Weeks)
A 4 F C, E 2
B 5 G C, E 3
C A 2 H C, D, E 7
D B 2 I C, D, E 5
E B 3 J G, H 6
a) Draw a network diagram and find the critical path and project completion time.
b) Calculate Slack or float of the non critical activities.
c) Can activity I be delayed without delaying the project completion time? If so, how many weeks?
d) Activity G needs a delayed time of two weeks and an extra time of one week. Is it possible by keeping the project
completion time unchanged? Explain.
e) The PM wants to shorten the duration of the activity E from 3 weeks to 1 week. What is the impact of this change on the
project completion time and critical path?
2. Activities of a project are summarized in the following table.
Activity Immediate Duration Activity Immediate Duration
Predecessor(s) (Weeks) Predecessor(s) (Weeks)
A 4 H B 16
B 10 I H 4
C 7 J H 8
D A 5 K I, J, L 5
E D, G 3 L C 9
F E 6 M J, L 11
G B 2 N F, K, M 7
a) Draw the network diagram and find the critical path and project completion time.
b) Calculate the slack or float of non -critical activities.
c) Can activity I be delayed without delaying the project completion time? How many weeks?
d) What is the impact on the project if activity F needs extra 5 weeks?
e) The PM wants to shorten the duration of the activity H from 16 weeks to 10 weeks. What is the impact of this change on the
project completion time and critical path?
3. Activities of a project are summarized in the following table.
Activity Immediate Duration Activity Immediate Duration
Predecessor(s) (Weeks) Predecessor(s) (Weeks)
A 4 F B 6
B 10 G C 2
C 7 H F 8
D A 5 I F, G 11
E B 3 J D, E 8
a) Draw a network diagram and find the critical path and project completion time.
b) Calculate the slack or float of the non- critical activities.
c) If $1000 can be saved for each delayed day of activity H, then how much dollar can be saved keeping the project completion
time unchanged?
d) Activity G needs a delayed time of two weeks and an extra time of five weeks. Is it possible by keeping the project
completion time unchanged? Explain.
e) The PM wants to delayed the duration of the activity I from 11 weeks to 14 weeks. What is the impact of this change on
project completion time?
4. Schedules and activities of a project are shown below. Answer the questions.
Activity Predecessor(s) Duration (days) Activity Predecessor(s) Duration (days)
A 4 G B 2
B 3 H C, E, G 6
C 2 I H 8
D A 3 J C 4
E D 5 K J 7
F D 3 L F, I, K 3
Questions:
a) Draw CPM chart and show, which activities are on the critical path?
b) What is the slack or float of non-critical activities?
c) The person working on activity K tells the PM he can’t start work until two days after the schedule starting
date. What impact would this have on the completion date of the project? Why?
5. The activities for a project are summarized in the following table.
Activity Immediate Duration Activity Immediate Duration
Predecessor(s) (Weeks) Predecessor(s) (Weeks)
N 5 G B 2
A N 4 H B 16
B N 10 I H 4
C N 7 J H 8
D A 5 K I, J, L 5
E D, G 3 L C 9
F E 6 M J, L 10
a) Draw the network diagram and find the critical path and project completion time.
b) Calculate slack or float of the non-critical activities.
c) Can activity I be delayed without delaying the project completion time? If so, how many weeks? How much dollar
can be saved by keeping the project completion time unchanged, if $2500 can be saved for each delayed week of
activity I?
d) What is the impact on the project if activity F needs a delayed time 2 weeks and extra time 5 weeks?
e) The PM wants to delayed the duration of the activity M from 10 weeks to 16 weeks. What is the impact on the
project completion time
