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    HOMEWORK 1

    QUESTION 1

    An accounting conference is planned in the college. You are appointed as the Head Committee for
    the Plenary Sessions and Keynote Speeches. You listed down the activities and tasks along with their
    predecessors and time taken as below:

    Activity Description Immediate Duration (days)


    Predecessor
    A Confirm lead speaker and topic - 5
    B Prepare brochure - 1
    C Send letters to other speakers B 2
    D Get confirmation from speakers C 5
    E Send letters to other guests/participants C, D 2
    F Obtain travel plans from speakers D 2
    G Arrange for accommodation for speakers F 1
    H Get handouts from speakers F 4
    I Finalize registrations G, H 10
    J Arrange hall and AV I 1
    K Conduct of programme J 1

    Prepare a network diagram and determine the critical activities.

    QUESTION 2

    The XYZ Power is upgrading its new power plant with new equipment and information systems. The
    project management plan is scheduled as follows:

    Activity Description Predecessors Expected Duration (Days)


    O Start milestone - 0
    A Select technical staff O 15
    B Site survey O 9
    C Select equipment A 12
    D Prepare designs B 10
    E Bring utilities to the site B 29
    F Interview applicants and fill positions A 12
    G Purchase the equipment C 37
    H Construct the power plant D 48
    I Develop an information system A 12
    J Install the equipment H, G, E 6
    K Train the staff to run the system F, J, I 6

    Prepare a network diagram and determine the critical path and slack (if any).
    Notes:

    In real life, projects are not executed as it was planned all the time. Risks, unexpected events,
    uncertainty, and subjective estimates are significant reasons for deviations. PERT is helpful for
    estimating the project completion time in case of uncertainty. However, it may be difficult to use
    without software.

    In this example, we talked about the pert definition and calculated the expected duration for each
    activity. By making forward, backward calculations, we determined the critical path. Accuracy of
    expected durations which affect the critical path depends on the optimistic, pessimistic and most
    likely duration estimates. By the help of PERT software, it is easy to make these calculations
    efficiently for many combinations.

    The PERT Method Implementation Steps

    1. List the activities and milestones

    - The first step is to determine the tasks required to complete the project.

    2. Determine the sequence of activities

    - The second step is to determine the order of the activities. Which activity is predecessor
    which one is the successor. It is easy to determine the sequence of some activities however
    the sequence of some tasks may require deep analysis.

    3. Build a network diagram

    - The third step is to create the network diagram by the help of a software or by hand and
    place the activities on the diagram.

    4. Estimate the activity durations

    - The PERT Method uses three duration estimates for activities which are;

    Optimistic Estimate

    Pessimistic Estimate Also done with estimation of Early Start,


    Late Start, Early Finish, Late Finish
    Most Likely Estimate

    - By the help of three estimates, expected duration is calculated.

    5. Determine the critical path

    - The critical path is the longest path of the network diagram. Forward and backward pass
    calculations is used to determine the critical path.

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