1. Develop an early-start
and
a late-start schedule for the project in Exercise 9.6 using a Grant chart.
and
2. Identify the critical path, and calculate the slack of noncritical activities.
[The assignment should be at least 400 words minimum and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced)
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Figure 9-1 W B S for a Microcomputer
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Figure 9-2 Modular Array of Project Schedules
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Figure 9-3 Frequency Distribution of an Activity Duration
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Figure 9-4 Normal Distribution Fitted to the Data
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Figure 90-5 Beta Distribution Fitted to the Data
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Figure 9-6 Three cases of the beta distribution: (a) symmetric, (b) skewed to the right, and (c) skewed to the left
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Figure 9-7 Two Examples of Activity Duration as a Function of Length
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Figure 9-8 Typical Scatter Diagram
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Table 9-1 Data for Regression Analysis
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Figure 9-9 Data Points and Regression Surface for the Example
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Figure 9-10 Lead-Lag Relationships in Precedence Diagramming
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Table 9-2 Data for Example Project
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Figure 9-11 Gantt Chart for an Early-Start Schedule
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Figure 9-12 Gantt Chart for an Early-Start Schedule
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Figure 9-13 Gantt Chart for the Microcomputer Development Example
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Figure 9-14 Extended Gantt Chart with Task Details
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Figure 9-15 Network Components
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Figure 9-16 Use of a Dummy Arc Between Two Nodes
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Figure 9-17 (a) Incorrect and (b) Correct Representation
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Figure 9-18 Subnetwork with Two Dummy Arcs: (a) Incorrect, (b) Correct
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Figure 9-19 Subnetwork with Complicated Precedence Relations: (a) Incorrect, (b) Correct
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Figure 9-20 Partial Plot of the Example A O A Network
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Figure 9-21 Using Dummy Activities to Represent Precedence Relations
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Figure 9-22 Network with Activities F and G Included
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Figure 9-23 Complete A O A Project Network
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Figure 9-24 Network for Example 9-4
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Table 9-3 Sequences in the Network
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Table 9-4 Summary of Event Time Calculations
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Table 9-5 Summary of Start and Finish Time Analysis
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Figure 9-25 A O N Network for the Example Project
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Table 9-6 Early Start and Early Finish of Project Activities
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Table 9-7 Late Finish and Late Start of Project Activities
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Figure 9-26 Serial Activities in Simple C P M Network
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Figure 9-27 Gantt Chart for Serial Network
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Figure 9-28 Serial Network with Lead and Lag Constraints
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Figure 9-29 Gantt Chart for Network with Lead and Lag Constraints
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Figure 9-30 Partitioning of Overlapping Activities
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Figure 9-31 A O N Network of Partitioned Activities
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Figure 9-32 Second Example of an A O N Network with Serial Activities
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Figure 9-33 Compressed Network for Second Example
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Figure 9-34 A O N Expansion of Second Example
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Figure 9-35 Compressed Schedule for Second Example Based on Earliest Start Times
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Figure 9-36 Compressed Schedule for Second Example Based on Latest Start Times
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Figure 9-37 Example of a Hammock Activity
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Table 9-8 Statistics for Example Activities
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Table 9-9 Summary of Simulation Runs for Example Project
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Figure 9-38 Distribution of Project Length for Simulation Runs
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Figure 9-39 Example of Probabilistic Analysis with P E R T
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Figure 9-40 Stochastic Network
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Figure 9-41 Performance Time Distribution for the Two Sequences
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Figure 9-42 Stochastic Network with Dependent Sequences
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Table 9-10 Mean Length and Standard Deviation for Sequences in Example Project
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Table 9-11 Probability of Completing Each Sequence in 22 Weeks
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Table 9-12 Principal Assumptions and Criticisms of P E R T/C P M
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Table 9-13
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Table 9-14
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Table 9-15
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Figure 9-43 Networks for Exercise 9-16
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Table 9-16
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Table 9-17
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Table 9-18
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Table 9-19
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Table 9-20
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Table 9-21
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Table 9B-1 Learning Curve Values for nβ
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Table 9B-2 Cumulative Learning Curve Values for nβ
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Table 9C-1 Cumulative Probabilities of the Normal Distribution (areas under the standardized normalized
curve from −∞ to z)
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