Project assignment

9. You are creating a customer database for the Hillsboro Hops minor league baseball team. Draw a project network given the information in the table that follows. Complete the forward and backward pass, compute activity slack, and identify the critical path. How long will this project take? How sensitive is the network schedule? Calcu-late the free slack and total slack for all noncritical activities.

ID Description Predecessor Time (days)

A Systems design None 2

B Subsystem A design A 1

C Subsystem B design A 1

D Subsystem C design A 1

E Program A B 2

F Program B C 2

G Program C D 2

H Subsystem A test E 1

I Subsystem B test F 1

J Subsystem C test G 1

K Integration H, I, J 3

L Integration test K 1

18. The optical disk project team has started gathering the information necessary to develop the project network—predecessor activities and activity times in weeks. The results of their meeting are found in the following table.

Activity Description Duration Predecessor

1 Define scope 6 None

2 Define Customer Problems 3 1

3 Define data records and relationships 5 1

4 Mass storage requirements 5 2,3

5 Consultant needs analysis 10 2,3

6 Prepare installation network   3 4,5

7 Estimate costs and budget   2 4,5

8 Design section “point” system 1 4,5

9 Write request proposal   5 4,5

10 Compile vendor list 3 4,5

11 Prepare mgmt. control system 5 6,7

12 Prepare comparison report 5 9,10

13 Compare system “philosophies 3 8,12

14 Compare total installation 2 8,12

15 Compare cost of support 3 8,12

16 Compare customer satisfaction level 10 8,12

17 Assign philosophies points 1 13

18 Assign installation cost 1 14

19 Assign support cost 1 15

20 Assign customer satisfaction points 1 16

21 Select best system 1 11,17,18,19,20

22 Order system 1 21

The project team has requested that you create a network for the project, and deter-mine if the project can be completed in 45 weeks.