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1. Using the information in the following project diagram where deterministic times are in days:
a) Complete the following table.
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b) Identify all paths, their expected times, and total slack for each path in the project and specify the critical path. What is the expected project duration?
2. Bull Dozier, Project Superintendent for the Carefully Planned Monuments (CPM) Co., is about to begin a project comprised of the following six activities:
TIME ESTIMATES (days)
ACTIVITY PRECEDED BY ---------------------------------------
======== =========== OPTIMISTIC MOST LIKELY PESSIMISTIC
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A --- 38 50 62
B --- 90 99 108
C --- 85 100 115
D A 19 25 31
E B 91 100 115
F D 62 65 68
Complete the tables below.
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z-value |
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What is the probability that this project will be completed within 205 days?
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