Activity Planning

Tutorial 3
Slides prepared by
C. Constantinides, P. Frem
Department of Computer Science and
Software Engineering
Concordia University
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Activity Planning
Consider the scenario below and map it to an activity-on-node network.
Identify the critical path.
The requirements specification of an IT application is estimated to take two
weeks to complete. When this activity has been completed, work can start
on three software modules, A, B and C. The design/implementation of A, B
and C will need five, ten and ten days respectively. Modules A and B can
only be unit-tested together as their functionality is closely associated. This
joint testing should take two weeks. Module C will require eight days of unit
testing. Once all unit-testing has been completed, the planning of integrated
system testing must take place and it would require a ten days. The activity
itself would take three weeks.
The project manager has decided not to allow any holiday for the duration
of this project.
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Project Activities
Activity

Duration

Precedence

Specification (S)

14 days

Design/Coding A (DCA)

5 days

Design/Coding B (DCB)

10 days

Design/Coding C (DCC)

10 days

Unit Test A,B (UTAB)

14 days

DCA,DCB

Unit Test C (UTC)

8 days

DCC

Planning of Integrated System Test (P)

10 days

UTAB,UTC

Implementing Integrated System Test (IST)

21 days

Activity on Node Diagram