CPM Manual Calculations

ACTIVITY
SITE
PC SELECT
PLANS
FINANCE
REVISE
INT DESIGN
ROUGH
FINISH
INT CONSTR
NETWORK
PC PURCH
Ending Event

Activity
Relationship Early Start Early Finish Late Finish
Length, L
Time, ES=t EF=ES+t
LF=T
30
(A,B)
0
30
30
120
(A,G)
0
120
125
45
(B,C)
30
75
75
60
(B,D)
30
90
105
30
(C,D)
75
105
105
25
(D,E)
105
130
145
90
(D,F)
105
195
195
120
(E,H)
130
250
265
70
(F,H)
195
265
265
70
(G,F)
120
190
195
90
(G,H)
120
210
265
H,X
265

Late Start Total Slack Free Slack

LS=LF-L
TS=LS-ES FS=tj-ti-L
0
0
0
5
5
0
30
0
0
45
15
15
75
0
0
120
15
0
105
0
0
145
15
15
195
0
0
125
5
5
175
55
55

ACTIVITY
SITE
PC SELECT
PLANS
FINANCE
REVISE
INT DESIGN
ROUGH
FINISH
INT CONSTR
NETWORK
PC PURCH
Ending Event

Activity
Relationship Early Start Early Finish Late Finish
Length, L
Time, ES=t EF=ES+t
LF=T
30
(A,B)
120
(A,G)
45
(B,C)
60
(B,D)
30
(C,D)
25
(D,E)
90
(D,F)
120
(E,H)
70
(F,H)
70
(G,F)
90
(G,H)
H,X

Late Start
LS=LF-L

Total Slack
TS=LS-ES

Free Slack
FS=tj-ti-L

Critical
Activity
Critical
Critical
Critical
Critical
Critical

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Event
A_
B_
C_
D_
E_
F_
G_
H_

Scheduled
Time of
Occurance
0
30
75
105
130
195
125
265

ACTIVITY
DURATION
SITE
30
PLANS
45
REVISE
30
FINANCE
60
ROUGH
90
INT DESIGN
25
FINISH
120
INT CONSTR
70
PC SELECT
120
PC PURCH
90
NETWORK
70
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SCHEDULED SCHEDULED ALLOWED BY

START
FINISH
SCHEDULE
SLACK
0
30
30
0
30
75
45
0
75
105
30
0
30
105
75
15
105
195
90
0
105
130
25
0
130
265
135
15
195
265
70
0
0
125
125
5
125
265
140
50
125
195
70
0
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SLACK - the surplus time that an activity has without affecting
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[SCHEDULED FINISH - SCHEDULED START]
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|____________ the earliest time each activity will conclude if the schedule is met
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|___________ earliest time each activity can begin based on preceeding activities
duration of each activity

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Event
A_
B_
C_
D_
E_
F_
G_
H_

Sched. Time
of Occurrence
0
25
68
98
130
188
118
250
0
0
0
0
250
107000

Activity
SITE
PLANS
REVISE
FINANCE
ROUGH
INTERIOR DES
FURNISH
INTERIOR CONSTR
PC SELECT
PC PURCH
NETWORK

Scratch
Space
5
2
0
-5.8E-12
7.9E-13
-2.8E-12
1.2E-12
8
2
-7.2E-12
1.8E-15
<--crash target
<--total crash cost

Scheduled Scheduled
Duration
Start
Finish
30
0
25
45
25
68
30
68
98
60
25
98
90
98
188
25
98
130
120
130
250
70
188
250
120
0
118
90
118
250
70
118
188

Allowed Slack w/o Days to

by Schedule
Crash
Crash
25
-5
5
43
-2
2
30
0
0
73
13 -6E-12
90 -1.39E-12 7.9E-13
32
7 -3E-12
120 5.66E-12 1.2E-12
62
-8
8
118
-2
2
132
42 -7E-12
70 -1.39E-12 1.8E-15

Crash Slack With

Limit
Crash
5
0
2
0
0
0
15
13
10 -6.04E-13
5
7
10 6.899E-12
10 2.878E-13
10 -4.44E-12
10
42
10 -1.39E-12

Daily
Crash Cost
5000
500
0
100
10000
50
3000
10000
500
500
500

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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Earliest Time
of Occurrence
0
46.77096
87.52056
114.3363
139.5595
224.7128
104.5782
296.2769

Event
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

Activity
Duration
SITE
46.77096
PLANS
40.7496
REVISE
26.81569
FINANCE
48.78433
ROUGH
110.3765
INTERIOR DES 25.22322
FURNISH
105.2613
INTERIOR CONSTR
71.56412
PC SELECT
104.5782
PC PURCH
73.96457
NETWORK
23.13319

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17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28 Simulation Results:
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50

Probabilistic View of Critical Path Problem

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

296.2769
312.7458
340.9755
317.2584
301.2372
329.954
292.1862
303.7651
289.8788
309.2298
306.9319
255.8264
332.5128
296.8397
288.623
297.9454
308.1067
316.8674
304.4934
302.134
328.6875
317.5513

Cell Formulas for Column B

+A+SITE
+B+PLANS
@MAX(C+REVISE,B+FINANCE)
+D+INTERIOR DES
@MAX(G+NETWORK,D+ROUGH)
+A+PC SELECT
@MAX(G+PC PURCH,F+INTERIOR CONSTR,E+FURNISH)

Type of Distribution
Triangular (15,30,75)
Normal (45,5)
Triangular (20,30,60)
Uniform (45,75)
Triangular (80,90,120)
Normal (25,3)
Uniform (100,140)
Triangular (60,70,100)
Triangular (45,120,140)
Triangular (60,90,100)
Normal (30,5)

Formula
46.771
40.7496
26.8157
48.7843
110.377
25.2232
105.261
71.5641
104.578
73.9646
23.1332

Normal
Mean
45

Normal Triangular Triangular Triangular Triangular

STDEV
LOW
MODAL
HIGH
RAND
15
30
75
0.70486
5
20
30
60 0.116134
80

90

120

0.922824

60
45
60

70
120
90

100
140
100

0.326167
0.498184
0.162508

Enter Desired Completion Time

No Less Than
244.000137
No Greater Than
350.869911

350

25

30

350.86991
244.00014
295.60807
19.455659

Estimation of Completion Probability

LL
220
240
260
280
300
320
340
360

UL cum-freq frequency
240
0
0
260
15
15
280
115
100
300
296
181
320
445
149
340
496
51
360
500
4
380
500
0
TOTAL
2367
500

Uniform
UpLim

45

75

100

140

Statistical Summary of Simulation Results:

max
min
avg
stdev

Uniform
LLIM

%f
0.0%
3.0%
20.0%
36.2%
29.8%
10.2%
0.8%
0.0%

cum %f
0.0%
3.0%
23.0%
59.2%
89.0%
99.2%
100.0%
100.0%

99.00%