MGT345

CASE STUDY EXERCISE 7

PREPARED BY:
GROUP: D1BA111/4F

NO STUDENT’S NAME MATRIC NUMBER

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1. NUR IZZAHLINA BINTI ZAIDI 2018416718
2. MUHAMMAD IQBAL BIN AZMI 2018231244
3. MOHAMAD ADAM SHAH BIN MOHD ZAID 2018424238
4. NURUL HAMIZA FARINA BINTI ABDUL HADI 2018244342
5. NUR SYAMIMI BINTI GHAZALI 2016654474

PREPARED FOR:
MADAM NORIS FATILLA BINTI ISMAIL

SUBMISSION DATE: 23 MAY 2020

EXERCISE 7
Sinar Jaya Company is contemplating producing a new custom designed sport car. The
activities necessary to build an experimental model and related data are given in the
following table.
Activity Immediate Predecessor Time(week)
A - 8
B - 3
C - 2
D B 8
E B 5
F C,E 6
G A 4
H D,F 4
I H 5
J G 3

a) Construct the PERT network for the project.

b) Compute the earliest event time and latest event time for each event in the network.
c) Determine the critical path and the critical activities for the project.
d) Compute the following:
i) Total Float for activity G.
ii) Independent Float for activity F.
ANSWER:
a) Construct the PERT network for the project.

G,4
2 8
A,8
J,3

B,3 D,8
1 3 5 10
DUMMY
C,2 E,5 I,5

F,6 H,4
4
DUMMY
6 7 9
 b) Compute the earliest event time and the latest event time for each event
in the network.

8 12
16 20
G,4
2 8
0 A,8 23
3 23
0 J,3
3
11
B,3 D,8 14
1 3 5 10
DUMMY
C,2 E,5 I,5

F,6 H,4
4
DUMMY
6 7 9

2 8 14 18
8 8 14 18

SOLUTION:
NODE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
EET 0 8 3 2 11 8 14 12 18 23
LET 0 16 3 8 14 8 14 20 18 23

c) Determine the critical path and the critical activities for the project.
 A,8 G,4 J,3
1 2 8 10 = 15

B,3 D,8
1 3 5 = 11

B,3 E,5 F,6 H,4 I,5

1 3 6 7 9 10 = 23

C,2
1 4 =2

Critical Path: 1,3,6,7,9,10

Critical Activites: B, E, F, H, I
 d) i) Total Float for activity G

- the free time available if the activities start at the earliest possible time when the
latest finishing time is used.

ANSWER:

FORMULA:

TF= LET (H) - EET (T) - Duration

8 12
16 20
G,4
2 8

TF = 20 - 8 - 4
= 8 weeks
 e) ii) Independent Float for activity F.

- the free time available if the activities start at the latest time when the earliest
finishing time is used.

ANSWER:

FORMULA:

IF= EET (H) - LET (T) - Duration

8 14
8 14
F,4
6 7

TF = 14 - 8 - 6
= 0 week