BADM 3963 Chapter 11 Project Management Homework Summer 2017

Answer all questions in an Excel spreadsheet file, put each on a separate worksheet.
Draw your networks and Gantt charts in Excel as shown in the podcast
Due 7/24, 9pm

1. Ch 11 Text pg 424 Discussion Question #5

2. Using the information in the table below:

a. Draw the Activity On Node project network.
b. Complete the forward and backward pass, find Earliest Start and Earliest Finish, Latest Start and Latest Finish and
Slack for each activity. Show all of your numbers on the network drawing.
c. Identify the critical path clearly and determine the project duration.
d. Draw a Gantt chart for the network using the ES times for each activity.

Activity Immediate Activity Time

Predecessor (weeks)
Start - 0
A Start 6
B Start 2
C A 3
D B 5
E C 4
F A, D 3
G E 5
H F 4
I G, H 4
J I 2
End J 0

3. Using the information in the table below:

a. Draw the Activity On Node project network.
b. Complete the forward and backward pass, find Earliest Start and Earliest Finish, Latest Start and Latest Finish and
Slack for each activity. Show all of your numbers on the network drawing.
c. Identify the critical path clearly and determine the project duration.
d. Draw a Gantt chart for the network using the ES times for each activity.

Activity Immediate Activity Time

Predecessor (months)
Start - 0
A Start 2
B Start 2
C Start 1
D C 3
E B 8
F B 5
G F 4
H A 2
I H 1
J E, I 5
K D, G 3
End J, K 0