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Project Management
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1. Use The Arrow Diagram Method (A.D.M.) to construct and number the following network.

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
Predecessor - - A C D D D, B D, B E, H F E, G, H F, I, J I, J K, L, M K, L, M N O N, O

Activity A B C D E F G H I J K
Predecessor - - A,B A C A,B A, B,C,F B,F,G C,D,F I,H C

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2- For The (A.O.A.) Network Shown Below, find the following:

a) TE, TL, and slack time for each event.

b) The project's expected completion time. 20 Weeks

c) The critical path and show it clearly on the network

Critical Path (A-E-J-K) & (C-I-K)
d) What would happen if activity G was interrupted for 5 weeks?
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 = 13 − 6 − 4 = 3 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠

∵ 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 (5 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠) > 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 (3 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠)

∴ Project Duration increased by 2 weeks , P. D = 22 Weeks
New Critical Path is (F − G − J − K)

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 e) If all other activities take the estimated time, what is the maximum duration of
activity H without delaying the project's completion time?
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 = 14 − 8 − 2 = 4 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠

𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐦 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 = 𝟖 + 𝟒 = 𝟏𝟐 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬

f) It is now one week later, and the manager is ahead of schedule. He has already
finished activity A, and all the other activities are on schedule. Will this shorten the
length of the project? Why or why not?
➢ It will not shorten the project Duration, because there is an other critical path
have the same duration

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a) Find all the paths and path lengths through the project network
Path Duration
A-C-G 3 + 6 + 9 = 18
B-D-G 4 + 4 + 9 = 17
B-E-H-K 4 + 2 + 11 + 11 = 28
B-F-I-H-K 4 + 7 + 2 + 11 + 11 = 35
B-F-J-K 4 + 7 + 7 + 11 = 29

b) Find the earliest start time, latest finish time, and slack time for each event.

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c) What is the project completion time?
Completion Time = 35 weeks
d) Determine the critical path and show it clearly on the network.
Critical Path = B-F-I-H-K
e) What will happen if activity I increased by 4 weeks?

‫ نشاط حرج‬I ‫ النشاط‬-

‫بالتالي أي تأخير فيه سيؤخر المشروع كله‬
P.D = 35 + 4 = 39 week

‫ المسار الحرج ال يتغير‬-

Critical Path = B-F-I-H-K

)‫ النشاط موجود في النصف (يتغير نهايته فقط‬-

f) What will happen if activity D increases by 10 weeks?

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 = 26 − 4 − 4 = 18 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠

∵ 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 (10 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠)

< 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 (18 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠)
P.D = 35 weeks ‫ال يتغير زمن المشروع‬

‫المسار الحرج ال يتغير‬

Critical Path = B-F-I-H-K

g) What will happen if activity G increases to 22 weeks?

𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 = 35 − 9 − 9 = 17 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠

∵ 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 (13 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠) < 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 (17 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠)

P.D = 35 weeks ‫ال يتغير زمن المشروع‬

‫المسار الحرج ال يتغير‬

h) What will happen if activity G increases to 28 weeks?
∵ 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 (19 𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠) > 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐹𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑡 (17 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠)
P.D = 35+2=37 weeks ‫يتغير زمن المشروع‬

‫المسار الحرج يتغير‬

Critical Path = A – C – G

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 Use The Precedence Diagram Method (P.D.M.) to construct the following network.
a) Which Activities can be delayed without delaying the project's completion time? And by
how many weeks?
b) Which Activities can be delayed without delaying the predecessor activities? And by how
many weeks?
Activity Duration (Weeks) Depends on Time Buffer (Day)
A 4 - -
B 3 A FF = 1, FS = 4
C 5 A SF = 10
D 8 B, C FS = 0
E 7 B FS = 0
F 12 E SS = 3
Solution

a) Which Activities can be delayed without delaying the project's completion time? And by
how many weeks?

b) Which Activities can be delayed without delaying the predecessor activities? And by how
many weeks?

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Use The Line of Balance (L.O.B.) Method to find the implementation time of a residential
building consisting of 5 repetitive floors if it is known that the activities required for one floor
are as shown in the table:
Activity Duration (Weeks) Depends on Time Buffer Direction
A 2 - - Upward
B 4 A SF = 10 Upward
C 5 B FS = 1 Downward
D 2 C FS = 3 Downward
E 5 D FF= 5 Upward
F 3 E FF = 10 Upward
Solution

6
27 32
10 22 26 49 77 82 89 92
8
5

3
A B C E
D F

1 62
0 2 6 10 47 52 55 57 77 180

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

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 a) What is the starting time of activity B on the 2nd floor?

Starting time on the second floor = 10

b) What is the time between the end of activity C on the 3rd floor and the beginning of
implementing activity D on the same floor?

Time between end of “C” and beginning of “D” in 3rd floor = 51 – 42 = 9

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Find the implementation time of a residential tower consisting of 8
repetitive floors if it is known that the activities required for one floor
are as shown in the table and all relationships between successive
activities are FS = 5

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1- Calculate the end of ‫ في الدور الخامس‬C ‫احسب زمن نهاية النشاط‬
activity C in the fifth floor

Ans: 170

2- Calculate the end of ‫ في الدور الخامس‬B ‫احسب زمن نهاية النشاط‬

activity B in the fifth floor

Ans: 105

3- Describe What happened on Day 100.

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 Activity t0 days tp tm
A 4 5 6
B 2 8 14
C 1 2 9
D 2 3 10
E 6 8 10
F 6 16 26
G 8 9 10
H 10 12 20
I 1 2 3

a) the activity’s expected time (te), variance (σ2 )critical, deviation (σ),
𝑡0 + 4 𝑡𝑚 + 𝑡𝑝 (𝑡𝑝 − 𝑡0 )
2
(𝑡𝑝 − 𝑡0 )
𝑡𝑒 = (𝜎)2 = [ ] (𝜎) =
6 6 6
A 5 0.11 0.33
B 8 4 2
C 3 1.78 1.33
D 4 1.78 1.33
E 8 0.44 0.67
F 16 11.11 3.33
G 9 0.11 0.33
H 13 2.78 1.67
I 2 0.11 0.33
b) TE, TL and slack time for each event

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 ‫المسار‬ Duration ‫الزمن‬ Path type variance 𝝈𝟐 standard 𝝈
A-C-F-H 37 Non Critical 15.78 3.97
A-C-G-I 19 Non Critical 2.11 1.45
A-D-E-F-H 46 Critical 16.22 4.03
A-D-E-G-I 28 Non Critical 2.56 1.60
B-E-F-H 45 sub Critical 18.33 4.28
B-E-G-I 27 Non Critical 4.67 2.16

Are there any non-critical paths which also must have a watch over
B-E-F-H ‫أي مسار قيمة 𝜎 أكبر من 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑐𝜎 يجب مراقبته‬
c) Calculate the probability of completing the project in 50 days
𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑒 ( 𝐶𝑅𝐼𝑇𝐼𝐶𝐴𝐿 ‫)زمن‬
𝑍=
𝜎 (𝐶𝑅𝐼𝑇𝐼𝐶𝐴𝐿)
50 − 46
𝑍𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐇𝐈 = = 0.9925
4.03

**From Table** Probability = 0.3389

∴ 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝟓𝟎% + 0.3389 = 𝟖𝟑. 𝟖𝟗 %

d) if probability = 80%, calculate the contract duration

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝟓𝟎% + 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
80% = 50% + 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 = 0.3
From Table z = 0.84
𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑒
𝑍=
𝜎
𝑡𝑠 − 46
0.84 =
4.03
𝑡𝑠 = 49.4 𝑑𝑎𝑦

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Calculate the probability of completing the project in

a) 29 days b) 26 Day c) if probability = 80%, calculate the contract duration

Solution
𝒕𝒆 , (𝜎)2 , 𝜎 ‫ حساب‬: )1( ‫الخطوة‬
𝑡0 + 4 𝑡𝑚 + 𝑡𝑝 (𝑡𝑝 − 𝑡0 )
2
(𝑡𝑝 − 𝑡0 )
𝑡𝑒 = (𝜎)2 = [ ] (𝜎) =
6 6 6

A 5 0.11 0.33
B 6 0.44 0.67
C 5 0.44 0.67
D 3 0.44 0.67
E 5 1.00 1.00
F 5 1.78 1.33
G 6 1.78 1.33
H 5 1.00 1.00
I 7 1.78 1.33

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 Forward, Backward ‫ رسم الشبكة – حساب‬: )2( ‫الخطوة‬

𝝈𝟐 + ‫ حساب الزمن الكلي لكل مسار‬: )3( ‫الخطوة‬

‫المسار‬ Duration ‫الزمن‬ Path type variance 𝝈𝟐 standard 𝝈
ACEG 21 Non Critical 3.33 1.83
ACEHI 27 Critical 4.33 2.08
ACFI 22 Non Critical 4.11 2.03
BDEG 20 Non Critical 3.67 1.91
BDEHI 26 sub Critical 4.67 2.16
BDFI 21 Non Critical 4.44 2.11
Are there any non-critical paths which also must have a watch over
‫أي مسار قيمة 𝜎 أكبر من 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑐𝜎 يجب مراقبته‬
BDEHI , BDFI

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a) probability of completing the project in 29 days

𝑡𝑠 (29 𝑑𝑎𝑦) − 𝑡𝑒 (‫)زمن المسار‬

𝑍=
𝜎 (‫)للمسار‬
29 − 27
𝑍𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐇𝐈 = = 0.9615
2.08

**From Table** z Prob. %

0.9615 − 0.96 𝑥 − 0.3315 1 0.96 0.3315
=
0.97 − 0.96 0.334 − 0.3315 2 0.9615 x
𝑥 = 0.3318 3 0.97 0.334
∴ 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝟓𝟎% + 0.3318 = 𝟖𝟑. 𝟏𝟖 %

b) probability of completing the project in 26 days

𝑡𝑠 (26 𝑑𝑎𝑦) − 𝑡𝑒 (‫)زمن المسار‬

𝑍=
𝜎 (‫)للمسار‬

26 − 27
𝑍𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐇𝐈 = = −0.48077
2.08

**From Table** value = 0.1844

∴ 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝟓𝟎% − 𝟎. 𝟏𝟖𝟒𝟒 = 𝟑𝟏. 𝟓𝟔 %

c) if probability = 80%, calculate the contract duration

𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 = 𝟓𝟎% + 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
80% = 50% + 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 = 0.3
From Table z = 0.84
𝑡𝑠 − 𝑡𝑒
𝑍=
𝜎
𝑡𝑠 − 27
0.84 =
2.08
𝑡𝑠 = 28.7 𝑑𝑎𝑦

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