Name: Lê Lâm Trúc Phương

ID: BABAIU17021
Class: BABA174WE21 (Tuesday Class)
Subject: Project Management

Assignment for Chapter 8: Scheduling

Assignment 1:
a) Path:
A-D-G: 8 + 7 + 5 = 20
A-C-E-G: 8 + 3 +6 +5 = 22
A-C-F-H: 8 + 3 + 7 + 3 = 21
B-F-H: 10 + 7 + 3 = 20
B-E-G: 10 + 6 + 5 = 21
So, critical path is A-C-E-G.
b) It takes 22 days to complete the project.
c) B is not on critical path, so B can be delayed without delaying completion of the
project. B-E-G path needs 21 days to complete, and it takes 22 days to complete
project. So, B can be delayed 1 day.
Assignment 2:
1. Network diagram:

B15 E15

H35 End

Start A5 C10

G170
F10
D5
 2. Paths:
A-B-E-H: 5 + 15 + 15 + 35 = 70
A-B-F-G-H: 5 + 15 + 10 + 170 + 35 = 235
A-C-E-H: 5 + 10 + 15 + 35 = 65
A-C-F-G-H: 5 + 10 + 10 + 170 + 35 = 230
A-D-F-G: 5 + 5 + 10 + 170 + 35 = 225
So, the critical path is A-B-F-G-H.
3. Slack:

Activity LS ES Slack

A 0 0 0

B 5 5 0
C 5 10 5

D 5 15 10

E 20 185 165
F 20 20 0

G 30 30 0

H 200 200 0

Assignment 3:
1. Network diagram

D6 G6
B4
End
E4
Start A3
H8

C6 F4
 2. Paths:
A-B-D-G: 3 + 4 + 6 + 6 = 19
A-B-E-H: 3 + 4 + 4 + 8 = 19
A-C-F-H: 3 + 6 + 4 + 8 = 21
So, the critical path is A-C-F-H.
3. Slack:

Activity LS ES Slack

A 0 0 0
B 5 3 2

C 3 3 0

D 9 7 2
E 9 7 2

F 9 9 0
G 15 13 2

H 12 12 0

Assignment 4:
1. Network diagram

C4

A5

D4
Start I4 End
G3
E3

B2
F7 H2
 2. Paths:
A-C-I: 5 + 4 + 4 = 13
A-D-G-I: 5 + 4 + 3 + 4 = 16
B-E-G-I: 2 + 3 + 3 + 4 = 12
B-F-H-I: 2 + 7 + 2 + 4 = 15
So, the critical path is A-D-G-I.
3. Slack:

Activity LS ES Slack

A 0 0 0
B 1 0 1

C 8 5 3

D 5 5 0
E 6 2 4

F 3 2 1
G 9 9 0

H 10 9 1

I 12 12 0

Assignment 5:
a) AOA network and critical path:

B BD
D
DF
BE
AB
A F
DE
CB

AC
EF
CD

C CE E
 Activity a m b Expected Variance Standard
Time deviation

AB 3 6 9 6 1 1

AC 1 4 7 4 1 1

CB 0 3 6 3 1 1
CD 3 3 3 3 0 0

CE 2 2 8 3 1 1

BD 0 0 6 1 1 1

BE 2 5 8 5 1 1
DF 4 4 10 5 1 1

DE 1 1 1 1 0 0

EF 1 4 7 4 1 1

Paths:
AB-BD-DF: 6 + 1 + 5 = 12
AB-BD-DE-EF: 6 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 12
AB-BE-EF: 6 + 5 + 4 = 15
AC-CB- BD-DF: 4 + 3 + 1 + 5 = 13
AC-CB- BD-DE-EF: 4 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 4 = 13
AC-CB-BE-EF: 4 + 3 + 5 + 4 = 16
AC-CD-DF: 4 + 3 + 5 = 12
AC-CD-DE-EF: 4 + 3 + 1 + 4 = 12
AC-CE-EF: 4 + 3 + 4 = 11
Therefore, critical path is AC-CB-BE-EF.
b) Slack:
 Event LS ES Slack

A 0 0 0

B 7 7 0

C 4 4 0
D 11 8 3

E 12 12 0

F 16 16 0

c) Critical path to event D.

Paths to event D:
AB-BD: 6 + 1 = 7
AC-CD: 4 + 3 = 7
AC-CB-DB: 4 + 3 + 1 = 8
So, critical path to event D is AC-CB-DB.
d) Critical path probability of completion in 14 days.
!" $ '("')
Z= = = -1
√&! √(

P (X ≤ 14) = P (Z ≤ -1) = 1- 0.8413 = 0.1587

So, the critical path probability of completion in 14 days is 0.1587.
e) The effects if CD slips to 6 days; to 7 days; to 8 days.
• If CD slips to 6 days, then AC-CD-DF: 4 + 6 + 5 = 15; AC-CD-DE-EF:
4 + 6 + 1 + 4 = 15. So, there is no change.
• If CD slips to 7 days, then AC-CD-DF: 4 + 7 + 5 = 16; AC-CD-DE-EF:
4 + 7 + 1 + 4 = 16. So, there will be two more critical paths besides AC-CB-
BE-EF, they are AC-CD-DF and AC-CD-DE-EF.
• If CD slips to 8 days, then AC-CD-DF: 4 + 8 + 5 = 17; AC-CD-DE-EF:
4 + 8 + 1 + 4 = 17. So, there will be only two critical paths, they are AC-CD-
DF and AC-CD-DE-EF.
Assignment 6:
a) Network diagram:

2 d7
5

h5
a3

e5
f10
b6
1 3 7
c8

i6
g4
4 6

b) Paths:
a-d-h: 3 + 7 + 5 = 15
b-e-h: 6 + 5 + 5 = 16
c-f-h: 8 + 10 + 5 = 23
c-g-i: 8 + 4 + 6 = 18
So, critical path is c-f-h.
c) Slack:

Activity LS ES Slack

a 8 0 8
b 7 0 7
c 0 0 0

d 11 3 8

e 13 6 7
 f 8 8 0

g 13 8 5

h 18 18 0

i 17 12 5

d) Probability of completion in 25 weeks.

!" $ *+"*,
Z= √&!
= √'../! = 1.87

P (X ≤ 25) = P (Z ≤ 1.87) = 0.9693.

So, the critical path probability of completion in 25 weeks is 0.9693.

Assignment 7:
a) AON diagram

5 10

1 13

4 9
15
Start

6 8 12

2 End
14

3 7
11
 Activity a m b Expected Variance Standard
Time deviation

1 2 4 6 4 4/9 2/3

2 5 5 5 5 0 0

3 3 5 7 5 4/9 2/3
4 7 10 13 10 1 1

5 11 12 13 12 1/9 1/3

6 5 6 7 6 1/9 1/3

7 9 10 11 10 1/9 1/3
8 5 7 9 7 4/9 2/3

9 7 9 11 9 4/9 2/3

10 3 3 3 3 0 0
11 15 17 19 17 4/9 2/3

12 6 8 10 8 4/9 2/3
13 7 8 15 9 16/9 4/3

14 12 14 16 14 4/9 2/3

15 16 17 18 17 1/9 1/3

b) Completion time and critical path.

Paths:
1-5-10-13-15: 4 + 12 + 3 +9 + 17 = 45
1-4-9-13-15: 4 + 10 + 9 + 9 + 17 = 49
1-4-6-8-12-15: 4 + 10 + 6 + 7 +8 + 17 = 52
2-6-8-12-15: 5 + 6 + 7 +8 + 17 = 43
2-3-8-12-15: 5 + 5 + 7 +8 + 17 = 42
 2-3-7-11: 5 + 5 + 10 + 17 = 37
2-3-7-14: 5 + 5 + 10 + 14 = 34
So, the completion time for the play is 52 days and the critical path is 1-4-6-8-12-15.
c) Find D:
Be 80% confident of achieving: p% = 0.8, then Z = 0.84
√*,
D = 𝜇 + 𝜎.Z = 52 + x 0.84 = 53.34
,

So, we are 80% confident of achieving in 53.34 days.

Be 40% confident of achieving: p% = 0.4, then Z = -0.25
√*,
D = 𝜇 + 𝜎.Z = 52 + ,
x (-0.25) = 51.6

So, we are 40% confident of achieving in 54.6 days.

d) A 1-day delay in this project will be serious since the play is supporting an
Independence Day.