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Question
The objective of network analysis is to
Options
Minimize total project cost
Minimize total project duration
Minimize production delays, interruption and conflicts
All the above
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Solution
Minimize total project duration
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Draw the event oriented network for the following data:
| Events | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Immediate Predecessors | - | 1 | 1 | 2, 3 | 3 | 4, 5 | 5, 6 |
Construct the network for each the projects consisting of various activities and their precedence relationships are as given below:
| Activity | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
| Immediate Predecessors | - | - | - | A | B | B | C | D | E | H, I | F, G |
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| Activity | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 5 | 4 - 9 | 5 - 6 | 5 - 7 | 6 - 8 | 7 - 8 | 8 - 10 | 9 - 10 |
| Time | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
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Draw the network and calculate the earliest start time, earliest finish time, latest start time and latest finish time of each activity and determine the Critical path of the project and duration to complete the project.
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| Duration | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
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| Activity | 1 - 2 | 1 - 6 | 2 - 3 | 2 - 4 | 3 - 5 | 4 - 5 | 6 - 7 | 5 - 8 | 7 - 8 |
| Duration (in days) | 7 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 18 |
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| Activity code | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K |
| Predecessor activity | - | A | A | A | B | C | C | C, D | E, F | G, H | I, J |
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| Activity | 1 - 2 | 1 - 3 | 2 - 3 | 3 - 4 | 3 - 5 | 4 - 6 | 5 - 6 | 6 - 7 |
| Duration (in days) |
5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
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