Question: Christine Phillips is in charge of planning and coordinating next spring's sales management training program for her company. Christine has listed the following activity information for this project:
| Activity |
Activity Description |
Immediate Predecessors |
Estimated Duration (Weeks) |
| A |
Select Location |
- |
2 |
| B |
Obtain Speakers |
- |
3 |
| C |
Make speaker travel plans |
A,B |
2 |
| D |
Prepare and Mail brochure |
A,B |
2 |
| E |
Take reservations |
D |
3 |
a. Construct the project network for this project.
b. Find all the paths and path lengths through this project network. Which of these paths is a critical path?
c. Find the earliest times, latest times, and slack for each activity. Use this information to determine which of the paths is a critical path.
d. It is now one week later, and Christine is ahead of schedule. She has already selected a location for the sales meeting, and all the other activities are right on schedule. Will this shorten the length of the project? Why or why not?