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Now that you have created the work breakdown structure and received approval to begin scheduling the office move, your manager, Steve Spaniels, would like to review a network diagram and present it to the CEO. You have worked with your project team to estimate the durations of each of the work packages in the WBS. The following is your current plan:
Work Package Duration (days) Predecessors
1) Initial planning 20
2) Kick-off meeting 1
3) Decide on furniture 25
4) Office preparation 20
5) Actual move 5
6) Build out of new facility 45
7) Install of furniture/servers/equipment 10
8) Set up utilities 30
9) Pack-out existing office 10
10) Install new company signs 15
11) Closeout activities 5
Assignment: Please review the Network Diagraming section in Chapter 6 of the text (starting on page 201). Create a project network diagram by first identifying the task predecessors (above). Once you have completed the network diagram:
1) Calculate the forward pass and backward pass
2) Calculate activity slack and project float
3) Identify critical path
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