Reference no: EM132154823
An MBA program (with an emphasis in Supply Chain Management) at a Mid-western University in the US requires completion of 12 courses. Duration of each course is one semester. Courses required (and their prerequisites) for the MBA program are as follows:
Accounting (AC) course:
AC 701 (Prereq: None)
Finance (FN) courses:
FN 735 (Prereq: AC 701)
Supply Chain Management (SC) courses:
SC 719 (Prereq: AC 701)
SC 761 (Prereq: SC 719)
SC 763 (Prereq: SC 719)
SC 768 (Prereq: SC 761 and SC 763)
Marketing (MK) courses:
MK 719 (Prereq: None)
MK 757 (Prereq: MK 719)
Information Technology (IT) courses:
IT 715 (Prereq: None)
IT 745 (Prereq: IT 715 and MK 719)
Management (MG) courses:
MG 747 (Prereq: IT 745)
MG 771 (Prereq: FN 735, SC 768, MK 757 and MG 747)
NOTE: Assume all courses are offered every semester by the university.
Draw a precedence network (using Activity–on–Node Convention) for the above “project”.
Compute slack (in semesters) for each course.
What is minimum number of semesters needed to complete the program
If a student has waiver for IT 715, what is the minimum semesters needed to complete that program?
If a student is interested in taking only 1 course (AC 701 OR IT 715) in the very first semester. Which course should the student take (based on the most critical followers rule)?
If a student is interested in taking only 1 course (IT 715 OR MK 719) in the very first semester. Which course should the student take (based on most successors (followers) rule)?