Which activity has the greates amount of slack

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Project Management Question/Problem:

Conveyor Belt Project; Schedule

Activity	Description	Resource	Duration (days)	Preceding Activity
1	Architectural decisions	Design	25	--
2	Hardware specifications	Development, design	50	1
3	Kernel specifications	Design	20	1
4	Utilities specifications	Development, design	15	1
5	Hardware design	Design, development	70	2
6	Disk drivers	Assembly, development	100	3
7	Memory management	Development	90	3
8	Operating system documentation	Design, documentation	25	3
9	Routine utilities	Development	60	4
10	Complex utilities	Development	80	4
11	Utilities documentation	Documentation, design	20	4
12	Hardware documentation	Documentation, design	30	5
13	Integration first phase	Assembly, development	50	6,7,8,9,10,11,12
14	Prototypes	Assembly, development	80	13
15	Serial I/O drivers	Development	130	13
16	System hard/software test	Assembly	25	14, 15
17	Order circuit boards	Purchasing	5	16
18	Network interface	Development	90	16
19	Shell	Development	60	16
20	Project documentation	Documentation, development	50	16
21	Assemble preproduction models	Assembly, development	30	17F-S, lag 50 days
22	Integrated acceptance testing	Assembly, development	60	18,19,20,21

Prompt: Create a Microsoft Project file for the above. Note the following:

1. Each work package will represent an acitivity.

2. The project beings January 4, 2010.

3. The following holidays are observed: January 1, Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November), December 25 and 26.

4. If a holiday falls on a Saturday then Friday will be a day off; if it falls on a Sudany, then Moday will be a day off.

The project teams work eight-hour days, Monday through Friday.

Prompt B: Create a Word document addressing the following questions:

1. When is the project estimated to be completed?

2. How long will the project take?

3. What is the critical path(s) for the project?

4. Which activity has the greates amount of slack?

5. Identify two sensible milestones and explain your choices.

6. Compare and escribe the advantages/disadvantages of displaying the schedule as a network versus a Gantt chart.

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