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Project Scheduling Problem Set

The document outlines a project scheduling problem set involving three distinct projects: the construction of a multipurpose athletic complex at Colonial State College, a luxury lakefront home by Davison Construction Company, and a sales management training program planned by Doug Casey. Each project requires the creation of a project network, identification of the critical path, and calculations related to expected completion times and probabilities of meeting deadlines. The document provides specific tasks and questions for each project to guide the planning and scheduling process.

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Project Scheduling Problem Set

The document outlines a project scheduling problem set involving three distinct projects: the construction of a multipurpose athletic complex at Colonial State College, a luxury lakefront home by Davison Construction Company, and a sales management training program planned by Doug Casey. Each project requires the creation of a project network, identification of the critical path, and calculations related to expected completion times and probabilities of meeting deadlines. The document provides specific tasks and questions for each project to guide the planning and scheduling process.

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Project Scheduling Problem Set

1. Colonial State College is considering building a new multipurpose athletic complex on


campus. The complex would provide a new gymnasium for intercollegiate basketball
games, expanded office space, classrooms, and intramural facilities. The following
activities would have to be undertaken before construction can begin:

a. Draw a project network.


b. Identify the critical path.
c. What is the expected completion time for the project?

2. Davison Construction Company is building a luxury lakefront home in the Finger Lakes
region of New York. coordination of the architect and subcontractors will require a
major effort to meet the 44-week (approximately 10-month) completion date requested
by the owner. The Davison project manager prepared the following project network:

Estimates of the optimistic, most probable, and pessimistic times (in weeks) for the
activities
are as follows:

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a. Find the critical path.
b. What is the expected project completion time?
c. What is the probability the project can be completed in the 44 weeks as requested by the
owner?
d. What is the probability the building project could run more than 3 months late? Use 57 weeks
for this calculation.
e. What should the construction company tell the owner?

3. Doug Casey is in charge of planning and coordinating next spring’s sales management
training program for his company. Doug listed the following activity information for this
project:

a. Draw a project network.


b. Prepare an activity schedule.
c. What are the critical activities and what is the expected project completion time?
d. If Doug wants a 0.99 probability of completing the project on time, how far ahead of
the scheduled meeting date should he begin working on the project?

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