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Could someone explain the method for doing late start and late finishes? I was d

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Could someone explain the method for doing late start and late finishes? I was doing good until I got to D. Now how I found the others was wrong for D. I need to know the slack time for all of them.  

toger inde is develop ng a progre in su p y chain management certifat on or managers. Ginde has listed and times appear in the accompanying table number o act it s that must be com ered bet re a training pro am o ths nature could b conducted The actr ties. Immediate predecessors Activity Immediate Predecessors) Time (days) A D E, F This exercise contains only parts b, c and d b The cntical actvities tor the leadership training program devclopment prcject are A E-G c)The project length for the leadership training program development project 25 days d) Slack tirie for each of the activities is, Activity Slack Time

Explanation / Answer

The precedence diagram for the activities as follows :

A

B

C

D

F

                                                                E

                                                                                        G

The parallel paths and their corresponding durations as follows :

A-E-G = 10 + 5 + 10 = 25 days

B-D-E-G = 5 + 2 + 5 + 10 = 22 days

C-F-G = 3 + 5 + 10 = 18 days

Out of above , A-E-G has the longest duration and hence forms the critical path .

Since duration of critical is same as project duration, it is concluded that project duration is 25 days

Slack for activities B and D = Duration of A-E-G – Duration of B-D-E-G = 25 – 22 = 3 days

Slack for activities C and F = Duration of A-E-G – Duration of C-F-G = 25 – 18 = 7 days

Slack for activities on critical path are always ZERO.

Therefore, slack for activities A, E, G = 0

ACTIVITY

SLACK TIME ( DAYS )

A

0

B

3

C

7

D

3

E

0

F

7

G

0

A

B

C

D

F

                                                                E

                                                                                        G