Reference no: EM132976539

During the morning of Wednesday, June 23, 2004, Lori Anne McNulty, senior manager of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, received a panicked call from Sarah Mann, the supervisor of fundraising events. A major fundraising event, the MS bicycle tour between London and Grand Bend, Ontario, was scheduled for July 24 and 25. Mann was completing a final drive of the route, four weeks before the event, when she realized that the road construction would not be completed in time for the event. With the route planning activities usually requiring 59 days to complete, McNulty wondered whether they would be able to find a safe, paved route and complete the planning activities before the scheduled event.

1. What is the likely critical path for the route planning, in the most likely scenario? What can you conclude from your analysis?

2. As Lori Anne McNulty, how would you manage the uncertainty in the task duration times?

3. What strategies would you use to complete the bicycle route planning by July 24? Please be creative as you think about this question.
Please assume that the staff is working a normal, 40-hour workweek.