List the tasks on the critical path

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1. Consider a project having the following six activities:

 

                                                     Immediate                                                  

            Activity                      Predecessors            Duration                                  

                  A                                none                                 6                                                  

                  B                                  A                                     20                                                

                  C                                  A                                      5                                                  

                  D                                  C                                     2                                                  

                  E                                  C                                      6                                                  

                  F                                D,E                                     6         

                  G                                 B,F                                    1

 

A. Draw the project network and list the earliest start (ES), earliest finish (EF), latest start (LS) and latest finish (LF) for each task

B. List the tasks on the critical path

C. What is the expected project duration in weeks? 

D. What is the slack for each activity?

2.  In Reference to "what does it take to compete in a flat world", list and describe three success factors for a "network orchestrator". (i.e what does it take to be a successful network orchestrator?)

 

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