Will the critical path change if noël decides she needs

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Case: Joe and Noël have just gotten engaged. As they are both business students, they thought they'd try to plan their wedding preparation as a project. Here's the WBS they've determined is necessary for a simple but elegant wedding. Assume all durations are deterministic. Although perhaps not realistic to real wedding planning, by using the standard calendar in Project Libre (use default working days in software).

Task ID	Task Name	Duration	Predecessor
1	Begin Wedding Planning (milestone)	0 days	---
2	Select Site&Date	3 wks	1
3	Hire Officiant	1 wk	2
4	Hire Caterers	2 wks	1
5	Pick Menu	4 days	4
6	Order Invitations	2 wks	2,5
7	Sent Invitations to Guests	1 wk	6
8	Collect RSVPs	6 wks	7
9	Tell Caterer headcount & Order food	1 wk	8
10	Shop for Wedding Gown	4 wks	1
11	Select Bridesmaids Dresses	4 wks	10
12	Bride goes on Diet	6 wks	10
13	Get Wedding Gown altered	2 wks	12
14	Get Bridemaids' Dresses altered	4 wks	11
15	Order Flowers	2 wks	11
16	Audition Mariachi Bands	3 wks	2
17	Select and Sign on Band	1 wk	16
18	Select Grooms Tux	2 days	10
19	Select Best Man& Usher's Tuxes	2 days	18
20	Wedding Day (milestone)	0 days	????

Based on this project, answer the following questions. Please note that each question is independent and not built upon the other.

If Joe and Noël start wedding planning on January 1, 2023, when is the wedding day?
What is the critical path? List all critical tasks in chronological order.
Will the critical path change if Noël decides she needs two extra weeks for the Bridal Diet? If yes, what is the new critical path and when should the wedding be held?
Assume that band auditions take twice as long as expected. Does this affect the wedding day? If yes, when should the wedding be held?
Determine what predecessors need to be listed to make sure everything is done by the wedding day without needlessly checking things? Noël is going to be nervous enough without having to check to see if each of the 18 tasks is complete at the end!

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