Pre-commencement Assessment
CM 764: Advanced Concepts in Project Management
MBA CPM (4 th Semester)
1. A building project consist of 12 activities. The normal duration required to perform various
activities and the relationship among the activities are given below:
Activity A B C D E F G H I J K L
Predecessor - - A A B B C C D E F G,H,I, J
Duration (in 7 5 10 5 8 6 5 4 10 5 8 9
weeks)
Compute (i) the project completion time, (ii) the critical path (iii) the total float and free float
for each activity.
2. A building project consist of 10 activities as listed in following table. Normal duration of each
activity along with preceding are also given.
Activity A B C D E F G H I J
Preceding - A A B B C C D E, F G
activity
Estimated 5 2 6 4 4 2 3 8 7 2
Duration
Draw the network and determine the critical path and the total project duration.
3. With the help of data given below draw the network diagram and find the project
completion time based on expected time.
Preceding Event Succeeding Event Optimistic time Most likely Pessimistic
Node Number Node Number in weeks time in time in
weeks weeks
10 20 10 12 20
10 40 5 15 19
20 30 10 15 26
20 70 15 20 25
30 60 5 10 15
40 50 4 8 12
50 60 5 10 15
60 80 2 4 6
70 80 2 4 6
4. Draw the network diagram for the given table and find out the project completion time
Activity To Tm Tp
1-2 6 8 11
1-3 3 7 9
1-4 5 7 10
2-7 8 10 12
2-6 4 8 12
3-6 8 10 12
4-5 4 6 8
5-6 3 5 6
7-8 5 8 12
6-8 7 10 15
Pre-commencement Assessment
CM 764: Advanced Concepts in Project Management
MBA CPM (4 th Semester)
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