PROJECT TIME MANAGEMENT USING MS PROJECT
Project Time Management Using MSP
EMGT 5430.01 (Week 4 IA)
Lokesh Reddy Patturu – 2251906
Komal Nagalla- 2148816
MS in Engineering Management, UHCL
PROJECT TIME MANAGEMENT USING MS PROJECT
Question 1 PERT (10 pts)
The Denver Iron & Steel Company is expanding its operations to include a new drive-in weigh
station. The weigh station will be a heated/air-conditioned building with a large floor and small
office. The large room will have the scale, a 15-foot counter, and several display cases for its
equipment.
Before erection of the building, the project manager evaluated the project using PERT analysis.
The activities with their corresponding times were recorded in Table 1.
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Activity
Optimistic
Most likely
Pessimistic
1
Preceding Tasks
Lay Foundation
8
10
13
2
Dig hole for scale
5
6
8
1
3
Insert scale bases
13
15
21
2
4
Erect frame
10
12
14
3
5
Complete building
11
20
30
4
6
Insert scales
4
5
8
5
7
Insert display cases
2
3
4
6
8
Put in office equipment
4
6
10
7
9
Finishing touches
2
3
4
8
10
Request inspection
1
2
3
5
11
Complete inspection
2
5
10
10
1. Develop MS project Gantt chart and display the critical path.
(Note that you have to convert three parameters to the expected task duration using the
following formula (You may use Excel for this calculation, and this number should be
given as a task duration in the MSP):

Task Duration = [Optimistic + 4* Most likely + Pessimistic]/6
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Optimisti
c
8
5
13
10
11
4
2
4
2
Most
likely
10
6
15
12
20
5
3
6
3
Pessimisti
c
13
8
21
14
30
8
4
10
4
Preceding
Tasks
Request inspection
1
2
3
5
Complete inspection
2
5
10
10
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Activity
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
0
1
1
Lay Foundation
Dig hole for scale
Insert scale bases
Erect frame
Complete building
Insert scales
Insert display cases
Put in office equipment
Finishing touches
Below is Gantt chart showing the critical path for the given task.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Duration
10.17
6.17
15.67
12
20.17
5.33
3
6.3
3
2
5.3
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Question 2. (10 pts)
Consider the following network for a computer training class: Note that the number inside
parenthesis represents the duration of the task; Construct the Gantt chart and display the critical
path.
A(7)
2
B(3)
E(2)
1
4
C(6)
The critical path is A-B-E.
3
D(3)
5
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Question 3. Handling Dependency. Please draw the following network diagram using MSP and
compute critical tasks and critical path in MSP. (10 pts)
Use the following assumptions:

All task durations are one day.
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The Critical path is A-B-C-D-E.