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Courtney is a programmer receiving requests each week to analyze a large data base. Five jobs were on her desk
Monday morning, and she must decide in what order to write the code. Assume that all jobs arrived today (day 1 and
hour 1), in the order shown below. Courtney has assigned the number of hours required to do the coding as noted.
Note that Courtney works an 8-hour day and today is a work day.
JOB
A
B
C
D
E
DUE DATE (HOURS
HENCE)
24
8
34
14
20
DURATION (HOURS
REQUIRED)
11
4
18
5
2
a) Sequence the jobs according to EDD.
According to the EDD rule, the sequence of jobs should be B, D, E, A, C
b) What is the average completion (flow) time?
The average completion (flow) time is days (round your response to one decimal place).
Transcribed Image Text:← Courtney is a programmer receiving requests each week to analyze a large data base. Five jobs were on her desk Monday morning, and she must decide in what order to write the code. Assume that all jobs arrived today (day 1 and hour 1), in the order shown below. Courtney has assigned the number of hours required to do the coding as noted. Note that Courtney works an 8-hour day and today is a work day. JOB A B C D E DUE DATE (HOURS HENCE) 24 8 34 14 20 DURATION (HOURS REQUIRED) 11 4 18 5 2 a) Sequence the jobs according to EDD. According to the EDD rule, the sequence of jobs should be B, D, E, A, C b) What is the average completion (flow) time? The average completion (flow) time is days (round your response to one decimal place).
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