OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT -CONNECT
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Author: Stevenson
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Chapter 17, Problem 4P
a. Develop a list of activities and their immediate predecessors similar to the lists in this problem for this diagram:
b. Construct an activity-on-arrow precedence diagram for each of the following cases. Note that each case requires the use of a dummy activity.
c. Construct an AON diagram for each case.
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a. Construct an activity-on-arrow precedence diagram for each of the following cases. Note that
each case requires the use of a dummy activity.
b. Construct an AON diagram for each case.
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2.1. Construct an Activity-On-Node (AON) Network Diagram for the HR Departments’system upgrade project.
2.2. Calculate the duration of all possible paths on the network diagram.2.3. Identify the critical path and project duration2.4. Briefly explain the meaning of merge activities. From the network diagram identify themerge activities.
Chapter 17 Solutions
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT -CONNECT
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