Chapter 4.4, Problem 11E

Applying What You’ve Learned.

Building a student union building. Waldenville Community College is planning to build a new student union building. The subtasks for this project and their dependencies are listed in the following table. Draw a PERT diagram for this project and give a schedule for the tasks.

Task	Preceding Tasks	Time Required (months)
1. Get funding	None	3
2. Choose contractor	1	2
3. Draw plans	1	4
4. Grade land	1, 2, 3	1
5. Lay underground utilities, sewers, etc.	1, 2, 3, 4	1
6. Build building	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	8
7. Install utilities in building	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	2
8. Install computer network in building	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	1
9. Purchase furniture	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	2
10. Inspect building	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9	1