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BLUE ZUMA PROJECT

The ARC Company specializes in developing and selling a wide range of high$-$quality

scooters. Sales representatives report that there is a growing demand for racing scooters. ARC's

president, Robin Lane, is excited about the possibilities and predicts that one day these kinds

of razor scooters will be featured in X$-$Game events.

PART $1$

You are a member of a project team assigned to develop the new razor scooter codenamed "Blue Zuma". Table A$1\mathrm{.}1$ contains the information necessary to create a

project schedule. For the purpose of this case, assume the following:

$1.$ The project begins on October $1,2023.$

$2.$ Only US Federal Holidays will be observed:

$$ New Year's Day $($January $1)$

$$ Martin Luther King Jr$.$ Day $($Third Monday in January$)$

$$ Presidents' Day $($Third Monday in February$)$

$$ Memorial Day $($Last Monday in May$)$

$$ Juneteenth $($June $19)$

$$ Independence Day $($July $4)$

$$ Labor Day $($First Monday in September$)$

$$ Columbus Day $($Second Monday in October$)$

$$ Veterans Day $($November $11)$

$$ Thanksgiving Day $($Fourth Thursday of November$)$

$$ Christmas Day $($December $25)$

$3.$ If a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then Monday will be an extra day

off.

$4.$ The project team works eight$-$hour days, Monday through Friday.

Construct a network schedule for this project and prepare a memo that

answers the following questions:

$1.$ When is the project estimated to be completed? How long will the project

take?

$2.$ What is the critical path for the project?

$3.$ Which activity has the greatest amount of slack?

$4.$ If $$finalize product design$$ is delayed by another $10$ days, how will it affect

the project completion date.

$5.$ Identify two milestones in the schedule. Explain why?

$6.$ How sensitive is this network? Explain.

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TABLE A$1\mathrm{.}1$ BLUE ZUMA PROJECT attached belowTABLE A$1\mathrm{.}1$ BLUE ZUMA PROJECT

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