A project to reorganize and move a credit operation to a new office location is represented by the following tasks.

(a) Draw a network to represent the project. (10 mks)
(b) Calculate earliest start, latest finish and total slack for each activity and determine the earliest finish for the project and its critical path. (6 mks)
(c) One week into the project you are informed that activity F will go late by 4 weeks and activity G will go late by 3 weeks. What will be the effect on the project completion date? (2 mks)
(d) What would be the order of priority of crashing to reduce the overall project duration?

Symbol Activity Immediate predecessors Expected duration (weeks) A B C D E Select office site Develop financial plan Determine personnel requirements Design office layout Construct office interior 3 5 B 3 A, C 4 D 8 F Select personnel to move C 2 G Hire new employees F 4 H Move records, personnel, etc F 1 Make financial arrangements B 2 5 J Train new personnel H, E, G 3