Oblio's Restaurant (B) Oblio's Restaurant, located on the Indianapolis Then the walls and woodwork can be painted and Canal Walk, is upgrading its menu to attract a stained. This normally takes 4 days. The higher-end clientele. Potential new customers subcontractor can do the painting and staining up include both local residents as well as to 2 days faster by using additional labor and professionals attending the numerous more expensive equipment. But the faster conventions held downtown. Oblio's painting and staining comes at an additional cost management has decided to also renovate its of $200 for each day of time saved. dining room to provide the right atmosphere to go along with the new, upscale menu. The new carpet can be installed only after everything is painted and stained. Installing the Renovating the dining room involves a variety of new carpet takes 2 days. The draperies can be things. First, the existing furniture and draperies rehung only after they have been received from must be removed from the dining room. This the cleaners and after the carpet has been takes 1 day. The draperies need to be sent out for installed. Rehanging the draperies takes 1 day. cleaning. This normally takes 8 days; however, The furniture needs to be returned and arranged. the cleaners can "express" clean the draperies and This takes just 1 day but can only be done after finish the cleaning in just 4 days. Express the carpet is installed and after the draperies have cleaning incurs an "express" charge of an been rehung. After all this Oblio's runs a mock additional $800. service using the new menu and renovated facility. This is done over 2 days. Once the furniture and drapes have been removed, then the walls and woodwork can be The owners of Oblio's Restaurant have hired you cleaned and sanded. This normally takes 3 days, to oversee the renovation. Oblio's management but the subcontractor has offered to complete would like to complete this project in 2 weeks it 1 day faster at a cost of $600. (14 days) so to minimize loss of revenue. B) 2. Draw the Network Diagram for the project tasks. How long will this project take? 3. Identify all network paths. How many paths are there? Which path(s) and tasks will you need to focus on most closely? Why? 4. What can you tell the owners about the achievability of a 14-day project? Prepare a Gantt chart to help you communicate the project schedule to the owners 5. Oblio's management now tells you that they would like the renovation project completed 2 days earlier so to free up a weekend (weekends typically have significantly higher sales). As an incentive to you, the owners of Oblio's Restaurant will give you $2,500 to cover additional expenses and your bonus if you can complete the project 2 days earlier. What is your response to Oblio's management
