The "Now" WeddingPart A*On December 31 of last year, Lauren burst into the family living room and announced thatshe and Connor (her college boyfriend) were going to be married. After recovering from theshock, her mother hugged her and asked, "When?" The following conversation resulted:Lauren: January 21.Mom: What?Dad: The Now Wedding will be the social hit of the year. Wait a minute. Why so soon?Lauren: Because on January 30 Connor, who is in the National Guard, will be shippingout overseas. We want a week for a honeymoon.Mom: But, Honey, we can't possibly all the things that need to be done by then.Remember all the details that were involved in your sister's wedding? Even if westart tomorrow, it takes a day to reserve the church and reception hall, and theyneed at least 14 days' notice. That has to be done before we can start decorating,which takes 3 days. An extra $200 on Sunday would probably cut that 14-daynotice to 7 days, though.Dad: Oh, boy!Lauren: I want Jane Summers to be my maid of honor.Dad: But she's in the Peace Corps in Guatemala, isn't she? It would take her 10 days toget ready and drive up here.Lauren: But we could fly her up in 2 days and it would only cost $1,000.Dad: Oh, boy!Mom: And catering! It takes 2 days to choose the cake and decorations, and Jack'sCatering wants at least 5 days' notice. Besides, we'd have to have those thingsbefore we could start decorating.Lauren: Can I wear your wedding dress, Mom?Mom: Well, we'd have to replace some lace, but you could wear it, yes. We could orderthe lace from New York when we order the material for the bridesmaids' dresses.It takes 8 days to order and receive the material. The pattern needs to be chosenfirst, and that would take 3 days.Dad: We could get the material here in 5 days if we paid an extra $20 to airfreight it.Oh, boy!Lauren: I want Mrs. Jacks to work on the dresses.Mom: But she charges $48 a day.Dad: Oh, boy!Mom: If we did all the sewing we could the dresses in 11 days. If Mrs. Jackshelped we could cut that down to 6 days at a cost of $48 for each day less than 11days. She is very good, too.Lauren: I don't want anyone but her.Mom: It would take another 2 days to do the final fitting and 2 more days to clean andpress the dresses. They would have to be ready by rehearsal night. We must haverehearsal the night before the wedding.Dad: Everything should be ready rehearsal night.Mom: We've forgotten something. The invitations!Dad: We should order the invitations from Bob's Printing Shop, and that usually takes7 days. I'll bet he would do it in 6 days if we slipped him an extra $20!Mom: It would take us 2 days to choose the invitation style before we could order themand we want the envelopes printed with our return address.Lauren: Oh! That will be elegant.Mom: The invitations should go out at least 10 days before the wedding. If we let themgo any later, some of the relatives would get theirs too late to come and thatwould make them mad. I'll bet that if we didn't get them out until 8 days beforethe wedding, Aunt Ethel couldn't make it and she would reduce her wedding giftby $200.Dad: Oh, boy!!Mom: We'll have to take them to the Post Office to mail them and that takes a day.Addressing would take 3 days unless we hired some part-time girls and we can'tstart until the printer is finished. If we hired the girls we could probably save 2days by spending $40 for each day saved.Lauren: We need to get gifts for the bridesmaids. I could spend a day and do that.Mom: Before we can even start to write out those invitations we need a guest list.Heavens, that will take 4 days to get in order and only I can understand ouraddress file.Lauren: Oh, Mom, I'm so excited. We can start each of the relatives on a different job.Mom: Honey, I don't see how we can do it. Why, I've got to choose the invitations andpatterns and reserve the church and . . .Dad: Why don't you just take $3,000 and elope? Your sister's wedding cost me $2,400and she didn't have to fly people up from Guatemala, hire extra girls and Mrs.Jacks, use airfreight, or anything like that.1. Using the yellow sticky approach shown in Snapshot from Practice 6.1, develop a projectnetwork for the "Now" wedding.2. a schedule for the wedding using MS Project. Can you reach the deadline of January21 for the "Now" wedding? If you cannot, what would it cost to make the January 21deadline and which activities would you change?The "Now" WeddingPart BSeveral complications arose during the course of trying to meet the deadline of January 20for the "Now" wedding rehearsal. Since Lauren was adamant on having the wedding onJanuary 21 (as was Connor for obvious reasons), the implications of each of thesecomplications had to be assessed.1. On January 1 the chairman of the Vestry Committee of the church was left unimpressed bythe added donation and said he wouldn't reduce the notice period from 14 to 7 days.2. Mother came down with the 3-day flu as she started working on the guest list January 2.3. Bob's Printing Shop press was down for 1 day on January 5 in order to replace faultybrushes in the electric motor.4. The lace and dress material were lost in transit. Notice of the loss was received on January10.Could the wedding still take place on January 21? If not, what options were available?

Plot out the events in sequence leading up to the wedding date. Which events can be completed? How each event will be completed? What, if any, are the extra costs associated for this wedding? Part B - add in scenarios 1-4. Can the wedding still take place? If not what suggestions (aside from eloping and not getting married) can you make that would help it happen on time