Discuss the critical importance of work schedule in project management.

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  1. Discuss the critical importance of work schedule in project management.
    2. Discuss the contribution of cost estimation in the completion of successful project.
    3. A firm is planning a project which consists of the following ten jobs and precedence relations are identified with their node numbers:

Jobs (i-j)

1-2

1-3

2-3

2-4

2-5

3-5

4-7

5-6

6-7

7-8

Durations (days)

9

5

12

7

8

11

10

3

4

6

 

 

  1. Draw an arrow diagram representing the project.
    b. Determine the critical path
    c. What is the duration of the project?
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