Problem 1ED Problem 1DQ: Give an example of a situation in which project management is needed. Problem 2DQ: Explain the purpose of project organization. Problem 3DQ: What are the three phases involved in the management of a large project? Problem 4DQ: What are some of the questions that can be answered with PERT and CPM? Problem 5DQ: Define work breakdown structure. How is it used? Problem 6DQ: What is the use of Gantt charts in project management? Problem 7DQ: What is the difference between an activity-on-arrow (AOA) network and an activity-on-node (AON)... Problem 8DQ: What is the significance of the critical path? Problem 9DQ: What would a project manager have to do to crash an activity? Problem 10DQ: Describe how expected activity times and variances can be computed in a PERT network. Problem 11DQ: Define earliest start, earliest Finish, latest Finish, and latest start times. Problem 12DQ: Students are sometimes confused by the concept of critical path, and want to believe that it is the... Problem 13DQ: What are dummy activities? Why are they used in activity-on-arrow (AOA) project networks? Problem 14DQ: What are the three time estimates used with PERT? Problem 15DQ: Would a project manager ever consider crashing a noncritical activity in a project network? Explain... Problem 16DQ: How is the variance of the total project computed in PERT? Problem 17DQ: Describe the meaning of slack, and discuss how it can be determined. Problem 18DQ: How can we determine the probability that a project will be completed by a certain date? What... Problem 19DQ: Name some of the widely used project management software programs. Problem 20DQ Problem 5P: Draw the activity-on-node (AON) project network associated with the following activities for Carl... Problem 6P: Given the activities whose sequence is described by the following table, draw the appropriate... Problem 7P: 3.5 Using AOA, diagram the network described below for Lillian Foks construction project. Calculate... Problem 9P: Task time estimates for the modification of an assembly line at Jim Goodales Carbondale, Illinois,... Problem 12P: The activities needed to build a prototype laser scanning machine at Dave Fletcher Corp. are listed... Problem 10P: The activities described by the following table are given for the Howard Corporation in Kansas:... Problem 18P: A renovation of the gift shop at Orlando Amway Center has six activities (in hours). For the... Problem 19P: Kelle Carpet and Trim installs carpet in commercial offices. Peter Kelle has been very concerned... Problem 11P: The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaqs software firm in... Problem 29P: What is the minimum cost of crashing the following project that Roger Solano manages at Slippery... Problem 30P: Three activities are candidates for crashing on a project network for a large computer installation... Problem 31P: Development of Version 2.0 of a particular accounting software product is being considered by Jose... Problem 20P: The estimated times and immediate predecessors for the activities in a project at Howard Umrahs... Problem 21P: Rich Cole Control Devices, Inc., produces custom-built relay devices for auto makers. The most... Problem 22P: Four Squares Productions, a firm hired to coordinate the release of the movie Pirates of the... Problem 23P: Using PERT, Adam Munson was able to determine that the expected project completion time for the... Problem 32P: Clark Products makes pizza ovens for commercial use. Michael Clark, CEO, is contemplating producing... Problem 1P Problem 2P Problem 3P Problem 4P Problem 8P Problem 13P Problem 15P Problem 17P Problem 24P Problem 25P Problem 28P Problem 33P Problem 1.1VC: Project Management at Arnold Palmer Hospital Video Case The equivalent of a new kindergarten class... Problem 1.2VC: The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlandos Arnold Palmer Hospital.... Problem 1.3VC: The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlandos Arnold Palmer Hospital.... Problem 1.4VC: The equivalent of a new kindergarten class is born every day at Orlandos Arnold Palmer Hospital.... Problem 2.1VC: At the Hard Rock Cafe, like many organizations, project management is a key planning took With Hard... Problem 2.2VC: At the Hard Rock Cafe, like many organizations, project management is a key planning took With Hard... Problem 2.3VC: At the Hard Rock Cafe, like many organizations, project management is a key planning took With Hard... Problem 2.4VC: At the Hard Rock Cafe, like many organizations, project management is a key planning took With Hard... format_list_bulleted