Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

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1. 9.30. a—The decking is a successor task, as it is scheduled to occur after completion of the footers.

2. 9.31. b—The beta distribution would work best because it takes into consideration best-case, most likely, and worst-case estimates.

3. 9.32. c—GHI has a path duration of 15 days.

4. 9.33. d—One way to calculate float is LS – ES, and the other way is LF – EF.

5. 9.34. a—The primary advantage of activity networks is precedence ordering of all project activities.

6. 9.35. b—late finish times refer to the latest an activity can finish without delaying the project.

7. 9.36. a—activity sequencing leads to some type of activity diagram, either AON or AOA designation.

8. 9.37. c—hammocks allow for creating activity summaries in a network.

9. 9.38. a—when one activity ...