Solution: The marketing department at Bodnar Industries is developing a promotional campaign to introduce a new product. A listing of the various activities
Question: The marketing department at Bodnar Industries is developing a promotional campaign to introduce a new product. A listing of the various activities required, their immediate predecessors, and estimates of their times (in days) is given below.
| Activity | Description | Immediate Predecessors | Optimistic Time | Most Likely Time | Pessimistic Time |
| A | Rough brochure layout | -- | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| B | Review brochure | A | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| C | Final brochure layout | B | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| D | Final brochure artwork | C | 5 | 7 | 11 |
| E | Design display | -- | 12 | 15 | 20 |
| F | Rough display artwork | E | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| G | Review display | E | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| H | Revise display | G | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| I | Final display artwork | F,H | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| J | Make display plates | I | 18 | 23 | 26 |
| K | Make brochure plates | D,I | 10 | 13 | 16 |
| L | Make and ship displays | J | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| M | Print and ship brochures | K | 6 | 8 | 10 |
- Draw the precedence diagram for this network.
- Find the means and standard deviations of the activity times.
- Find the expected early and late start and finish times.
- Identify the critical path, the expected length of the critical path and the expected slack times for each activity.
- What is the probability that the project will be completed in less than 60 days? More than 65 days?
- How many days should the marketing manager allow for completion of the project if he wants to be 99% sure that the project will be completed within this allowed time?
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