11 6 Sixth 5 Help With 4 Page Essay Assignment

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11 6 Sixth 5 Help With 4 Page Essay Assignment

PJM480 MOD5 Critical Thinking

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Critical Thinking Assignment (75 Points)

Important! Read First

Choose one of the following two assignments to complete this week. Do
not do both assignments. Identify your assignment choice in the title
of your submission.

Option #1: Determination of Critical Path of the Project

Use the following table to calculate duration (round to 0 decimal places)

ID

TASK NAME

Optimistic

Most likely

Pessimistic

Precedence

Duration

1

First

1

2

4

2

Second

3

5

10

1

3

Third

9

11

13

2

4

Fourth

3

5

6

3,8,9

5

Fifth

6

7

8

4,11

6

Sixth

5

6

8

1

7

Seventh

3

5

8

6

8

Eighth

1

2

5

7

9

Ninth

1

3

5

6

10

Tenth

4

5

6

9,8

11

Eleventh

3

4

5

10

12

Twelfth

4

5

6

11

13

Done

0

0

0

5,12

Use Activity on Node to construct a network activity diagram with the preceding table.

ES

Task

LS

EF

Dur

LF

Use the forward and backward pass method to calculate project
duration, based on the assumption that the expected duration of each
activity can be calculated using the following formula: Expected
Duration = (Pessimistic Duration + 4 x Most Likely Duration + Optimistic
Duration)/6. Include slack on the arrows and identify the critical path(s) and burst and merge activities.

Evaluate the finished project and write a review of your analysis and
how you completed each step. Include the completed table and your AON
diagram in your paper

Your response should be integrated in a well-written paper that meets the following requirements:

Option #2: The PERT Method

Using past course texts, current suggested readings, and other
scholarly resources, write an overview of PERT analysis and calculate
the critical path based on a recent project that you have participated
in.

The review of the PERT analysis should include the following:

Define PERT and why it is used.
Differentiate between activity on Node and Activity on Arrow.
Define the forward and backward pass method for calculating critical path.
Define burst, merge, and slack.

The PERT analysis of your project should include your appendices with
a WBS, and network diagram with forward and backward pass calculated
according to the following specifications:

An initial WBS of your project that has no less than 4-5 Major tasks,
Each major task should have several subtasks,
Calculate the critical path, and
Identify any tasks that have slack.
(Include slack on the arrows and identify the critical path(s) and burst and merge activities.)

Lastly, conclude with a summary of importance of PERT and Critical Path analysis in project management.

Your paper should meet the following requirements: