Activity I: Product Development. Consider the simplified set of activities in the Table below for the development of a consumer product from initiation through the market test phase.
Activity
Symbol
Immediate predecessors
Time estimate (weeks)
Investigate demand
A
3
Develop pricing strategy
B
1
Design product
C
5
Conduct promotional cost analysis
D
A
1
Manufacture prototype models
E
C
6
Perform product cost analysis
F
E
1
Perform final pricing analysis
G
B,D,F
2
Conduct market test
H
G
8
Draw the AOA network for this project.
Calculate total slacks and free slacks, and interpret their meaning. .
Determine the critical path and interpret its meaning.
Construct a Gantt chart and mark the latest start times for each activity.
Activity II: A project has 11 activities that can be accomplished either by one person working alone or by several people working together. The activities, precedence constraints, and time estimates are given in Table below. Suppose that you have up to five people who can be assigned on any given day. A person must work full days on each activity, but the number of people working on an activity can vary from day to day.
Activity
Immediate predecessors
Person-days required
A
10
B
A
8
C
A
5
D
B
6
E
D
8
F
C
7
G
E,F
4
H
F
2
I
F
3
J
H,I
3
K
J,G
2
Prepare an AOA network diagram, and calculate the critical path, total slacks, and free slacks assuming that one person (independently) is working on each task.
Prepare an early-start Gantt chart.
Prepare a daily assignment sheet for personnel with the goal of finishing the project in the minimum amount of time.
Prepare a daily assignment sheet to “best” balance the workforce assigned to the project.
By how many days could the project be compressed if unlimited personnel resources were available?
ncluding Tullus Hostilius and Ancus Martius. Very little is said about these rulers other than how they vanquished people groups in the encompassing region of Rome, this shows relying upon who was in charge in the midst of total principle demonstrated whether Rome was extending forcefully or not. This composing additionally shows that there was noteworthy development happening right now. (Livy 161) Beyond this period into the Republic it has all the earmarks of being a significant part of a similar pattern, struggle that prompts extension despite the fact that the Republic’s aims were increasingly confounded as force was not concentrated to one man.
The Punic Wars were an exorbitant case of how Roman extension filled in as an impetus for additional contentions with other huge powers in Europe and North Africa. The Punic Wars demonstrated how war could bring about the extension of region however at a precarious expense in time, cash, and life; subsequently Rome procured southern Italy, region in North Africa, and Spain. The Second Punic War wherein Hannibal endeavored to vanquish Rome by moving his military all through Western Europe is an ideal case of how Rome did battle due to legitimate need, shielding them from a forceful force. It additionally demonstrated that Rome was not strong, having lost a few fights, for example, that at Lake Trasimene and Cannae seriously against Hannibal’s military. Cornelius Nepos states, “In the wake of having taken on the conflict, Hannibal progressed upon Rome without opposition. He ended in the slopes close to the city… But Hannibal, in spite of the fact that trapped in a pollute, removed himself around evening time without the loss of any of his men, and along these lines deceived Fabius, that generally capable of officers.” (Nepos 22) This entry shows us the danger that confronted Rome during this war, the ability and ability that Hannibal showed as a general. His contempt for Rome was fed by the past clashes and his activities were that of hostility t