Assignment 5

ENGI-3336-WA and WB – Engineering Economics and Project Management

Notes:

1. The due date for this assignment is April 1st and April 2nd for WA and WB sections,
respectively.

Problem:

The Scheduling Department of an engineering firm has prepared the following list of tasks
for a project, showing their immediate successors, duration, and cost:

Normal
Activity Successor Total Cost ($)
Duration (days)
A B 7 21,000
B C, D 9 45,000
C E, F 7 28,000
D E, F 9 27,000
E G (with 3 day lag) 7 10,500
F G, H 8 16,000
G I 10 12,000
H I 6 9,000
I - 1 2,000

1. Calculate the schedule using CPM method (PDM technique) and determine critical tasks
2. Develop the histogram of expenses and the S-curve of the project. The unit of time in
the histogram and cumulative curve (S-curve) should be seven working days.

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 3d lag
25 32 35 45
16 23 0 E 0 0 G 0
2 C 2 25 7 32 35 10 45 45 46
18 7 25 0 L 0
0 7 7 16 45 1 46
0 A 0 0 B 0 33 39
0 7 7 7 9 16 25 33 6 H 6
16 25 2 F 0 39 6 45
0 D 0 27 8 35
16 9 25
 Histogram of expenses
$50,000
$45,000
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$0
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7

S-curve
$180,000

$160,000

$140,000

$120,000

$100,000

$80,000

$60,000

$40,000

$20,000

$0
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7