Activity Planning

Tutorial 3 Slides prepared by C. Constantinides, P. Frem Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering Concordia University
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Activity Planning
Consider the scenario below and map it to an activity-on-node network. Identify the critical path. The requirements specification of an IT application is estimated to take two weeks to complete. When this activity has been completed, work can start on three software modules, A, B and C. The design/implementation of A, B and C will need five, ten and ten days respectively. Modules A and B can only be unit-tested together as their functionality is closely associated. This joint testing should take two weeks. Module C will require eight days of unit testing. Once all unit-testing has been completed, the planning of integrated system testing must take place and it would require a ten days. The activity itself would take three weeks. The project manager has decided not to allow any holiday for the duration of this project.
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Project Activities
Activity Specification (S) Design/Coding A (DCA) Design/Coding B (DCB) Design/Coding C (DCC) Unit Test A,B (UTAB) Unit Test C (UTC) Duration 14 days 5 days 10 days 10 days 14 days 8 days S S S DCA,DCB DCC Precedence

Planning of Integrated System Test (P)

10 days

UTAB,UTC

Implementing Integrated System Test (IST)

21 days

Activity on Node Diagram