1. You have signed a contract to build a kitchen extension for a private landlord. You will receive a bonus of £100 a day for completing the project earlier than project deadline estimated from...

1.    You have signed a contract to build a kitchen extension for a private landlord. You will receive a bonus of £100 a day for completing the project earlier than project deadline estimated from critical path. The contract also contains a penalty clause in which you will lose £75 for each day the project takes longer than estimated deadline. The activity time estimates and their dependencies are shown below in the table:


ID    Description    Predecessor    Duration (days)
A    Foundation    None    4
B    Building Walls    A    5
C    Roofing    B    5
D    Windows    B    2
E    Doors    B    2
F    Electrical work    B    4
G    Framing    C,D,E,F    3
H    Door opener    E,F    2
I    Painting    G,H    3
J    Cleaning up    I    2


(a)    Construct a network diagram identifying the following: [800 words/Equivalent]    LO1
i.    Earliest Start (ES) – 5 marks
ii.    Earliest Finish (EF) – 5 marks
iii.    Latest Start  (LS) – 5 marks
iv.    Latest Finish (LF) – 5 marks
v.    Slack/Float on each activities – 7 marks

vi.    Critical Path for the project    - 8 marks
vii.    Do you expect to receive a bonus of penalty on this project -5 marks



b) Assume that there is a delay of 3 days in completing activity F.  Critically evaluate different possible actions that the Project Manager could take to avoid exceeding the current length of the critical path. [500 words]                    (30 marks)
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2. Critically evaluate five factors that can make your project a success. [700 wrods]
     (30 marks)