The HR department at the iTech company offers a job position to Kim Jones. She w

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The HR department at the iTech company offers a job position to Kim Jones. She will start
the new job after three weeks. As an IT department member, you were asked to set up an
orientation for her, including meeting with human resources, users, and the IT team. Tour at
the company needs also to be organized. You suggested the following schedule:
First, Kim have to meet with the human resources to learn about the company benefits and
policies (3 hours). After finishing the meeting, she has to handle three tasks at once: she
could tour the company offices (4 hours), meet with the users (3 hours), and work on the
necessary paperwork (2 hours). Then, after meeting the IT manager and with all the
paperwork completed, she would meet with the entire IT team for a brief introduction (1
hours).

Tasks:
1. Prepare a work breakdown structure explaining task, durations, and predecessor
task.
2. Calculate the start and finish date for each task and determine the critical path.

Explanation / Answer

1)  

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2) The critical path is A-B-C-E because the slack of each the activities is zero.  

Activity Description Predecessor Task time(hours) Early start Early finish Latest start Latest finish Slack A Meet with the human resources to learn about the company benefits and policies None 3 0 3 0 3 0 B Tour the company office A 4 3 7 3 7 0 C Meet with the users A 3 3 6 3 6 0 D Work on the necessary paper work A 2 3 5 4 6 1 E Meet with the entire IT team for a brief introduction. C,D 1 6 7 6 7 0

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