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1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT Trying to manage a project without project management is like trying to play a football game without a game plan K. Tate (Past Board Member, PMI). Brad Fink 28 February 2013
2 Executive Summary David Carhart runs a consulting company; his new project has several activities that need to be completed in order to finish a new project. David needs to know how long this project will take to complete as well as identifying which activities are critical. The route chosen is to draw an Activity-on-Node Network Diagram. The District Manager needs to know what the critical path is on a new project as well as the length of the critical path. Having been tasked to provide this information, the best possible solution is to draw an activity-on-arrow network diagram. Robert Klassen, owner of an Ontario factory has provided data for the activity time estimates on one of his production lines. Robert wants a product so he can visually see each activity with the critical paths during the process and what the expected time of completion may be. He would also like some type of work process chart to post on the company bulletin board for his employees to view at as well. Andrea McGee of McGee Carpet and Trim installs carpet in commercial offices. She has a concern with the amount of time that it is taking to complete the projects as of late due to some of her employees being unreliable. A list of activities along with the optimistic, most likely and pessimistic times has been provided. Andrea wants to know what the completion time will be as well as the variance for each activity, the total project completion time with the critical path, and what the probability of finishing the project in Forty days or less. Bill Fennema, president of Fennema Construction wants an activity-on-node network diagram illustrating each task, also the duration and predecessor relationships of the activities. What Bill needs to distinguish is the expected time for activity C and its variance. Bill would also like to see the critical path with its estimated time, the activity variance along the critical path and the probability of completing the project before week Thirty Six. 1
3 Contents David Carhart s Consulting Company...3 AOA Network Diagram...7 Robert Klassen s Factory...9 McGee Carpet and Trim...13 Fennema Construction...19 Summary
4 David Carhart s Consulting Company David Carhart Consulting is about to start work on a new project, in order for David to manage his time and his team, he needs to know two things; how long will it take his team to complete the project, and what are the critical activities? To help identify David s needs the following data in Table 1 has been provided in order to help draw an Activity-on Node Network Diagram shown in Figure 1. Following the activity chart of Table 1, the activity-on-node network diagram can now be constructed. In the activity column, the activities are identified by (A H) respectively. The middle column is the immediate predecessor; this is the activity that must happen before the next activity can be started. The last column is the time, in this case the time is in days. In Table 1, notice activity B has a predecessor of A; this means that activity A must be completed Carhart's AON Network Diagram Activity Immediate Time Predecessor(s) (In Days) A N/A 3 B A 4 C A 6 D B 6 E B 4 F C 4 G D 6 H E,F 8 Table 1 Activity-on-Node Chart before activity B can start. Activity H however is slightly different; both activities (E and F) must be completed before activity H can start. Corresponding to each activity is the time activity A will be completed in three days, in three days activity B can start. All this can be better viewed in an activity-on-node network diagram shown in Figure 1 below. 3
5 David Carhart s Consulting Company B D G Start A E Start H C F Figure 1 Activity-on-Node Network Figure 1 shows each activity and in the what order during the process, this will help all communicate more efficiently, if one team member is responsible for activity F, he will be able to speak directly to the individual in charge of activity C and so forth. David also needs to know how many days this project is going to take, to find this answer David needs to do some basic math. Figure 2 will provide the abbreviations to make the process easier. Starting with activity A, take the activity time which is three days, add that to the ES which is zero, since activity A has no predecessor, this will give activity A an earliest end time of three days. Continuing left to right the next activity s earliest start time will be the previous activity s earliest end time. Referring to Figure 1, notice that H has two different arrows pointing towards it, one from activity E and activity F, activity H will have an ES of whichever EF is greater, in this case it will be activity F. Moving left to right and following the arrows, simply continue to fill in the blanks until the last activity is reached. Since activity H is the last activity the LF and LS need to be figured. ES: Earliest start time an activity can start EF: Earliest an activity can finish LS: Latest time an activity can start LF: Latest time an activity can finish Figure 2 -Abbreviations 4
6 David Carhart s Consulting Company To find the LF and LS we need to work backwards, activity H will have an equal EF and LF, take the LF and subtract the activity time, in this case it will be 21-8 which gives the LS equal to 21, and this will be the predecessors LF. All of the start times and end times can be better viewed in Table 2 below as well as how to find out which activities are on a critical path. Activity Acivity-on-Node Time Computations Chart Time in Days Pred. ES EF LS LF SLACK Critical Path A 3 N/A Yes B 4 A Yes C 6 A Yes D 6 B Yes E 4 B No F 4 C Yes G 6 D Yes H 8 E,F Yes Table 2 Activity Time Computation Chart Notice that activity H has an LF time of 21, this is actual work days, this does not take in account of weekends or holidays, the actual calendar view will essentially be 28 days. Also, on the furthest right column all the critical paths are given, for Davis all activities with the exception of activity E are critical activities. For a better birds-eye view, Figure 3 can be a much easier way for managers to map and calculate all activities in a project. 5
7 David Carhart s Consulting Company B D G START A C E H FINISH Early Start Duration Early Finish F Task Name Late Start Slack Late Finish LEGEND Figure 3 Activity-on-Node (Diagram option 2, Red Arrows indicate Critical Path) Figure 3 is the same activity-on-node as shown in Figure 1 except this one uses boxes with each activities (ES, EF, LS and LF) just another way to help managers see the big picture. The red arrows also indicate which activity is part of the critical path as well. Some might ask, why is activity E not part of the critical path, the reason for this is it has a slack time of two days, so activity E can be delayed for two days without disrupting the actual completion time of the entire project. 6
8 Activity-on-Arrow Network Diagram A work diagram is needed for the employees to view. This will enable them to know when their portion of the job will start, and how long it is supposed to take them to complete the activity before handing it over to the next level. There are many ways to give them a visual look, but the activity-on-arrow network diagram is being used for the ease of understandability of all employees which can viewed in Figure 4. Activity-on-Arrow Network Diagram B 2 D 5 Start A 5 2 B 3 H I Finish A 5 C E 5 G F 5 Figure 4 Activity-on-Arrow Network Diagram Besides just the diagram, some other information is needed for management. Information such as; which activity or activities are on a critical path and what is the length of the critical path. The critical path is vital to a project, if there is any delay during one of the activities on a critical path, this could end up being a show stopper. The best way to find the answers is to use a time computation chart, this will show all the earliest start time (ES), the latest start time (LS), the earliest finish time (EF), and the latest finish 7
9 Activity-on-Arrow Network Diagram time (LF). Although these time are somewhat irrelevant to some, they are key to finding what is being asked, and that again is what are the critical paths and how long is the critical path? Below in Table 3, shows the activity-on-arrow time computation chart showing in the far right column marked Critical Path. Acivity-on-Arrow Time Computations Chart Activity Time in Days Pred. ES EF LS LF SLACK Critical Path A 5 N/A Yes B 2 A No C 4 A Yes D 5 B No E 5 B No F 5 C Yes G 2 E,F Yes H 3 D No I 5 G,H Yes Table 3 Activity-on-Arrow Time Computation Chart Looking back at Figure 4 the critical path is displayed with red arrows as well as seen in Table 3. Notice that the slack time is zero when there is a critical path. This means in laymen terms; there is no room for error during that particular activity. To find the length of the critical path, add up activities (B, D, and H), these three activities are on a direct path to the finish activity. The length of the critical path is 3 days. 8
10 Robert Klassen s Factory Task time estimates for a production line project at Robert Klassen s Ontario factory are as follows, shown in Table 4. Based off this information, David Klassen wants an activity-on-node network diagram configured, below in Figure 5. Looking at Table 4, the first two activities (A and B) have no predecessors; these will be the start point for all other activities to follow. Activity C has a predecessor of A, and no contact from activity B. Before activity D can begin, activities (B and C) must be completed. Activity F has a predecessor of activity F, while activity G has both activities (E and F) proceeding it. This can all be better viewed in a network diagram. When looking at Figure 5, notice that the nodes now are represented by using rectangles. Another noticeable difference is that the times are in hours, which differs from most projects which usually deal with days or even weeks. Figure 5 shows the nodes in a way better adapted for finding all answers any manager to find with little effort. Activity Time (In Hours) Immediate Predecessors A 6 N/A B 7.2 N/A C 5 A D 6 B,C E 4.5 B,C F 7.7 D G 4 E,F Table 4 Activity Estimates 9
11 Robert Klassen s Factory 0 6 Hours Activity A Activity C Activity F Activity G Activity B Activity D Activity E Early Start Duration Early Finish LEGEND Late Start Slack Late Finish Figure 5 Activity-on-Node Activity Diagram This is only the first part of what David needs, and by using this diagram, it will make finding the critical path easier, which is the next part. Based off Figure 5, the times needed to find the critical path has already been identified, all that is needed is some simple math; in Table 5 the spreadsheet will provide all the relevant data showing the critical path(s). 10
12 Robert Klassen s Factory Acivity-on-Arrow Time Computations Chart Activity Time in Days Pred. ES EF LS LF SLACK Critical Path A 6.0 N/A Yes B 7.2 N/A No C 5.0 A Yes D 6.0 B,C Yes E 4.5 B,C No F 7.7 D Yes G 4.0 E,F Yes Table 5 Klassen s Factory Time Computation Looking at Table 5 there is more than one thing that will answer most of David s questions. At the bottom of the column indicated by (LF), the number 28.7 is the total number of hours to complete all activities. Secondly, the critical paths are easily identified under the (Slack) column, all slack times with zero are considered to be on a critical path, in this case activities (A, C, F and G) are the critical paths. Another way to look at how each activity works hand in hand with the other activities is seen through a (Gantt) chart; named after Henry Gantt. This chart is very common due to the fact it usually follows along or in some instances placed on a calendar. The thought here is, if you can look and understand a calendar, you will be able to look and understand a Gantt chart. Figure 6 shows exactly what a Gantt chart looks like pertaining to Robert s needs. 11
13 Robert Klassen s Factory Figure 6 Gantt chart Again, looking at the Gantt chart in Figure 6, the activities (A and B) can easily be seen starting at the same time with activity C starting when they are finished. Activities (D and E) start as soon as activity C is complete. Since activity D is longer, activity F will start as soon as activity D is complete. Lastly, activity G will begin as soon as activity F is complete. In the Gantt chart, on each activity bar, the number of hours is projected; showing how long each task is supposed to take. At the very top of the chart just above activity A is the task summary timeline bar which shows how long all tasks summed up will take, again this shows that all tasks will take 28.7 hours. \ 12
14 McGee Carpet and Trim To help Andrea with her situation, she would like to know what the expected time it will take to complete a project. Within the project she has eleven activities to accomplish and would also like to know the variance for each task. To start this off there are some issues that need to be addresses, these concern the three different times that will determine the expected time of completion and help derive to the variance of each activity. In Table 7, the three time required to find the information are provided, they are times (A, B and M). Using a little math, all the data needed is simple enough, but first we need to understand what the times given represent. Time A is the optimistic time an activity will take if everything goes as planned, in estimating this value, there should be only 1/100 chance that the time will actually be less than time A. Time B is the pessimistic time an activity will take assuming very unfavorable conditions exists. While estimating this value, there should be only a small probability of again 1/100 chance the activity time will be greater than time B. Time M is the most likely time, or the most reliable estimate of the time required to complete an activity. To figure out what each activity s expected completion times will be, as stated earlier, an easy mathematical calculation must be performed. The expected completion time equals (Time A plus 4 times time M plus time B) divided by 6. Since the most likely time M is the most realistic, its value is four times greater than the other two times, hence multiplying it by four. Looking at activity A, the formula will look like 3+4*6+8/6 which equals 5.83; this is the expected completion time of activity A. Table 6 will provide the rest of the expected times for each activity. 13
15 McGee Carpet and Trim (A): Optimistic, (M): Most Likely, (B): Pessimistic Times Activity Immediate A M B Predecessor(s) A N/A B N/A C N/A D C E B,D F A,E G A,E H F I G J C K H,I Table. 6 Optimistic, Most Likely and Pessimistic Time Chart Below in Table 7 are the completed calculated expected completion times for each activity. Table 7 Expected Activity Completion Times Expected Completion Times Expected Variance Times Completion Activity Predecessor A M B Time A N/A B N/A C N/A D C E B,D F A,E G A,E H F I G J C K H,I
16 McGee Carpet and Trim Now the expected completion times have been calculated, the variance for each activity can be determined. To find the variance of each activity, again Table 7 has provided all the data required to calculate the mathematical formula. The variance is found by time B minus time A divided by six, and the answer squared, this will be the variance, taking the data from time A it will look as so; ((8-3)/6))², which gives time A, a variance of Table 8 will complete the rest of the activities variances. Activity Variance Variance Times Variance Activity Predecessor A M B A N/A B N/A C N/A D C E B,D F A,E G A,E H F I G J C K H,I Table 8 Activity Variance With the expected completion times and the variance complete, the next step to Andrea needs to do is find the (ES, LS, ES and EF) times, the critical path(s), the total project completion time and the slack times. This may sound overwhelming, however, with the right tool all this can be accomplished in one easy process, and that tool is the activity-on-node network diagram shown in Figure 7 with all corresponding data in Table 9. 15
17 McGee Carpet and Trim McGee Carpet and Trim Arow-on-Node Network Diagram A B E F G H I K C D J Early Start Duration Early Finish LEGEND Late Start Slack Late Finish Figure 7 McGee Arrow-on-Node Network Diagram Figure 7 is only a tool to help get the real information needed, all the data in each node is easily entered into a spreadsheet to find all the information Andrea needs which is below in Table 9. 16
18 McGee Carpet and Trim Time in Critical Activity Predecessors ES EF LS LF SLACK Days Path A 28.3 N/A No B 18.7 N/A No C 9.5 N/A Yes D 35.3 C Yes E 19.0 B,D Yes F 48.3 A,E Yes G 9.7 A,E No H 28.5 F Yes I 56 G No J C Yes K H,I Yes Table 9 Computation Times In Table 9, all the times need for Andrea are easily viewed, however the real important times are the total project completion times which is highlighted in green under the LF column. Next to the LF column is the slack times, notice that all slack times of zero are also a (Yes) in the critical path column, so activities (C,D,E,F,H,J and K) are all part of the critical path, this can also be seen by looking at the red arrows back in Figure 7. Now that all times have been computed, the critical paths have been identified; Andrea s last question can be answered. What is the probability that McGee Carpet and Trim will finish the project in 40 days or less? Again a little math is needed, to find the answer Andrea must first add up all the variances on the critical paths which are; (0.11, 0.11, 0.44, 1.78, 1.0, 1.0 and 1.78) which sums up to Next is to find the project standard deviation, which is taking the sum of all critical path variances and getting the square root, 6.22 with a result of 2.49 days. So now 17
19 McGee Carpet and Trim Andrea knows that the deviation is 2.49 now she can continue to find out the probability of the project being completed in forty or less days. Now Andrea has to subtract 40 days from 36.33days giving her -3.67, now divide that by the project deviation of 2.49 giving her Andrea needs to look at a Z Table, Table 10 and find out what the percentage is. Z Table 10 Z Table Since Andrea has a value of 1.47 she needs to look at the Z Table and scroll down until she reaches 1.4, then scroll right until she reaches the 0.07 column, circled in red, the number that links the 1.4 row and the 0.07 column is ; multiply that by 100 and Andrea has a 7.08% chance of finishing within Forty days or less. 18
20 Fennema Construction Bill Fennema has spent an exhausting amount of time developing tasks, the tasks duration times and which tasks are to be completed in a sequenced order. Bill has provided this data to have an activity-on-node network (AON) diagram be drawn. With the AON diagram he has also asked for the expected time of completion for activity C as well as its variance. Figure 8 with start this process with the AON Diagram Figure 8 Fennema Construction Activity-on-Node Diagram Notice in Figure 8 that instead of each node containing letters representing each activity, they are now represented by numbers; 1 represents activity A and 11 representing activity K. This style of activity numbering will help Bill recognize the tasks he is used to using. The critical path is symbolized by the nodes in red. The critical paths in Figure 8 are (A, C, F, H, J and K) The piece of information Bill needs, is to find the expected time of completion for activity C, this can be done with little effort utilizing an Excel spreadsheet, and Table 11 will show all expected completion times, however only activity C will be highlighted. 19
21 Fennema Construction Fennema Contruction Expected Completion Times Times Expected Completion Activity Predeccessor A M B Time A N/A B A C A D A E B F E,C G E,C H F I F J D,G,H K I,J Table 11 Expected Completion Times Bill now has the expected time of completion not only for activity C, but all activities involved with the project. All of the expected completion times were computed using the optimistic time (A), most likely time (M) and pessimistic time (B) which Bill provided in his data. The next bit of information needed is the variance of activity C, again the spreadsheet will easily configure this shown in Table 12 below. Fennema Contruction Variance (Activity C) Expected Variance Times Completion Activity Predeccessor A M B Time A N/A B A C A D A E B F E,C G E,C H F I F J D,G,H K I,J Table 12 Variance Values 20
22 Fennema Construction Now that Bill knows what the activity-on-node looks like, what the critical path is, the expected completion time for activity C as well as its variance, the estimated time of the critical path and activity variance along the critical path is needed. To complete this, the Gantt chart will become extremely useful; Figure 9 will show the critical activities along with the expected completion times. Figure 9 Gantt chart (Critical Path) Looking at Figure 9, there are only six activities; these particular activities are on the critical path of the project. The estimated time of completion can be seen on the top summary bar; in this case the estimated completion time is (Questionable) weeks. The reason for the question mark is that this is in fact an estimated time. Since the current subject is critical path, the next relevant topic is the variance of the critical path. Looking back to Table 12, when summing up all of the variances on the critical path the total will end up being 10.03, refer to Table
23 Fennema Construction Fennema Contruction Variance (Activity C) Times Variance Activity Predeccessor A M B A N/A C A F E,C H F J D,G,H K I,J Total Variance: Table 13 Critical Path Variance Another piece of information Bill needs to know is the possibility of completing the project before week 36, looking at Table 13 above, take the variance and calculate the square root, which is the standard deviation of Using a calculator, subtract the expected completion time of weeks from the 36 weeks Bill is striving for, the result is -4.18, this is the Z value, divide the Z value by the standard deviation and the final calculation is Looking at the Z Table, in Figure 14 go down the Z column until -1.3 is reached, move to the right under the column heading of 0.02, the result is , multiply that by 100 and the probability is 9.34% chance of completing the project before week 36. Z Figure 14 Z Table 22
24 Summary As managers, it is necessary to realize all the tools available on the market that will assist them in producing vivid and explosive reports. More importantly is knowing when and how to use these applications. In the case of David Carhart and Andrea McGee, the tools of choice were an Excel spreadsheet and Visio, the importance of knowing not only how to use the basic functions of an application, but how to master them can be the difference between a poor document and an eye opening report. In the case of Robert Klassen and Fennema Construction, not only were Visio and a spreadsheet were used, but also an application called Project was utilized, as most can understand, knowing more than one application and using more than just one can have a much greater impact on the upper management and the decision they face during that crucial time of an approval or disapproval. The old saying If you don t use it, you lose it is as true today as when it was first said. If current managers do not use the applications designed to direct them into better managers, there are always others behind them ready to get their chance at managing and climbing up the corporate ladder. The managers who choose not to utilize the tools or refuse to train themselves will lose all the vital skills necessary to become professionally proficient. For those managers who do take the time and conduct their own professional development, not only will their employees look at them with confidence, but maybe, just maybe so will the corporate supervisors. 23
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