Dental 2020 Project: CPM, Float Analysis & Critical Path Analysis

This assignment provides a comprehensive CPM (Critical Path Method) and float analysis for the Dental 2020 project. It includes a detailed table of project activities with their durations, predecessors, early start (ES), early finish (EF), late start (LS), late finish (LF), and total float. The assignment identifies the critical path and presents a network diagram illustrating the project schedule, highlighting the critical activities. Additionally, the document references project management resources to support the analysis and findings, offering insights into project planning, scheduling, and control. This solved assignment is available on Desklib, where students can find similar resources and past papers.

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Assignment CPM & Float Analysis
1. Table with activities for Dental 2020
ES: EF of predecessor LS = LF- Duration
LF: LS of successor EF = ES+ Duration
ID Task Name Duration Start Finish ES (Early
Start)
EF (Early
Finish)
LS (Late
Start)
LF (Late
Finish)
Total Float or
Total Slack Predecessors
0 Dental 2020 69 days Wed
18/04/18
Mon
23/07/18 0 days
1 Documentation 27 days Wed
18/04/18
Thu
24/05/18 0 days
2 Data Collection 4 days Wed
18/04/18
Mon
23/04/18 0 days
3 Requirements 4 days Wed
18/04/18
Mon
23/04/18 0 4 0 4 0 days
4 Specification 4 days Tue
24/04/18
Fri
27/04/18 4 8 4 8 0 days 3
5 Project Activity 9 days Mon
30/04/18
Thu
10/05/18 0 days
6 Meeting 9 days Mon
30/04/18
Thu
10/05/18 0 days
7 Ceremony 5 days Mon
30/04/18
Fri
04/05/18 8 13 8 13 0 days 4
8 Clearance 4 days Mon
07/05/18
Thu
10/05/18 0 days
9 Opening
Ceremony 4 days Mon
07/05/18
Thu
10/05/18 13 17 13 17 0 days 7
10 Procurements 10 days Fri
11/05/18
Thu
24/05/18 0 days

11 Hardware 5 days Fri
11/05/18
Thu
17/05/18 0 days
12 Dental Equipment's 5 days Fri
11/05/18
Thu
17/05/18 17 22 64 69 47 days 9
13 Monitors and Wall
Mount 4 days Fri
11/05/18
Wed
16/05/18 17 21 17 21 0 days 9
14 Software 6 days Thu
17/05/18
Thu
24/05/18 0 days
15 Dental Software 6 days Thu
17/05/18
Thu
24/05/18 21 27 21 27 0 days 13
16 Installation 14 days Fri
25/05/18
Wed
13/06/18 0 days
17 Software 3 days Fri
25/05/18
Tue
29/05/18 0 days
18 Monitors and Wall
Mount 3 days Fri
25/05/18
Tue
29/05/18 0 days
19 Data Jack 3 days Fri
25/05/18
Tue
29/05/18 0 days
20 Telephone 3 days Fri
25/05/18
Tue
29/05/18 27 30 27 30 0 days 15
21 Dental Equipment's 11 days Wed
30/05/18
Wed
13/06/18 0 days
22 Cabinets 6 days Wed
30/05/18
Wed
06/06/18 30 36 30 36 0 days 20
23 Dental Chair 5 days Thu
07/06/18
Wed
13/06/18 0 days
24 Spare parts 5 days Thu
07/06/18
Wed
13/06/18 0 days
25 Consumable 5 days Thu
07/06/18
Wed
13/06/18 36 41 36 41 0 days 22
26 Budget 10 days Thu
14/06/18
Wed
27/06/18 0 days
27 Dental Equipment's 5 days Thu
14/06/18
Wed
20/06/18 0 days

28 Dental chair 4 days Thu
14/06/18
Tue
19/06/18 41 45 65 69 24 days 25
29 Cabinets 4 days Thu
14/06/18
Tue
19/06/18 41 45 65 69 24 days 25
30 Monitors and Wall
Mount 5 days Thu
14/06/18
Wed
20/06/18 41 46 41 46 0 days 25
31 Rooms Renovation 5 days Thu
21/06/18
Wed
27/06/18 0 days
32 Materials 5 days Thu
21/06/18
Wed
27/06/18 46 51 64 69 18 days 30
33 Rooms Designs 5 days Thu
21/06/18
Wed
27/06/18 46 51 46 51 0 days 30
34 Testing and Project
commissioning 13 days Thu
28/06/18
Mon
16/07/18 0 days
35 Adaptability 6 days Thu
28/06/18
Thu
05/07/18 51 57 51 57 0 days 33
36 Configuration 7 days Fri
06/07/18
Mon
16/07/18 0 days
37 Training 7 days Fri
06/07/18
Mon
16/07/18 0 days
38 Super-user 7 days Fri
06/07/18
Mon
16/07/18 57 64 62 69 5 days 35
39 End-user 7 days Fri
06/07/18
Mon
16/07/18 57 64 57 64 0 days 35
40 Allocate HR resources 5 days Tue
17/07/18
Mon
23/07/18 0 days
41 Teams 5 days Tue
17/07/18
Mon
23/07/18 0 days
42 Point of contact 5 days Tue
17/07/18
Mon
23/07/18 64 69 64 69 0 days 39

2. Network Diagram with Critical Path
The Network Diagram is shown in the above diagram in ‘Collapsed Box’ mode. The critical path is demonstrated in the diagram as red
boxes and red line. The Network Diagram is illustrated in details below. The Network Diagram is showing ES (Early Start), ID, EF (Early Finish), LS
(Late Start) and LF (Late Finish), Total Slack or Total Float and Task Name.

Network Diagram with Critical Path in Details

References
Kerzner, H. and Kerzner, H.R., 2017. Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling. John Wiley & Sons.
Pinto, J.K., 2015. Project management: achieving competitive advantage. Prentice Hall.