New Laboratory facilities at the Technology Park
Project set up activities
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List of set up activities
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Project schedule for laboratory setup
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Project initiation stage
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Selection and identification of building facilities
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Development of accurate organizational structure, responsibility allocation
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Feasibility analysis
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Selection of equipments those have to purchased
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Appointing technicians and skilled staffs
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Project planning stage
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Identification of emergency exit space
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Installing safety devices and equipments
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Designing view panel at the exit door
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Flooring
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Wall and ceiling
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Proper plumbing
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Installing fire extinguisher
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Project execution stage
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Grounding all electrical outlets
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Electrical socket outlets
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Project monitoring phase
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Cross checking three phase wiring
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Final checkup of the voltage using multimeter
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Final user acceptance testing
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Project closure
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Stakeholder signoff
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Post laboratory maintenance program
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Submission of final project document
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Project constraints
Triple project constraints are considered for accomplishment of the electrical engineering laboratory equipment setup in New technology Park. The total time and budget predicted for the project are 189 days and $127,256. It is duty of the project associates and other coordinators to use play assigned role and complete the setup in assigned timeline and budget only. The start date and finish date of the project are 30th October, 2019 and 20th July, 2020. The total cost assigned for each activity are elaborated in the below tabular form.
Project cost
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Name of the activities
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costs
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Project schedule for laboratory setup
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$127,256.00
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Project initiation stage
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$5,376.00
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Selection and identification of building facilities
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$640.00
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Development of accurate organizational structure, responsibility allocation
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$1,216.00
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Feasibility analysis
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$1,680.00
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Selection of equipments those have to purchased
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$1,120.00
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Appointing technicians and skilled staffs
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$720.00
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Project planning stage
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$66,440.00
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Identification of emergency exit space
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$768.00
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Installing safety devices and equipments
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$19,152.00
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Designing view panel at the exit door
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$1,800.00
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Flooring
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$4,080.00
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Wall and ceiling
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$640.00
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Proper plumbing
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$20,000.00
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Installing fire extinguisher
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$20,000.00
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Project execution stage
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$25,560.00
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Grounding all electrical outlets
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$560.00
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Electrical socket outlets
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$25,000.00
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Project monitoring phase
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$26,600.00
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Cross checking three phase wiring
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$25,000.00
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Final checkup of the voltage using multimeter
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$1,120.00
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Final user acceptance testing
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$480.00
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Project closure
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$3,280.00
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Stakeholder signoff
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$1,200.00
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Post laboratory maintenance program
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$1,120.00
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Submission of final project document
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$960.00
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Work Breakdown Structure
Figure 1: Project work breakdown Structure
(Source: Created by Author)
Timeline and milestone report
Costs measured for each resource are mentioned in the below table:
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WBS
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Task Name
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Duration
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Start
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Finish
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0
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Project schedule for laboratory setup
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189 days
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30/10/19
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20/07/20
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1
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Project initiation stage
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47 days
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30/10/19
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02/01/20
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1.1
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Selection and identification of building facilities
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10 days
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30/10/19
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12/11/19
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1.2
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Development of accurate organizational structure, responsibility allocation
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12 days
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13/11/19
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28/11/19
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1.3
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Feasibility analysis
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10 days
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29/11/19
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12/12/19
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1.4
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Selection of equipments those have to purchased
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15 days
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29/11/19
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19/12/19
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1.5
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Appointing technicians and skilled staffs
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10 days
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20/12/19
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02/01/20
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2
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Project planning stage
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58 days
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03/01/20
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24/03/20
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2.1
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Identification of emergency exit space
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3 days
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03/01/20
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07/01/20
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2.2
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Installing safety devices and equipments
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12 days
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08/01/20
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23/01/20
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2.3
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Designing view panel at the exit door
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12 days
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24/01/20
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10/02/20
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2.4
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Flooring
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15 days
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24/01/20
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13/02/20
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2.5
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Wall and ceiling
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12 days
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11/02/20
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26/02/20
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2.6
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Proper plumbing
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10 days
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27/02/20
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11/03/20
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2.7
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Installing fire extinguisher
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9 days
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12/03/20
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24/03/20
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3
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Project execution stage
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22 days
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25/03/20
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23/04/20
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3.1
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Grounding all electrical outlets
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12 days
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25/03/20
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09/04/20
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3.2
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Electrical socket outlets
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10 days
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10/04/20
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23/04/20
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4
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Project monitoring phase
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41 days
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24/04/20
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19/06/20
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4.1
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Cross checking three phase wiring
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15 days
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24/04/20
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14/05/20
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4.2
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Final checkup of the voltage using multimeter
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19 days
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15/05/20
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10/06/20
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4.3
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Final user acceptance testing
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7 days
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11/06/20
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19/06/20
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5
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Project closure
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21 days
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22/06/20
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20/07/20
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5.1
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Stakeholder signoff
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5 days
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22/06/20
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26/06/20
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5.2
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Post laboratory maintenance program
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9 days
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29/06/20
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09/07/20
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5.3
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Submission of final project document
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7 days
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10/07/20
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20/07/20
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Gantt chart with dependencies
Figure 2: Activity dependency
(Source: Created by Author)
Network diagram for the project
Figure 3: Network chart for the project
(Source: Created by Author)
After changing predecessors in some of the project development activities it is identified that the project time will get decrease from 134 days 189 days. After making changes in the dependencies or predecessors the numbers of days has been decreased but the total cost is enhanced by $164,592.
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