The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations and what activities each must precede Duration (weeks) This exercise contains only parts b, a, and d b) The activities on the critical path are A-B-F Activity A (start) B C E F(end) 5 1 3 4 Precedes B,C F E F c) The total project completion time for Rafay ishfaq's software firm is weeks. (Enter your response as a whole number) d) Determine the slack time for each of the activities. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) с E F Activity Slack Time (weeks) A B What is the total slack for the non critical path(s) in the project? week(s) (Enter your response as a whole number)

The following is a table of activities associated with a project at Rafay Ishfaq's software firm in Chicago, their durations and what activities each must precede Duration (weeks) This exercise contains only parts b, a, and d b) The activities on the critical path are A-B-F Activity A (start) B C E F(end) 5 1 3 4 Precedes B,C F E F c) The total project completion time for Rafay ishfaq's software firm is weeks. (Enter your response as a whole number) d) Determine the slack time for each of the activities. (Enter your responses as whole numbers.) с E F Activity Slack Time (weeks) A B What is the total slack for the non critical path(s) in the project? week(s) (Enter your response as a whole number)

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