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Dragonfly: Developing a proposal for an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
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Question 1: How could Bob Lake formally represent the evolution of the project, showing interdependence and parallelism among activities? What was the expected completion time of the project? Assume first that the interdependence among activities A4 and A9 does not exist. Then consider how the interdependence changes the answer.

Question 2: Should any activities be shortened to ensure timely completion of the proposal, and if so, which ones? How does uncertainty in the task completion times affect project completion and the shortening of task times? What is the expected cost of the proposal and what are the ranges?

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This response entails the information related to the analysis of the case related to project management. It entails information related to estimated time and cost incurred to complete the project by the way of proper planning while considering the risks and interdependence among the activities.

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Network diagram in case of there is no existence of the dependency among activities A4 and A9

The different paths that facilitates in the determination of the critical pat5h for the calculation of the estimated time that needs to be devoted to complete the project is as follows:
A1 - A2 - A4 - A5 - A8 - A9 - A10 = 9 + 3 + 7 + 8 + 10 + 15 + 5 = 57
A1 - A2 - A4 - A10 = 9 + 3 + 7+ 5 = 24
A1 - A2 - A4 - A5 - A9 - A10 = 9 + 3 + 7 + 8 + 15 + 5 = 47
A1 - A2 - A4 - A5 - A10 = 9 + 3 + 7 + 8 + 5 = 32
The critical path is the longest path depicted from the network diagram. The paths shown in red color are considered as the critical path (Walker, 2015). It is depicted that the estimated time ...

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