Consider the Following Work Breakdown Structure What Are the Estimated Standard Deviations (In Weeks) in the Duration

question 48

Short Answer

Consider the following work breakdown structure: $\begin{array}{r} \text { Duration Estimate (Days) }\quad \quad \quad \quad \\\begin{array}{lccccc} & \text { Start } & \text { Finish } \\\text { Activity } & \text { Node } & \text { Node } & \text { Optimistic } & \text { Most Likely } & \text { Pessimistic } \\\hline \text { A } & 1 & 2 & 9 & 15 & 21 \\\text { B } & 1 & 3 & 13 & 21 & 23 \\\text { C } & 2 & 4 & 6 & 9 & 18 \\\text { D } & 2 & 5 & 23 & 35 & 47 \\\text { E } & 3 & 5 & 19 & 26 & 27 \\\text { F } & 4 & 6 & 23 & 29 & 41 \\\text { G } & 5 & 6 & 14 & 20 & 26 \\\text { H } & 6 & 7 & 2 & 5 & 8\end{array}\end{array}$ What are the estimated standard deviations (in weeks) in the times for activities A-H?

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