ComputerProjectExercises
SilverZumaProject
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Part1
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ecessarytocreateaprojectscheduleForthepurposeofthiscaseassumethefollowi
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sJa
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dprepareamemothata
swersthefollowi
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s1Whe
istheprojectestimatedtobecompletedHowlo
gwilltheprojecttake
Theprojectisestimatedtobecompletedat8thDec2017Ittakesabout240worki
gdays
2WhatisthecriticalpathfortheprojectThecriticalpathfortheprojectisMarketa
alysisProductdesig
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