Question1: 1. Determine the Payback Period and write a conclusion for the two projects E and R based on the information provided in the table below: Year Cash Flow (E) Cash Flow (R) 0 -3700 -2900 1 400 500 2 500 600 3 700 700 4 800 900 5 1000 1100 6 1200 1300

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1. Determine the Payback Period and write a conclusion for the two projects E and R based on the information provided in the table below:

Year

Cash Flow (E)

Cash Flow (R)

0

-3700

-2900

1

400

500

2

500

600

3

700

700

4

800

900

5

1000

1100

6

1200

1300

Question2:

1. Discuss the critical importance of work schedule in project management.
2. Discuss the contribution of cost estimation in the completion of successful project.
3. A firm is planning a project which consists of the following ten jobs and precedence relations are identified with their node numbers:

Jobs (i-j)

1-2

1-3

2-3

2-4

2-5

3-5

4-7

5-6

6-7

7-8

Durations (days)

9

5

12

7

8

11

10

3

4

6

a. Draw an arrow diagram representing the project.
b. Determine the critical path
c. What is the duration of the project?

 

Question3:

A company is planning to purchase a new machine to expand the range of its products. There are two brands available in the market: A and B. Both machines are costing 70,000 OMR. The cash inflows given in the table are expected to be generated by both machines. Based on NPV and IPP, identify the better machine if the discounting rate is 7.5% and write a
conclusion.

Year

Machine A

Machine B

1

12000

13100

2

14200

13900

3

16100

15800

4

19000

18600

5

21700

20000

6

22200

22800

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