Case Study 2
PeerUp is an Educational Platform for online tutoring for all subjects and all levels,
connecting students with their peers so they can learn from each other. The owner of the
platform, Mr. Alain, plans to launch the mobile app in 24 days, and he has compiled all the
remaining tasks and time estimates.
Your team is in charge of scheduling the tasks as well as estimating the expected launch time
of PeerUp mobile app. The table below was generated after surveying apps’ developers, and
includes the activities’ times (days), predecessors, costs (USD), as well as the crash times.
Case Report
Perform an analysis of the project and prepare a report presenting your findings and
recommendations. Include (but do not limit your discussion to) a consideration of the following
items.
- Develop a network drawing and determine the critical path (using normal times). How long is the
business launch expected to take? - What is the probability for the launch to take longer than 24 days?
- Assuming that once PeerUp is in operation, the company will generate $3,000/day in profits. The
earlier the company is launched, the earlier they can make these profits. Find the optimal launch
time and the optimal costs associated with your proposed launch time.