0 votes 0 votes A software project plan has identified ten tasks with each having dependencies as given in the following table: Task Depends On T1 - T2 T1 T3 T1 T4 T1 T5 T2 T6 T3 T7 T3, T4 T8 T4 T9 T5, T7, T8 T10 T6, T9 Answer the following questions: (Q1) What is the maximum number of tasks that can be done concurrently? (Q2) What is the minimum time required to complete the project, assuming that each task requires one time unit and there is no restriction on the number of tasks that can be done in parallel ? 5, 5 4, 4 4, 5 5, 4 IS&Software Engineering gateit-2008 is&software-engineering normal + – Ishrat Jahan asked Oct 28, 2014 • retagged Nov 13, 2017 by Arjun Ishrat Jahan 3.4k views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply Naveen Kumar 3 commented Nov 19, 2019 reply Follow Share Dependency is like this:- So, $T_5$,$T_6$,$T_7$,$T_8$ can be done simultanously <= maximum number of tasks that can be done concurrently = 4 &, minimum time required to complete the project with no restriction on the number of tasks that can be done in parallel => $T_1$, {$T_2,T_3,T_4$}, {$T_5,T_6,T_7,T_8$}, $T_9$, $T_{10}$ = 5 units. 3 votes 3 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 1 votes 1 votes Answer: C T5, T6, T7 and T8 can be done concurrently. T1 -> T2 -> T5 -> T9 -> T9 -> T10 yields the minimum time required to complete the project. Rajarshi Sarkar answered Apr 15, 2015 • selected May 11, 2015 by Rajarshi Sarkar Rajarshi Sarkar comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply Manoja Rajalakshmi A commented Oct 11, 2017 reply Follow Share can you please explain the reason ? 0 votes 0 votes YOGESH PATEL 1 commented Dec 3, 2017 reply Follow Share can you explain properly ...? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.