The project report is about the managing the dinner party which is about the Case of Ahmad the liver maker. In this report the John and Julia (JJ) are going to give the dinner party at 7.00pm on Friday evening. Their children Jessie and Jimmy are going to get help him. In this project report first of all calculate the estimated time for the completion of the dinner part. And also draw the network diagram. In this project report use the PERT methodology for the activities which is probabilistic in nature. In this project report also determine the critical path of the network diagram and the probability of the JJ ready at 7.00pm.

Literature of the managing the dinner party

It is vital to understand that when any get together of family or friends is going to happen, it is always a special occasion because normally people don’t get enough time to hang out with each other. The dinner party is one of such occasions, which helps people to get together in one place, and enjoy their time together. Such dinner parties can be made unique and memorable, if certain elements are well managed. Any gathering can be a good experience or a bad experience, because of its arrangements. If good arrangements are made, then gathering for a dinner party can be flawless, and if things are not properly planned, then it will be a mess on the day of the dinner party. The first thing to keep in mind is early planning. One has to do early planning as per the given timeline so that all relevant tasks are done within time. If there will be no plan to follow, then tasks will be messed up, and many important tasks will be missed. First of all, planning should be done before one or two weeks, and then the plan should be evaluated every now and then to make sure everything is on the right track. Look for a proper dinner location to create a good atmosphere and then invite guests in time, who are going to be the guests of the dinner party (Rysman, 2020)

There are various other elements to keep in mind, which can be critical for the success or failure of the dinner party. The success or failure means how the party was enjoyed or not enjoyed by the participants at the dinner party. If things were messed up and arrangements were bad, then there will be miscommunication everywhere. People will not get proper treatment in terms of service and food. To avoid such situations, it is critical to make sure that the dinner party is arranged with a certain purpose, which is communicated to everyone. For instance, a business dinner party will be arranged to capture more clients for the company. Location is a key thing in holding a good dinner party. If the location is far away from guests or a location is selected, which is hard to access, and then many of the guests may not come there. So, it is vital to pick a venue, which is not only suitable for the host, but it should also be comfortable for the guests. It is also crucial to have a proper menu for the dinner, and all arrangements are made in time (Brookins, 2020)

Model and Methodology of the managing the dinner party

The activities which are the probabilistic in the nature, and also apply the (PERT) “Project Evaluation and Review Technique”. The PERT is also supposed which activity had the duration to follow the beta distribution , for that is also expected by time as well as variance of the activities which is determined in the below Table;

Estimated output tables



Activity	Precedence	Optimistic time	Most likely time	Pessimistic time	Activity time	Variance
		o	m	p	te=(o+4m+p)/6	σ2= [(p-o)/6]2
a		18	25	31	24.83	4.69
b		15	23	30	22.83	6.25
c		25	40	56	40.17	26.69
d	c	20	30	45	30.83	17.36
e	a,b	12	21	30	21	9
f	d	10	17	25	17.17	6.25
g	f	5	12	18	11.83	4.69
h	e	10	20	25	19.17	6.25
i	e	9	15	22	15.17	4.69
j	g	8	10	15	10.5	1.36
k	h,i,j	20	27	40	28	11.11
l	h,i,j	6	10	15	10.17	2.25
m	k,l	4	7	10	7	1
n	k,l	10	14	20	14.33	2.78
o	k,l	7	15	20	14.5	4.69
p	k,l	3	4	6	4.17	0.25
q	m	4	6	7	5.83	0.25
r	0	5	8	10	7.83	0.69

The network diagram is shown in the below figure;

There critical path and critical activities are

The activity schedule is given below;

			Forward pass schedule to determine earliest time activity	Backward pass
Activity	Activity Time	Precedence	Early Start	Early Finish	Late start	Late Finish	Slack
	Ti		ES=max(EF of preceding )	EF= ES+ti	LS=LF-Ti	LF=min(LS of succeeding)	(LF-EF)
a	24.83		0	24.83	45.5	70.33	45.5
b	22.82		0	22.82	47.5	70.33	47.5
c	40.17		0	40.17	0	40.17	0
d	30.83	c	24.83	45.83	70.33	91.33	45.5
e	21	a,b	71	88.17	71	88.17	0
f	17.17	d	71	88	71	88.17	0
g	11.83	f	88.17	100	88.17	100	0
h	19.17	e	45.83	65	91.33	110.5	45.5
i	15.17	e	45.83	61	95.33	110.5	49.5
j	10.5	g	100	110.5	100	110.5	0
k	28	h,i,j	110.5	138.5	110.5	138.5	0
l	10.17	h,i,j	110.5	120.67	128.33	138.5	17.83
m	7	k,l	138.5	145.5	148	155	9.5
n	14.33	k,l	138.5	152.83	146.5	160.83	8
o	14.5	k,l	138.5	153	138.5	153	0
p	4.17	k,l	138.5	142.67	156.67	160.83	18.17
q	5.83	m	145.5	151.33	155	160.83	9.5
r	7.83	o	153	160.83	153	160.83	0

Discussion of the managing the dinner party

As shown in the above two table the activities that is having a slack which is equal to zero, these are the critical activities as well as the path which is formed through the critical path is the critical path. And these critical activities which cannot be delayed, and the duration of the critical path is largest duration path and it is calculate an expected project completion time.

So the finishing of the critical path is activity “r” as well as the EF=LF of activity r is = 160.83

Duration of critical path is = 160.83 minutes

Variance of critical path = Sum of variance of critical activities

At 7.00 pm the part is scheduled as well as work would also started at 4.00pm; so there total is 3 hour and 180 hour is available

Mean completion time minutes and standard deviation minutes

Other Comments of the managing the dinner party

There are no other specific comments to make regarding the dinner project because everything has been checked and discussed as per the given guidelines. The project will be a successful venture if things are managed according to the plan and strategy, which has been developed before starting the project.

Conclusion of the managing the dinner party

Summing up all the discussion it is concluded that, there completion duration of the project is in 180 minutes, and there are 100% chances of completion of project till 7.00PM. The critical path of the project is and its Duration of critical path is = 160.83 minutes. All the requirements are fulfilled and also shown in the above table.

References

Brookins, M. (2020). How to Plan a Business Dinner Party. Retrieved May 22, 2020, from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/plan-business-dinner-party-578.html

Rysman, L. (2020). How to Host a Dinner Party. Retrieved May 22, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/guides/tmagazine/how-to-host-a-dinner-party