How to Simulate Case 2


1. Click Crystal Ball in Program to get an Excel Worksheet, or click Excel directly with Crystal Ball as an add-on function. 2. Input the complete project management network model using the activity time mean, similar to the one described in the Global Oil problem Global Oil problem
3. For each activity, say Site (30), highlight its mean time cell and click Assumption on the upper left corner of the tool bar or select it from the Cell menu. It'll show a gallery of distribution. Choose Normal. Then fill in Expectation and Std. Dev. using the given data, like 30 and 3 for Site. 4. Then highlight the project Finishing Time cell and click Forecast (the 2nd from the left on the tool bar) or select it from the Cell menu. 5. Choose 'Run Preference' and change the trial number to the desired one. Choose the Run menu and click Run or select the dark right arrow on the tool bar. There will be a chart after the run. Click view on the chart . You'll find Statistics, Percentile, Frequency chart, Accumulative. Try each item. Choose "Creat Report" from the Run menu on the chart, and select the items that you think are relevant to your case. Now print the report. GOOD LUCK !!



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