Acct. Optimistic Likely Activity Variance ID Description Predecessor Mosta a Pessimistic Time (te) [(b - a)/6]2 Critical 7
(a) (m) (b)
1 Design package None 6 12 24 13 9 x
2 Design product 1 18 19 28 20.33 2.78 x
3 Build package 1 4 7 10 7 1
4 Secure patent 2 21 30 39 30 9 x
5 Build product 2 17 29 47 30 25 x
6 Paint 3,4,5 4 7 12 7.3 1.78 x
7 Test market 6 13 18 19 16 1 x
(m) (b) Time (te) 1 Design package
The Variance for the activity Secure patent equals to:.

Adrawback of short-term contracting as an alternative to making a component in-house is thata. it is the most-integrated alternative to performing an activity so the principal company has no control over the agent. b. the supplying firm has no incentive to make any transaction-specific investments to increase performance or quality. c. it fails to allow a long planning period that individual market transactions provide. d. the buying firm cannot demand lower prices due to the lack of a competitive bidding process.

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