The Campus Wedding Plan, Case Study Example

Activities that should take place before the wedding day:

• Reserving the church and decorating the reception hall
• Catering
• Preparation of wedding dresses; replacing the laces and importing new materials for the dresses
• Making invitations; ordering invitations from bobs printing shop, printing addresses on envelopes and posting or mailing the invitations to friends and relatives.
• Preparing gifts for the bridesmaids on rehearsal night
• Preparation of guest list in order to determine who will attend the ceremony.

Question One: Given the Activities and Precedence Relationship in Case (a) Develop a Network Diagram for the Wedding Plan.

Wedding Plan

Activities                                                                        Period                               Cost

Reservation of church and decoration of hall           10 days                              $100+ more

Flying the potential maid                                                1 day                                  $ 500

Catering                                                                         10 days notice                         –

Wedding dresses                                             8 days+3 days for patterning        $ 720

Mrs. Watson to finish working on dress                       2 days                              $240

Express service from downtown                                     1 day                                $30

Invitations                                                                          12 days                             $35

Posting invitations                                                           10 days                              $50

Gifts for bridesmaids                                                        1 day                               over $ 20

Guest list                                                                            4 days                                 _

Question Two: Identify Which Paths Are Critical

The critical paths in preparation of this wedding include:

• Making booking in the church which involves securing the clergy to conduct the wedding ceremony and the church as the place where the ceremony will take place.
• Flying the potential bridesmaid from Guatemala will be too expensive.
• Catering which involves choosing the cake and ordering it will consume some time and it is somehow expensive as per the weddings estimates.
• Preparation of wedding dresses both for the bride and her bridesmaids needs much time because of lack of materials which need to be bought from New York.
• Making invitations and ensuring that all relevant parties have received the invitations on time.

Question Three: What Is the Minimum Cost Plan That Meets the April 22nd Date?

Church contribution: $ 100

Airfreight of potential bridesmaid: $ 500

To get dress materials in five days had to cost: $25*5

For Mrs. Watson to finish the fittings within six days had to take: $120*6

Express service from downtown cleaners: $30

Invitations within five days: $35*5

Printing address on envelopes and mailing the invitations within two days: $25*2

The total minimum cost in order to meet the April 22^nd deadline would be: $1700.

Case Study B

Effects of Incidents in Case Two on Wedding Plans

• Denouncement by church committee that they will not cut the period to ten days meant that some money was to be added on the previous donations in order to persuade the church to allow them to conduct the ceremony I the church. This would affect the budget as planned before and deadline could be compromised because they needed to conduct other activities.
• Commitments that befell the potential bridesmaid implied that her wedding dress could not fit on time because she arrived late.
• The flu that attacked mother affected planning of this wedding since it was possible for some relatives and friends to be left out on the guest list or even not being invited to the ceremony.
• The goods that were lost on transit affected the whole process since wedding dresses could not be finished on time.
• The inferno that razed the caterers shop influenced the plans in the manner that they had to wait until April 11^th to choose the cake for the ceremony which was to take them another ten days notice to order for the cake. It was not possible to meet the deadline.