Joe is the project manager of the HJN Project. Joe's project is a renovation of an office building. There must be 30 hours between the painting…

By adding lag time to the carpet activity, Joe can move the start time of the carpet

activity by 30 hours.

A lag time is a delay between the predecessor and the successor tasks. Sometimes it may be needed

to schedule a delay between the

predecessor and the successor tasks. For example, if two coats of paint are required to paint a car,

then the final coat should be applied only

when the first coat dries. This delay is known as the lag time. The lag time is entered as a positive

value. The lag time can be entered as a

duration or as a percentage of the predecessor's task duration. It is entered on the Predecessor tab

in the Task Information dialog box.

Answer option A is incorrect. A lead time is the time that overlaps between the predecessor and the

successor tasks. The successor task can

start before the predecessor task finishes.

Answer option C is incorrect. Dummy activities are not the preferred method of project scheduling.

Answer option B is incorrect. Changing the relationship of the activity to finish-to-finish would not

prevent the activities from overlapping.