Tom is responsible for ordering hardware for a custom home his company is building.The contractor installing the hardware is scheduled to start in 5 working days, but the hardware is on backorder and will not arrive for another 9 working days.Fortunately, Tom has 10 days of slack; however, he shares this slack with the hardware installer.He will have to let the contactor know that the hardware will be ready 4 days later than expected and that the slack for the installer has been reduced by 4 days.Tom and the installer share 10 days of
A)Free Slack.
B)Shared Slack.
C)Total Slack.
D)Critical Slack.
E)Functional Slack.

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Total slack tells us the amount of time an activity can be delayed and not delay the project.The use of total slack must be coordinated with all participants in the activities that follow in the chain.

Tom Is Responsible for Ordering Hardware for a Custom Home