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Q1) Five critical path activities are candidates for
crashing on a CPM network. Activity details are...
Q1) Five critical path activities are candidates for
crashing on a CPM network. Activity details are in the table
below.
Activity
|
Normal Time
|
Normal Cost
|
Crash Duration
|
Crash Cost
|
A
|
14 days
|
$7,000
|
10 days
|
$9,800
|
B
|
10 days
|
$6,000
|
7 days
|
$8,700
|
C
|
6 days
|
$6,800
|
4 days
|
$7,800
|
D
|
8 days
|
$4,500
|
6 days
|
$6,700
|
E
|
5 days
|
$2,500
|
4 days
|
$3,300
|
- What is the crash cost per unit time for each of the
activities?
- Which activity should be crashed first to cut one day
from the project's duration; calculate the added cost and total
cost of project?
- Which activity should be the next activity crashed to
cut a second day from the project's duration; calculate the added
cost and total cost of project.
- If we want to minimize project duration by 6 days, what
should we do? (calculate the added cost and total cost of
project)
- How much can this project be shortened? (Calculate the
added cost and total cost of project)