Crashing Assignment

CRASHING
ASSIGNMENT

Activity Normal Time Normal Cost Crash Time Crash Cost

A 5 $300 5 $300

B 8 250 5 400
C 2 100 2 100

D 6 300 3 600
E 3 150 2 300
F 4 275 3 300
G 9 700 8 900

1. Perform the activities crashing until it can no longer be crashed. What is the total
cost?
2. If there is a bonus of $125 per day for finishing early, what activities would be crashed,
and how fast would the project be completed?
QUESTION 1: Perform the activities crashing until it can no longer be crashed.
What is the total cost?

Figure 1 : Network Diagram from Microsoft Project

Figure 2 : Crashing Activities Table

After Run 1 on crash on B with total cost of 2125.

Run 2 on crash on B and F with total cost of 2200.

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Run 3 on crash on B and D with total cost of 2350.

Run 4 on crash on G and D with total cost of 2650.

Run 5 on crash on E and D with total cost of 2900.

QUESTION 2 : If there is a bonus of $125 per day for finishing early, what
activities would be crashed, and how fast would the project be completed?

Based on the Figure 2 Crashing Activities Table, crashing activities as per mentioned
in the table in red. They are B,B,F,B,D,G,D,E,D.

The fastest the project can be completed in 20 with cost of $2275.