No 16, page 106

Activity Predecessors Time c) Activities that have slack : (1) B by 2 weeks and (2) E by 2 weeks also
A - 7
B A 2 d)
C A 4 Activity Normal Time Crash Time Normal Cost Crash Cost
D B,C 5 A 7 6 ($ 7,000.00) ($ 8,000.00)
E D 2 B 3 2 ($ 5,000.00) ($ 7,000.00) Notes
F D 4 C 4 3 ($ 9,000.00) ($ 10,200.00) CC -- Crash Cost
G E,F 5 D 5 4 ($ 3,000.00) ($ 4,500.00) CT -- Crash Time
E 2 1 ($ 2,000.00) ($ 3,000.00) NC -- Normal Cost
Question F 4 2 ($ 4,000.00) ($ 7,000.00) NT -- Normal Time
a) identify the critical path G 5 4 ($ 5,000.00) ($ 8,000.00)
b) what is the length of time to complete the project ?
Cost per week to Weeks that activity
c) which activities have slack, and how much ? Activity CC-NC NT-CT
expedite may be shortened
A ($ 1,000.00) 1 ($ 1,000.00) 1
d) Here is a table of normal and crash time and costs. Which activities would you shorten to cut two weeks from the B ($ 2,000.00) 1 ($ 2,000.00) 1
schedule in a rational fashion ? What would be the incremental cost? Is the critical path changed C ($ 1,200.00) 1 ($ 1,200.00) 1
D ($ 1,500.00) 1 ($ 1,500.00) 1
E ($ 1,000.00) 1 ($ 1,000.00) 1
Activity Normal Time Crash Time Normal Cost Crash Cost F ($ 3,000.00) 2 ($ 1,500.00) 2
A 7 6 7000 8000 G ($ 3,000.00) 1 ($ 3,000.00) 1
B 3 2 5000 7000 critical path the one that could be crash
C 4 3 9000 10200
D 5 4 3000 4500 Crashing 2 weeks Remaining Weeks 23 weeks
Remaining
Number of
Total Cost of all Project
Current Critical Weeks Activity Cost per day to Least Cost
E 2 1 2000 3000 activities in Completion
Path May be expedite each activity Activity that
network Tome
Shortened
(Weeks)
All Activities
F 4 2 4000 7000 ACDFG times and cost ($ 35,000.00) 25
are normal
G 5 4 5000 8000 ACDFG A-6; C-3 A=1000; C=1200 ($ 2,200.00) ($ 37,200.00) 23
ACDFG A-6; D-4 A=1000; C=1500 ($ 2,500.00) ($ 37,500.00) 23
Answer ACDFG A-6; F-3 A=1000; F=1500 ($ 2,500.00) ($ 37,500.00) 23
a) ACDFG A-6; G-4 A=1000; G=3000 ($ 4,000.00) ($ 39,000.00) 23
ACDFG C-3; D-4 C=1200; D=1500 ($ 2,700.00) ($ 37,700.00) 23
ACDFG C3; F-3 C=1200; F=1500 ($ 2,700.00) ($ 37,700.00) 23
ACDFG C3; F-3 C=1200; F=1500 ($ 4,500.00) ($ 41,700.00) 23
ACDFG C3; F-3 C=1200; F=1500 ($ 1,000.00) ($ 38,500.00) 23
ACDFG C3; G-4 C=1200; G=3000 ($ 4,200.00) ($ 39,200.00) 23
ACDFG D-4; F-3 D=1500; F=1500 ($ 3,000.00) ($ 38,000.00) 23
ACDFG D-4; G-4 D=1500; G=3000 ($ 4,500.00) ($ 39,500.00) 23
ACDFG F-3; G-4 F=1500; G=3000 ($ 4,500.00) ($ 39,500.00) 23
ACDFG; ABDEG B-3; D-4 B=2000; D=1500 ($ 3,500.00) ($ 38,500.00) 23
ACDFG; ABDEG F-3; E-1 E=1000; F =1500 ($ 2,500.00) ($ 39,700.00) 23

We would crash activity A and C at the same time since the incremental cost would be the lowest amongst others (2200)
The critical path would be the same which is ACDFG

Critical Path ACDFG

b) Length of Time : 25 weeks