1. The critical path and duration for the project is START-A-D-J-FINISH which takes 15 days to complete. To finish in 15 days, activities B, C, E, F, G, H, I would need to be crashed incurring additional costs of $13,546.50 for a total project cost of $76,524.
2. Yes, the project can be completed in 12 days by canceling activities B and F. This would incur additional costs of $4,801 to crash activities B and F, for a total project cost of $59,814.
1. The critical path and duration for the project is START-A-D-J-FINISH which takes 15 days to complete. To finish in 15 days, activities B, C, E, F, G, H, I would need to be crashed incurring additional costs of $13,546.50 for a total project cost of $76,524.
2. Yes, the project can be completed in 12 days by canceling activities B and F. This would incur additional costs of $4,801 to crash activities B and F, for a total project cost of $59,814.
1. The critical path and duration for the project is START-A-D-J-FINISH which takes 15 days to complete. To finish in 15 days, activities B, C, E, F, G, H, I would need to be crashed incurring additional costs of $13,546.50 for a total project cost of $76,524.
2. Yes, the project can be completed in 12 days by canceling activities B and F. This would incur additional costs of $4,801 to crash activities B and F, for a total project cost of $59,814.
1. The critical path and duration for the project is START-A-D-J-FINISH which takes 15 days to complete. To finish in 15 days, activities B, C, E, F, G, H, I would need to be crashed incurring additional costs of $13,546.50 for a total project cost of $76,524.
2. Yes, the project can be completed in 12 days by canceling activities B and F. This would incur additional costs of $4,801 to crash activities B and F, for a total project cost of $59,814.
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PROBLEM SOLVING
1. Construct a network so as to satisfy scheduling requirements shown in the table below:
ES = Early Start LS = Last Start ES T EF
LS S LF EF = Last Finish LF = Late Finish T = Time S = Slack Time
1 7 21 B 4 2 12 33 0 8 8 8 6 14 E 6 0 0 8 2 12 26 0 A C
8 5 13 1 11 25 F H 3 5 38 9 1 14 4 3 1 0 25 3 0 38 D 4 3
8 6 14 2 8 33 8 0 14 G 5 2 0 33 Find the least time required to complete the whole project & identify 5 the critical activities.
PATH LENGTH
A B E H FINISH 8 + 6 + 7 + 5 = 26 days
A C E H FINISH 8 + 5 + 7 + 5 = 25 days
A C F G H FINISH 8 + 5 + 11 + 8 + 5 = 37 days
A D F G H FINISH 8 + 6 + 11 + 8 + 5= 38 days
A D G H FINISH 8 + 6 + 8 + 5 = 27 days Least time required to complete the project: 38 days Critical Activities: A, D, F, G, H
1. How is the project completion time affected if activity F is delayed by 3 days?
Activity F is a critical activity, which mean it has no slack time. If there is no slack time, the activity cannot be postponed since it will affect the project's completion time. Thus, if Activity F is 3 days delayed then the project's completion time will be 3 days late as well, resulting in a total project completion time of 41 days.
2. How is the project completion time affected if activity E is delayed by 7 days?
Activity E is a non-critical activity and has a slack time. Since it has a slack time, the activity may be delayed without affecting the overall completion time of the project. Thus, if Activity E is 7 days delayed then the project's completion time will not be affected since it has 12 days slack time.
3. How is the project completion time affected if activity G is finished 7 days early?
Activity G is a critical activity, if the activity will be finish 7 days early then the completion time will be affected in a way that it will decrease by 7 days, having a new overall completion time of the completion time for the project of 31 days. 2. Construct a network so as to satisfy scheduling requirements shown in the table below:
1 (6) 3 (3) 5 (4)
9 (3)
7 (1) 8 (6) START 11 (1)
10 (1) 2(2) 4 (2) 6 (1)
a. Can the project be completed in 30 weeks? Why/Why not?
Yes, it is possible to finish the project in 30 weeks. 30 days is plenty of time, it is more than enough for this project to be completed since only 24 weeks are required for completion. All of the paths are viable, however path 2-4-6-7-8-10-11 is the best choice for completing the project in 14 weeks. 3. Draw a network diagram for the following project and find the critical path and critical activities and project duration.
G (6) I (5)
C (5)
H (4) A (2)
D (6) J (7)
START (0) FINISH (0)
E (5)
B (4)
F (14)
POSSIBLE PATHS LENGTH
START-A-C-G-I-FINISH 0+2+5+6+5= 18 days START-A-C-H-J-FINISH 0+2+5+4+7= 18 days START-A-D-J-FINISH 0+2+6+7= 15 days START-B-E-J-FINISH 0+4+5+7= 16 days START-B-F-FINISH 0+4+14= 18 days
1. How much will be the additional cost if the project is to be completed in 15 days? What activities need to be crashed? If the project is to be completed in 15 days, the total additional cost would be 13,546.50, assuming that all activities are crashed except for activities A, D, and J (START-A- D-J-FINISH) because it is the path that takes less than 15 days to complete.
Activity Normal Normal cost Crash days Crash Total cost
days Cost/additional cost Start 0 0 0 0 A 2 5000 0 5000 B 4 6080 2 2960 12000 C 5 3135 3 955 6000 D 6 1704 0 1704 E 5 4000 2 2000 8000 F 14 6636 4 1841 14000 G 6 876 2 362 1600 H 4 864 1 1736 2600 I 5 6615 2 3692.5 14000 J 7 11620 0 11620 FINISH 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 46,530 13,546.50 76,524
2. Can the project be completed in 12 days? Why/Why not? If it can, what activities need to be crashed at what additional? Yes, if activities B and F are canceled, the project may be finished in 12 days. If it will be completed by 12 days it will incur an additional cost of $4,801 and the activities will be crashed are in this path (START-B-F-FINISH) is crashed.
Activity Normal days Normal cost Crash days Crash Cost/ Total cost additional cost
Start 0 0 0 0 A 2 5000 0 5000 B 4 6080 2 2960 12000 C 5 3135 0 3135 D 6 1704 0 1704 E 5 4000 0 4000 F 14 6636 4 1841 14000 G 6 876 0 876 H 4 864 0 864 I 5 6615 0 6615 J 7 11620 0 11620 FINISH 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 46,530 4,801 59,814
