i. What is the project completion date? ii. What is the total cost required for completing this project on normal time? iii. If you wish to reduce the time required to complete this project by two weeks, which activity or activities should be crashed, and how much will this increase the total cost?

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a. Development of a new deluxe version of a particular software product is being considered.  The activities necessary for the completion of this are listed in the table below (Time in weeks).

 

Activity

Normal

Time

Crash

Time

Normal

Cost

Crash

Cost

Immediate

Predecessor

A

8

6

2000

2600

--

B

5

2

2200

2700

--

C

6

4

2100

2500

A

D

12

6

2300

2600

B

E

11

7

900

1200

B

F

4

3

1500

1900

C

G

7

4

2100

3600

D, E, F

 

i. What is the project completion date?

ii. What is the total cost required for completing this project on normal time?

iii. If you wish to reduce the time required to complete this project by two weeks, which activity or activities should be crashed, and how much will this increase the total cost?

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