Question 2 A company is planning to produce televisions for home use. The activities necessary to built an experimental model and related data are given in the following table: Time (weeks) Cost (dollars) Immediate Feasible Time Crash Activity Normal Crash Normal Crash Predecessors Reduction cost/week A 3 2 1000 1400 В 2 1 2000 2500 C 1 1 300 300 D 3 1 1200 1600 A E 3 875 1100 В F 2 1 4400 5000 C G 4 3 1600 1950 D, E H 1 1 1000 1000 F, G What is the project completion date and critical path? Crash the project to 9 weeks at the least cost by drawing the AON networks and explaining а. b. crashing costs for each reduction weeks. Determine the total project cost after crashing. с.

Question 2 A company is planning to produce televisions for home use. The activities necessary to built an experimental model and related data are given in the following table: Time (weeks) Cost (dollars) Immediate Feasible Time Crash Activity Normal Crash Normal Crash Predecessors Reduction cost/week A 3 2 1000 1400 В 2 1 2000 2500 C 1 1 300 300 D 3 1 1200 1600 A E 3 875 1100 В F 2 1 4400 5000 C G 4 3 1600 1950 D, E H 1 1 1000 1000 F, G What is the project completion date and critical path? Crash the project to 9 weeks at the least cost by drawing the AON networks and explaining а. b. crashing costs for each reduction weeks. Determine the total project cost after crashing. с.

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