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Project Crashing Guide

1) The document discusses project crashing techniques including crashing activities one period at a time, only crashing critical activities, and crashing the least expensive activity first. 2) It provides examples of possible project schedules before and after crashing, identifying critical paths and calculating total crash costs. 3) Additional details are given on crashing costs for individual activities based on their normal and crash durations and costs.

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Project Crashing Guide

1) The document discusses project crashing techniques including crashing activities one period at a time, only crashing critical activities, and crashing the least expensive activity first. 2) It provides examples of possible project schedules before and after crashing, identifying critical paths and calculating total crash costs. 3) Additional details are given on crashing costs for individual activities based on their normal and crash durations and costs.

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Project Crashing

Examples on Videos
Procedure for Crashing

• Crash the project one period at a time


• Only crash critical activities
• Crash the least expensive activity
• If there are multiple critical paths:
– find the least expensive way to crash ALL critical
paths
– start by finding sum of crashing least expensive
activity on each critical path
Possible Crashes & Per Period Crash Costs
A, 7 I, 3
C, 8 F, 2
2,$20 1,$40
Start H, 4 Finish

B, 3 E, 3 G, 5
D, 9 J, 2
2,$30 2,$50 2,$45
Possible Crashes & Per Period Crash Costs
A, 7 I, 3
C, 8 F, 2
2,$20 1,$40
Start H, 4 Finish

B, 3 E, 3 G, 5
D, 9 J, 2
2,$30 2,$50 2,$45
5t 6t
Normal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th G=$45 & E=$50 &
Paths Time B=$30 B=$30 I=$40 G=$45 A=$20 A=$20
ACFHI 24 24 24 23 23 22 21
ACFHJ 23 23 23 23 23 22 21
BDEFHI 24 23 22 21 21 21 20
BDEFHJ 23 22 21 21 21 21 20
BDEGHI 27 26 25 24 23 22 21
BDEGHJ 26 25 24 24 23 22 21
Total Crash Cost = $280
Questions?
Normal Crash Normal Crash
Activity Time Time Cost Cost
A 7 6 $ 7,000 $ 8,000
B 3 2 $ 5,000 $ 7,000
C 4 3 $ 9,000 $ 10,200
D 5 4 $ 3,000 $ 4,900
E 4 1 $ 2,000 $ 3,000
F 4 2 $ 4,000 $ 7,000
G 5 4 $ 5,000 $ 8,000
Normal Crash Normal Crash Possible Crash Cost
Activity Time Time Cost Cost Crashes Per Period
A 7 6 $ 7,000 $ 8,000 1 $ 1,000
B 3 2 $ 5,000 $ 7,000 1 $ 2,000
C 4 3 $ 9,000 $ 10,200 1 $ 1,200
D 5 4 $ 3,000 $ 4,900 1 $ 1,900
E 4 1 $ 2,000 $ 3,000 3 $ 333
F 4 2 $ 4,000 $ 7,000 2 $ 1,500
G 5 4 $ 5,000 $ 8,000 1 $ 3,000
Normal Crash Normal Crash Possible Crash Cost
Activity Time Time Cost Cost Crashes Per Period
A 7 6 $ 7,000 $ 8,000 1 $ 1,000
B 3 2 $ 5,000 $ 7,000 1 $ 2,000
C 4 3 $ 9,000 $ 10,200 1 $ 1,200
D 5 4 $ 3,000 $ 4,900 1 $ 1,900
E 4 1 $ 2,000 $ 3,000 3 $ 333
F 4 2 $ 4,000 $ 7,000 2 $ 1,500
G 5 4 $ 5,000 $ 8,000 1 $ 3,000

B,3 D,5 F,4

A,7 G,5

C,4 E,4
1st 2nd 3rd E=$333 4th E=$333 5th 6th
Path A=$1000 C=$1200 & F=$1500 & F=$1500 D=1900 G=3000

ABDFG = 24 23 23 22 21 20 19

ABDEG = 24 23 23 22 21 20 19

ACDFG = 25 24 23 22 21 20 19

ACDEG = 25 24 23 22 21 20 19

ACEG = 20 19 18 17 16 16 15

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