Consider the project-related information below.
|
Activity
|
Preceding Activities
|
Time (Weeks)
|
Crash Time
|
Crash Cost per week
|
|
A
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
$7000
|
|
B
|
A
|
4
|
2
|
$5000
|
|
C
|
A, B
|
2
|
1
|
$6000
|
|
D
|
A
|
3
|
2
|
$4000
|
Which one of the following options is the appropriate course of action to take if you want to reduce the project time by two weeks?
A. Crash A for two weeks because it is the only activity that reduces the time on both critical paths.
B. Crash D for two weeks because you should always crash the least costly alternative first.
C. Crash D for one week and B for one week because you should always crash the least costly alternative on each critical path first.
D. Crash B for two weeks because it is the least costly alternative on the critical path.
Additional Requirement
This question belongs to Operations Management and it discusses about on the appropriate critical path to take which can decrease the project time by two weeks.