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Project Management - Chapter 10 Revised
Project Management - Chapter 10 Revised
Chapter 10
Project Crashing
Professor Ayman Abdallah
Project Crashing
Add two columns to the table: crash cost per week and
maximum crash time (see the table in the next slide)
Project crashing/ Example 1/ Solution
Project crashing/ Example 1/ Solution
2. Using normal activity times, find the critical path
and identify the critical activities
Path 1: A-B-E-G
3+6+8+6 = 23 weeks
Path 2: A-C-F-G
3+10+5+6 = 24 weeks
Path 3: A-D-F-G
3+11+5+6 = 25 weeks
Add two columns to the table: crash cost per week and
maximum crash time (see the table in the next slide)
Project crashing/ Example 2/ Solution
1. Compute the crash cost per week for each
activity
Project crashing/ Example 2/ Solution
2. Using normal activity times, find the critical path
and identify the critical activities
Path 1: A-B-F-G-I
3+4+3+2+2 = 14 weeks
Path 2: A-B-D-H-I
3+4+4+4+2 = 17 weeks
Path 3: A-C-E-H-I
3+3+2+4+2 = 14 weeks