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Development of a new deluxe version of a particular software product is being considered by Ravi Beharas software house. The

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Development of a new deluxe version of a particular software product is being considered by Ravi Behara€™s software house. The activities necessary for the completion of this project are listed in the following table:

Development of a new deluxe version of a particular software

(a) What is the project completion date?
(b) What is the total cost required for completing this project on normal time?
(c) If you wish to reduce the time required to complete this project by 1 week, which activity should be crashed, and how much will this increase the total cost?
(d) What is the maximum time that can be crashed? How much would costsincrease?

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Normal Crash Time Time Normal Crash Immediate Activity(weeks) (weeks) CCPredecessor(s) 3 $2,000 $2,600 2,200 2,800 500 2,300 2,600 900 1,200 3,000 4,200 1,400 2,000 500

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