a) Based on the given information regarding the activities for the project, the project length =. weeks.

Part 3

b) The total cost required for completing this project on normal time =

Part 4

c) For reducing the duration of the project by one week, the activity that should be crashed first is activity

Part 5

The cost of the project based on the first activity selected for crashing will increase by

Part 6

d) The maximum weeks by which the project can be reduced by crashing =. weeks.

Part 7

Total cost of crashing the project to minimum (or maximum weeks possible) =

project are listed in the following table: \begin{tabular}{cccccc} \hline Activity & NormalTime(weeks) & CrashTime(weeks) & NormalCost & TotalCostwithCrashing & Immediate Predecessor(s) \\ \hline A & 4 & 3 & $2,100 & $2,750 & - \\ B & 2 & 1 & $2,100 & $2,700 & - \\ C & 3 & 3 & $750 & $750 & - \\ D & 8 & 4 & $2,400 & $2,720 & A \\ E & 6 & 3 & $900 & $1,275 & B \\ F & 3 & 2 & $3,000 & $4,400 & C \\ G & 4 & 2 & $1,600 & $2,200 & D, E \end{tabular}