Case Study Questions

$1.$ What is the estimated completion time for this project? What is the estimated budget? What is

the probability that the critical path can be completed in $37$ weeks?

$2.$ What is the minimum expected time in which this project can be completed?

$3.$ Suppose the management wants to finish the project in $35$ weeks. Which specific tasks do you

recommend crashing in order to achieve this milestone? What is the additional cost for reducing

the project time to the required $35$ weeks? You should list the order of activities to be crashed,

the duration of the crash, and the additional cost.

$4.$ What is the impact on the crashing solution if task D can start $2$ weeks before task C is finished?

Grading Rubric

Item Maximum

Question $135$

Completion Time $15$

Project Budget $10$

Probability completed in $37$ weeks $10$

Question $225$

Minimum expected time $25$

Question $330$

Tasks to crash $15$

Cost to complete in $35$ weeks $15$

Question $410$

Change Task D $10$