Consider the following information about a small project:

Task	Budget	Duration (days)	Immediate Predecessors	Shortest Time Possible	Acceleration Cost per day
A	$200	2	None	2
B	$500	5	A	3	$30
C	$200	2	B	1	$15
D	$400	4	A	4
E	$300	3	B&D	1	$20
F	$400	4	E&C	2	$40

1. (4 Points) Identify the critical path by forward and backward paths. For the tasks that are not on the critical path, identify their slacks.
2. (4 Points) At the end of 8th day, assume the following progress of the project:
   1. Tasks A, B, D are 100% completed, and the actual costs spent for them are

$200, $500 and $450, respectively.

2. Task C is 80% completed, and already cost $100
3. Task E is 66.67% completed, and already cost $100
4. Task F is not started yet, and didnt cost anything either.

Evaluate the progress of the project by filling the following blanks (both in the table and in the sentence below the table):

Task	Budget	Scheduled Progress	Performed Progress	ACWP	BCWS	BCWP
A	$200	100%	100%	$200
B	$500	100%	100%	$500
C	$200		80%	$100
D	$400		100%	$450
E	$300		66.67%	$100
F	$400		0%
Total

The whole project is (ahead of / behind) schedule, and (above / under) budget.

1. (4 Points) Find the cost-effective way to reduce the completion time to 9 days using the format below:

Note: When you need to accelerate multiple tasks at the same time, please identify them in a single step, such as: Step **: Accelerate task(s) _** and ** by ** days.

Step 1: Accelerate task(s) by days

Step 2: Accelerate task(s) by days

Step 3: Accelerate task(s) by days

Step 4: Accelerate task(s) by days