Question: Due to unpredictable changes in such projects on the farm, the farmer has decided to surprise his customer and satisfy him by completing the next

Due to unpredictable changes in such projects on the farm, the farmer has decided to surprise his customer and satisfy him by completing the next project earlier, in 29 days. Therefore, while taking into account the data represented in the below table, would you help the project manager adopt the best crashing method?
First, let us help him in completing the below table.
Activity Normal time Crash time Normal Cost Crash Cost # of crashing periods
Crash Cost per period A 5
5 $150
- - - B 8 7
$60 $130
1 $70 C
12 11
$120 $240
1 (k) D 14 12 $250 $550 2
$150 E 11 8 $1000 $1300 (j) $100
F
11 10
$100 $180
1 $80 G 12 12 $200 - - -
Compute the missing values in the tables:
(j)(2 points)
(k)(2 points)
(l)(4 points) Explain the best crashing strategy while specifying the sequence of activities to
be crashed in order to reach the targeted completion time of 29 days.
(m)(2 points) Knowing that the indirect project cost is $300 per day, what are the total savings after crashing?

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