Example 1: Reference for the first questions on critical path and crashing of a Marketing Campaign.

1. What is the duration of creating a marketing campaign?

Answer in a whole number with no decimals listing the number of days

2. What tasks are on the critical path?

ACEF ABF ABCEF ADEF

3. What is the Bottleneck task?

C D B E A F

4. Now assume you can save $200 a day for each day you crash the project. Which task(s) would you crash first by 1 day? Consider this Round 1 of crashing.

For this concept check to grade answers correctly, crash by only 1 day at a time for each round. For example, if you determine to crash A by 2 days, select A for your first crash and second crash answer.

C&D E B&E B&C B C C&E

5. After completing round 1 crash by 1 day, which task(s) would you crash in round 2?

For this concept check to grade answers correctly, crash by only 1 day at a time for each round.

C&E E B&C B B&E C&D C

6. After completing round 2 crash, which task(s) would you crash in round 3?

For this concept check to grade answers correctly, crash by only 1 day at a time for each round.

B&C E B&E C&D Nothing C B C&E

7. What is the cumulative dollar savings by crashing the project by 3 days?

Answer in a whole number with no decimals or symbols.

ET Cost to Duration Reduce Minimum Task Label Task Description Predecessor (Days) by 1 day Duration Project Brief None 3 $250 1 B Photoshoot 6 $100 4 C Purchase Media 4 $50 3 D Website Updates 2 $100 1 E Initial Approval CD 3 $75 1 F Final Approval BE 2 2 Assume daily benefit of crashing is $200 DD