For the MX project as described below, the PMO sent a note to the PM indicating that under the

current plan, they would miss the project due date, so somehow they needed to accelerate the

timing for the project plan. The customer wanted the projected completed in $20$ weeks and the

contract specifies a penalty of $$5000$ per week late up to $3$ weeks and $$10,000$ per week late if

more than $3$ weeks. Based on the project time and cost information shown in the table below,

what strategy should MX pursue?

Activity Predecessor Normal Time

$($Weeks$)$

Crash Time

$($Weeks$)$

Normal

Cost $($$$)$

Crash

Cost $($$$)$

Crash?

A None $4210,00015,000$

B A $6530,00035,000$

C A $218,00010,000$

D B $4312,00018,000$

E B$,$ C $5320,00024,000$

F D$,$ E $7420,00029,000$