Question: The R&D Project : There is an R&D project at a high-tech company to be managed by Joanna. She is now under pressure from the
The R&D Project: There is an R&D project at a high-tech company to be managed by Joanna. She is now under pressure from the companys rivals to complete the project early with minimum cost. She has gathered the following information for project crashing. You will need to use such information to construct an AoA network.
| Activity | (i, j)or i->j | Activity Time (days) | Activity Cost ($1000s) | Total Allowable Crash time | Marginal Crash Cost ($1000s) | ||
| Normal | Crash | Normal | Crash | ||||
| A | (1,2) | 6 | 4 | 200 | 240 | 2 | 20 |
| B | (2,3) | 8 | 5 | 500 | 605 | 3 | 35 |
| C | (2,4) | 2 | 1 | 570 | 650 | 1 | 80 |
| D | (3,5) | 4 | 1 | 840 | 960 | 3 | 40 |
| E | (4,5) | 7 | 6 | 355 | 400 | 1 | 45 |
| F | (5,6) | 3 | 1 | 400 | 420 | 2 | 10 |
| G | (5,7) | 5 | 2 | 710 | 800 | 3 | 30 |
| Dummy 1 | (3,4) | ||||||
| Dummy 2 | (6,7) | ||||||
Question 12
The project duration under Normal time is:
Select one:
a. 26 days
b. 24 days
c. 23 days
d. 28 days
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