You are the project manager for a construction project, tasked with building a new office building for a client. The project has a strict deadline, and you've already established a critical path and allocated resources accordingly. However, you encounter the following problem related to project crashing. The client has suddenly requested that the project be completed two weeks earlier than the originally agreed-upon deadline due to unforeseen business needs. This puts immense pressure on your project timeline. Your current schedule includes the critical path activities and their durations. Your team is already working at full capacity, and you've exhausted the available slack in non-critical path activities. You're now faced with the challenge of