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CRASHING
(LECTURE 06)
TIME & COST TRADE-OFFS
A3 A6 A2
1 day 5 days 2 days
3 days
Start A7 A4 A5 Finish
0 days 4 days 3 days 5 days 0 days
A1
TIME & COST TRADE-OFFS
7 9 5
10 12
2 9 5
Now identify the critical path and all the paths in the
project with its duration
EXAMPLE
Critical Path:
A B D E H [Path 1]
Length = 43 days
A C F G H [Path 3]
Length = 38 days
EXAMPLE
B A 7 15,000
E C, D 5 1,800
F C 9 4,900
G F 5 6,000
H E, G 12 13,600
EXAMPLE
G F 5 6,000
H E, G 8 14,200
EXAMPLE
A - 10 20,000 10 20,000
B A 7 15,000 7 15,000
C A 2 2,000 2 2,000
D B 9 12,000 3 14,400
E C, D 5 1,800 3 2,000
F C 9 4,900 6 5,500
G F 5 6,000 5 6,000
H E, G 12 13,600 8 14,200
EXAMPLE
Normal Crash
Activity
Days Cost, RM Days Cost, RM
A 10 20,000 10 20,000
B 7 15,000 7 15,000
C 2 2,000 2 2,000
G 5 6,000 5 6,000
Normal Crash
Activity
Days Cost, RM Days Cost, RM
D 9 12,000 3 14,400
E 5 1,800 3 2,000
F 9 4,900 6 5,500
H 12 13,600 8 14,200
Normal Crash
Activity
Days Cost, RM Days Cost, RM
D 9 12,000 3 14,400
E 5 1,800 3 2,000
F 9 4,900 6 5,500
H 12 13,600 8 14,200
Normal Crash
Activity
Days Cost, RM Days Cost, RM
D 9 12,000 3 14,400
E 5 1,800 3 2,000
F 9 4,900 6 5,500
H 12 13,600 8 14,200
D 6 2,400 400
E 2 200 100
F 3 600 200
H 4 600 150
Path A B C D E F G H
ABDEH 400 100 150
ACEH 100 150
ACFGH 200 150
For tasks which contains the activity, label the cost for
crashing. Cost has to be labelled every time the tasks
appear in a path
Identify all the paths in the project
1) Crashing starts from the CRITICAL path.
2) To begin crashing, starts from the lowest cost of activity.
3) Monitor and make sure that the total number of days are in decreasing order
and should be minimize to as close ratio that they can be among the paths.
Path A B C D E F G H P1
ABDEH 400 100 150 43
ACEH 100 150 29
ACFGH 200 150 38
P1 6 2 3 4
P2 crash E by 2 days
Path A B C D E F G H P1 P2
ABDEH 400 100 150 43 41
ACEH 100 150 29 27
ACFGH 200 150 38 38
P1 6 2 3 4
P2 6 0 3 4
P3 crash H by 4 days
Path A B C D E F G H P1 P2 P3
ABDEH 400 100 150 43 41 37
ACEH 100 150 29 27 23
ACFGH 200 150 38 38 34
P1 6 2 3 4
P2 6 0 3 4
P3 6 0 3 0
Cost increment = RM 150 X 4
= RM 600
EXAMPLE
Important notes:
P4 crash D by 3 days
(only enough to crash to next longest path)
Path A B C D E F G H P1 P2 P3 P4
ABDEH 400 100 150 43 41 37 34
ACEH 100 150 29 27 23 23
ACFGH 200 150 38 38 34 34
P1 6 2 3 4
P2 6 0 3 4
P3 6 0 3 0
P4 3 0 3 0
Path A B C D E F G H P1 P2 P3 P4 P5
ABDEH 400 100 150 43 41 37 34 31
ACEH 100 150 29 27 23 23 23
ACFGH 200 150 38 38 34 34 31
P1 6 2 3 4
P2 6 0 3 4
P3 6 0 3 0
P4 3 0 3 0
P5 0 0 0 0
Summary:
Now to obtain the plot points, for each P, the project duration
is taken as the x-axis while the cost increment is taken as the
y -axis. Note, cost increment is a cumulative value. This is
because for example, if P2 is to occur, P1 has to occur first.
Hence the value has to be taken into account.
P1: x-axis = 43
y -axis = 0
P2: x-axis = 41
y -axis = 200
P3: x-axis = 37
y -axis = 200+600 = 800
TIME & COST TRADE-OFFS
P4: x-axis = 34
y -axis = 200+600+1200=2000
P5: x-axis = 31
y -axis = 200+600+1200+1800=3800
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