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Project Crashing: Steps and Examples

The document discusses project crashing, which is shortening a project schedule to meet an earlier deadline. It outlines the four steps of project crashing: 1) find the normal critical path, 2) compute crash costs, 3) select the critical path activity with the lowest crash cost per time period, and 4) ensure the critical path is still critical. It provides an example of crashing the general foundry project from 16 to 14 weeks by crashing activities C and E. Finally, it notes project crashing can be done using quantitative tools like Excel.

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Project Crashing: Steps and Examples

The document discusses project crashing, which is shortening a project schedule to meet an earlier deadline. It outlines the four steps of project crashing: 1) find the normal critical path, 2) compute crash costs, 3) select the critical path activity with the lowest crash cost per time period, and 4) ensure the critical path is still critical. It provides an example of crashing the general foundry project from 16 to 14 weeks by crashing activities C and E. Finally, it notes project crashing can be done using quantitative tools like Excel.

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Project Crashing

Luneil Bayawa
• What is Project Crashing?
• Four Steps of Project Crashing.
Outline • Project Crashing example.
• Project Crashing with Excel QM.

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Introduction
At times, projects have deadlines that may be
impossible to meet using the normal
procedures for completion of the project.
However, by using overtime, working
weekends, hiring extra workers, or using extra
equipment, it may be possible to finish a
project in less time than is normally required.
However, the cost of the project will usually
increase as a result.

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What is Project
Crashing?
Shortening a project is
called crashing.

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When crashing a project,

• The normal time for each activity is • The normal cost is the cost for
used to find the critical path. completing the activity using normal
procedures.

• The crash time is the shortest possible • The crash cost is the price of
activity time, and this requires the use completing the activity in an earlier-
of additional resources. than-normal time.

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Four Steps of
Project Crashing
Four Steps of Project Crashing

1 2 3 4
  Crash   cost  - Normal  cost
Find the normal Compute the crash Crash   costthe
Select / Time   period=
activity on Check to - 
beCrash
sure  that
Normal   time time
critical path and cost per week (or the critical path with the critical path you
identify the critical other time period) for the smallest crash were crashing is still
activities. all activities in the cost per week. critical.
network.

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Project Crashing
example
General Foundry
General Foundry Example

Suppose that General Foundry had been


given 14 weeks instead of 16 weeks to install
the new pollution control equipment or face
a court-ordered shutdown.

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As you recall, the length of Lester Harky’s critical path was 15 weeks.

General Foundry’s Critical Path: A-C-E-G-H


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Normal and Crash Data for General Foundry, Inc.

General Foundry’s Critical Path: A-C-E-G-H


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Normal and Crash Data for General Foundry, Inc.

General Foundry’s Critical Path: A-C-E-G-H


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now 2 Critical

1
1 1 3 3 6
0 1 1 3 9 12

3 7 12 14
3 7 12 14

7 12
0 3 3 7 7 12

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Project Crashing
with Excel QM
Quantitative Analysis for Business
Thank you Decision Making
MBA 213 A

Luneil Bayawa

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