Short-answer type questions

a. What do you understand by ‘crashing’ of an activity? How is it used for optimizing project cost?

Explain with help of a diagram.

b. Explain the step-by-step process of ‘resource scheduling’. What do you understand by ‘resource levelling’ and how do you achieve it?

c. Define ‘crashing’ and explain the basic assumptions that enable crashing in CPM. Why crashing cannot be attempted in PERT method?

d. What is the need of resource levelling in any construction project?

e. Differentiate between resource smoothening and resource levelling.

f. What do you mean by project scheduling and why is it important?

g. Discuss resource levelling and allocation.

h. What is meant by ‘project crashing’?

i. Discuss time-cost trade-off.

j. Discuss different types of schedules.

k. Define direct cost and indirect cost.

l. What are the different problems associated with project scheduling?