Crashing with POM

Below are two printout tables from POM/DS software for crashing aproject, with several questions that follow.

Create a message and give your answers to each question.

Provide justification for your answers bynoting how you used the tables to arrive at your answers.

Quiz Question Solution
	Normal time	Crash time	Normal Cost	Crash Cost	Crash cost/pd	Crash by	Crashing cost
Project	12.	7.
A	7.	4.	500.	800.	100.	3.	300.
B	3.	2.	200.	350.	150.	1.	150.
C	6.	4.	500.	900.	200.	1.	200.
D	3.	1.	200.	500.	150.	2.	300.
E	2.	1.	300.	550.	250.	1.	250.
TOTALS			1,700.				1,200.

Created byDS for Windows

Quiz Question Solution
Project time	Period cost	Cumulative cost	A	B	C	D	E
12	0.	0.
11	100.	100.	1.
10	250.	350.	1.				1.
9	250.	600.	2.			1.	1.
8	250.	850.	3.			2.	1.
7	350.	1,200.	3.	1.	1.	2.	1

The above two tablesreport findings from POM/DS software.

1) Assume you have alreadysuccessfullyreduced the project to 10 weeks. Now, decide whichactivity(ies) must additionally be crashed to reduce project time one more week (to go from 10 weeks to 9 weeks).

A and D,each for one week.

A, D, E; each for one week.

A, D, E:A for 2 weeks and B and E each for one week.

Can't be determined with the exhibits provided.

Other example question that one might ask about these computer outputs:

2) What is the total cost of this project under normal times?

3) How long will this project take under normal times?

4) Assumingample time and resources are allocated, how soon canwe complete this project? What would be the total cost of that completion time?

5) What would be the total cost to finish the project in 8 weeks?

6) To finish this project in 8 weeks, which activities must be crashed? What is the breakdown of the cost structure?

7) If you have taken steps to reduce project time to 9 weeks, but want to reduce it one more week so you can complete it in 8 weeks, which activities must be crashed to accomplish that one extra week of project time reduction?

8) Our contract promises project to be done in 12 weeks. But, for each week that we deliver it sooner, they pay a bonus of $300. Basedon cost and revenue data, inhow many weeks should we complete the project?