Following is the summary of suggestions made:

Network Design could be reduced from $10$ days to $8$ days at an additional cost of

$$4,000.$ This task was already underway, but they can still do this, if they make the

change immediately.

The ordering$/$receiving of the new ventilation system can be reduced to $12$ days by

using a different shipping method, estimated to cost an additional $$6,000.$

The contractor can pay his crew extra to work overtime and reduce the installation

time of the ventilation system down to $4$ days at an additional cost of $$3,000.$

The ordering$/$delivery time for racks can be reduced by half if a different shipment

method is used. The expediting of the shipping requires an additional $$3,500.$

Rack installation time had many suggestions:

a$.$ Installation time can be reduced to $14$ days if the contractor is allowed to hire

temporary additional crew members, estimated to cost an additional $$3,850.$

b$.$ Allow the regular crew to work overtime and finish the installation in $12$ days,

estimated to cost an additional $$5,000.$

c$.$ Of course, they can do both, and that would reduce the installation time down

to $6$ days, estimated to cost an additional $$8,000.$

The installation of power supplies and cables can begin once some racks have been

installed. This approach would allow the team to complete the power and cable

installation within $1$ additional day once all racks have been installed.

Now the objective was to find the most cost$-$effective way to finish the project by mid$-$

December $({15}^{th}).$ The team started their analysis by working on the latest plan, which was

based on the $7-$day working week.

Based on the additional information, use the ProjectLibre file provided to create a project plan

that ends at the latest by mid$-$December, and answer the following questions:

Question $1$: Using project crash principles

Since John must show the changes to get approval, list all that your team suggests in the order

by which they were changed in the original plan. Since it is not known what additional budget

Jill would approve, make sure to compress the schedule starting with the least costly option

and its implications $($what is the new project ending time and the cost$).$ Continue the process

until you can reach the desired deadline or no more crashing is possible.

What is the least costly option that you would recommend? How much additional

funding is needed, and what would be the new end date?

If you have not reached the desired end date, what is the next least costly option that

you would recommend? How much additional funding is needed, and what would be

the new end date? Please repeat this process until you have reached the desired end

date, or you run out of options for compressing the schedule.