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Calculate the crashing cost per period for each of the activities of the project.
Suppose that the critical path of the project is B-D-E-F-G.  Which activity would you select to crash and at what cost per period?
Activity to crash =
Crashing cost per period = 

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When it is necessary to reduce project completion time, one must be prepared for the cost of the project to increase. The activity in the critical path which has the lowest crashing cost per period is chosen for crashing.

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Project completion time can be reduced by "crashing" certain activities. This means the normal time is reduced to "crash time". However, whenever a project is crashed, the total cost of completing the project rises. Thus, ...

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