Module 2c Continuation Project Crashing
Module 2c Continuation Project Crashing
Module 2c Continuation Project Crashing
CE168P-2 .
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Therefore, the primary objective of a project crashing is to shorten the project while
also keeping costs at a minimum.
If you reduce the duration of the project or its time, then costs will, in turn,
have to increase.
It’s a trade-off.
Crashing project management accounts for the triple constraint, in that to
achieve it, you include additional resources or reduce the project
requirements or scope.
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Project crash management requires that you return to your project schedule to make
sure you’re aware of changes that have occurred there because of the project
crashing.
There are many project decisions that could be described as crashing. It could mean
including more team members to work on a task so it will be completed
faster. Crashing may also involve paying an additional fee for faster results.
Incentivized third-party contractors could provide additional manpower to help up a
work schedule.
The goal of crashing in project management is to reduce the length of a project and
its time-consuming tasks while also keeping costs minimal to mitigate budget concerns
and retain satisfied stakeholders.
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Identify Tasks
Get a list of all the tasks you have, then meet with those who have been assigned to complete them. Ask if they believe any of the tasks
they’re responsible for are in the critical path and can be cut down. Then, start looking for ways to tighten up those tasks.
Create a Budget
Like any project, once you’ve decided on your plan, you have to pay for it. Making a project-crashing budget is the next step in
executing your project-crashing plan. You’ll have to update your baseline, schedule and resource plan to align with your new initiative.
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Crashing a project is one way to compress the rest of the project path to make up for
delays in the beginning.
In most cases, crashing is an option best used to address emergency situations with
minimal impact on project constraints.
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When there are multiple critical paths, find the sum of crashing the
least expensive activity on each path
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SAMPLE PROBLEM
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STEP 1
ABSOLUTE VALUE
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STEP 2
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STEP 3
Activity F* is the ideal least expensive but is not included in the Critical Path
*(Last option for crashing)
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STEP 3
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From the following data, develop an optimum time cost plan assuming that the
indirect cost is PHP 10,000.00
COST PER
NORMAL
ACTIVITY CRASH TIME DAY TO
TIME
CRASH
A 8 8 A B
B 12 10 6,000
C 7 6 2,000 F
D 6 2 6,000 C D E
E 9 7 4,500
F 4 2 7,000
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A B
PATH 1-2-5-6 (A-B-F) = 24 DAYS
PATH 1-3-4-5-6 (C-D-E-F) = 26 DAYS
F
C D E C-D-E-F IS THE CRITICAL PATH
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A NO POSSIBLE REDUCTION
B (A-B-F) 6,000
F 7,000
C NO POSSIBLE REDUCTION
D 6,000
(C-D-E-F)
E 4,500
F 7,000
Crashing Activity F will not be advantageous as it has the highest crashing cost.
However, F is on both paths, shortening it by one (1) day will shorten both paths (A-B-F) and (C-D-E-F) for a cost of PHP
7,000.00
The option will be shortening the less expensive activity (Activity B and Activity E) with cost per day of 6,000 and 4,500
respectively or a total of 10,500. (Duration at 23 days)
At this point, no additional improvement is feasible. The cost of crashing B and E exceeds the project cost of PHP 10,000 per
day.
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