A Gantt Chart Based Crashing

A Gantt Chart Based Crashin" rel="nofollow">ing You are considerin" rel="nofollow">ing whether or not to crash project activities to expedite your project. You have calculated the costs per activity for both normal and crashed options. Your assignment is twofold: create a Gantt chart based on the data in" rel="nofollow">in the table below and answer the questions that follow. Your Gantt chart should in" rel="nofollow">include all project activities, task in" rel="nofollow">information, duration, and cost variables as well as a project title and date. This assignment can be completed usin" rel="nofollow">ing project management software (MS Project, ProjectLibre, Open Project, etc.) or other appropriate application software. While most project management applications do a lot of these tasks automatically, if you are usin" rel="nofollow">ing other application software you may need to develop the components separately. Thus, you will need to in" rel="nofollow">input the data from table below; then identify the critical path as well as a graphical depiction of a Gantt chart that highlights the critical paths that you have prioritized as candidates for crashin" rel="nofollow">ing. Include your Gantt chart in" rel="nofollow">in your paper as an appendix, which can be referenced for addressin" rel="nofollow">ing the assignment questions. Normal Crashed Activity Duration Costs Duration Costs A 4 Days $1,000 3 Days $2,000 B 5 Days $ 2,500 3 Days $5,000 C 3 Days $ 750 2 Days $1,200 D 7 Days $3,500 5 Days $5,000 E 2 Days $500 1 Days $3,000 F 5 Days $2,000 4 Days $3,000 G 9 Days $4,500 7 Days $6,300 (Pin" rel="nofollow">into, 2015, p. 359, “Problem 10.5”) Answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions in" rel="nofollow">in your assignment: 1. Which activities are the most likely candidates for crashin" rel="nofollow">ing (i.e., which are the most cost-effective to crash) and why? 2. Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the critical path from this activity network, consider A – C – D – F as the critical path and assume all other paths are less than fully crashed. Prioritize the candidates for crashin" rel="nofollow">ing. 3. How does the critical path from activity network change the decision rule? Submit a two- to three-page paper with the answers to the above questions in" rel="nofollow">in addition to your Gantt chart. The paper must in" rel="nofollow">include an in" rel="nofollow">introduction and conclusion. Inset your Gantt chart depiction as appendices in" rel="nofollow">in your paper. Include a titlepage and a reference page that in" rel="nofollow">includes at least two outside references.