Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

11.3 Project Crashing

At times, projects have deadlines that may be impossible to meet using the normal procedures for completion of the project. By using overtime, working weekends, hiring extra workers, or using extra equipment, it may be possible to finish a project in less time than is normally required. However, the cost of the project will usually increase as a result. When CPM was developed, the possibility of reducing the project completion time was recognized; this process is called crashing.

Shortening a project is called crashing.

When crashing a project, the normal time for each activity is used to find the critical path. The normal cost is the cost for completing the activity using normal procedures. If the project completion time ...