Development of a New Deluxe Version of a Particular Software

question 15

Essay

Development of a new deluxe version of a particular software product is being considered.The activities necessary for the completion of this are listed in the table below (Time in weeks).
(a)What is the project completion date?
(b)What is the total cost required for completing this project on normal time?
(c)If you wish to reduce the time required to complete this project by one week, which activity should be crashed, and how much will this increase the total cost?

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