Table 11-9 a Mad Scientist Has Identified the Twelve Steps Required to Required

question 12

Essay

Table 11-9
A mad scientist has identified the twelve steps required to complete his "take over the world" rehabilitation.The estimated time in weeks and cost in US dollars appear in the table along with the shortest possible duration for each activity and cost of those expedited activities.

-Consider the project summarized in Table 11-9.In addition to the cost of the activities, the mad scientist must rent a menagerie of comfort animals during his program.The menagerie includes a number of animals, plus the feed, along with the services of a shepherd at a cost of $700 per week.There is also a $500/week penalty imposed by the League of Justice for any project lasting longer that 52 weeks.What is the duration of the normal completion time and total project cost at that time? What activities should be crashed to minimize the total project cost? What is the new project duration and cost?

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