Quiz 9 - Chapter 9

Given that an activity's normal time and cost are 9 days and $500, respectively, and its crash time and cost are 6 days and $800, respectively, what is the activity's slope?

100 per unit cost

In order to shorten project duration, which of the following activities would you first select to crash?

A critical activity with $80 per time unit reduced The first activity to crash is a critical activity with the least cost to shorten one time period. The project duration will not be reduced by crashing non-critical activities.

Which of the following is not one of the most commonly used methods for accelerating project completion?

Compromise quality

Which of the following is not considered a project indirect cost?

Equipment

The president of the university makes a public statement that a new parking lot will be available in one month. This is an example of reducing project duration caused by ________.

imposed project deadlines