Project Crashing in Project Management

Running Head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management
Name of the Student
Name of the University

1PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Crashing is defined as the process by which the duration of the project is reduced
with some additional costs involved. The most common technique used for project crashing is by
increasing the resource usage in a particular task (Agnetis et al., 2015). With the increase in
resource usage, the total cost usage of that particular resource also increases but the duration of
the task, where the resource usage is increased, decreases. If the increase in resource usage is not
possible but crashing is essential, additional resources are added to the activity such that the
overall duration of the activity is reduced (Harrison & Lock, 2017). However, due to the addition
of resources, the cost of the project also increases.
In this regard, it is to be noted that crashing any activity in the project does not ensure
reduction of duration of the entire project. If the entire project needs to be crashed, only the
activities lying on the critical path of the project need to be crashed (Feylizadeh et al., 2018).
Hence, it is required to identify the critical path first before attempting to crash the project.
For the chosen project, crashing is performed in order to meet the client requirements of
completing the project within January 2020 and the crashed results are shown in the following
table.
WBS Task Name Duration Start Finish Resource Names Cost
0 Project 240 days Fri 3/1/19 Thu 1/30/20 $285,003.14
1 Project Start 0 days Fri 3/1/19 Fri 3/1/19 $0.00
2 Pre-construction 75 days Fri 3/1/19 Thu 6/13/19 $89,730.00
2.1 Aquire building permits 21 days Fri 3/1/19 Fri 3/29/19 Project Manager $16,800.00
2.2 Select contractors 2 wks Mon 4/1/19 Fri 4/12/19 Project Manager $8,000.00
2.3 Purchase materials 2 wks Mon 4/15/19 Fri 4/26/19
Project Manager,
Bricks[1], Cement [1],
Doors[1], Flooring[1],
Paint[1], Sand[1],
Tiles[1], Windows[1],
Wood[1]
$41,930.00

2PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2.4 Survey land area 1 wk Mon 4/29/19 Fri 5/3/19 Surveyor $3,200.00
2.5 Clear land 2 wks Mon 5/6/19 Fri 5/17/19 Sitework Contractor $7,280.00
2.6 Level Land 2 wks Mon 5/20/19 Fri 5/31/19 Sitework Contractor $7,280.00
2.7 Measure foundation area 2 days Mon 6/3/19 Tue 6/4/19 Builder $800.00
2.8 Mark area 2 days Wed 6/5/19 Thu 6/6/19 Builder $800.00
2.9 Mark utilities 1 wk Fri 6/7/19 Thu 6/13/19 Sitework Contractor $3,640.00
2.10 Pre-construction Completed 0 days Thu 6/13/19 Thu 6/13/19 $0.00
3 Foundation 39 days Fri 6/14/19 Wed 8/7/19 $22,232.00
3.1 Excavate area 3 wks Fri 6/14/19 Thu 7/4/19 Sitework Contractor $10,920.00
3.2 Install Footings 1 wk Fri 7/5/19 Thu 7/11/19 Builder $2,000.00
3.3 Install Rebar 1 day Fri 7/12/19 Fri 7/12/19 Builder $400.00
3.4 Subrough plumbing 2 days Mon 7/15/19 Tue 7/16/19 Plumber $1,120.00
3.5 Install water and sewer
laterals 2 days Wed 7/17/19 Thu 7/18/19 Plumber $1,120.00
3.6 Backfill 1 day Fri 7/19/19 Fri 7/19/19 Builder $400.00
3.7 Fill sub-slab gravel 2 days Mon 7/22/19 Tue 7/23/19 Builder $800.00
3.8 compact gravel 2 days Wed 7/24/19 Thu 7/25/19 Builder $800.00
3.9 Install steel reinforcement 2 days Fri 7/26/19 Mon 7/29/19 Builder $800.00
3.10 Pour slab 1 wk Tue 7/30/19 Mon 8/5/19 Builder $2,000.00
3.11 Level slab 1 day Tue 8/6/19 Tue 8/6/19 Builder $400.00
3.12 Inspect 1 day Wed 8/7/19 Wed 8/7/19 Project Manager,
Inspector $1,472.00
3.13 Foundation Completed 0 days Wed 8/7/19 Wed 8/7/19 $0.00
4 Walls 34.25 days Thu 8/8/19 Wed 9/25/19 $76,552.00
4.1 Install brick walls 1.75 wks Thu 8/8/19 Tue 8/20/19 Builder[800%] $56,000.00
4.2 Install door frames 1 wk Tue 8/20/19 Tue 8/27/19 Builder $2,000.00
4.3 Install window frames 1 wk Tue 8/27/19 Tue 9/3/19 Builder $2,000.00
4.4 Install interior stucco 7 days Tue 9/3/19 Thu 9/12/19 Builder $2,800.00
4.5 Paint interior walls 2 wks Tue 9/10/19 Tue 9/24/19 Painter $4,800.00
4.6 Paint door/window frames 5 days Tue 9/3/19 Tue 9/10/19 Painter $2,400.00
4.7 Paint Exterior doors 1 day Tue 9/10/19 Wed 9/11/19 Painter $480.00
4.8 Install exterior doors 2.5 days Wed 9/11/19 Mon 9/16/19 Builder, Carpenter $2,200.00