Crashing the Schedule – An Algorithmic Approach with Caveats and Comments
Gilbert Brunnhoeffer · 2010
The calculation of the minimum duration of a schedule (crashing the schedule) involves making value judgments about the best order for reducing individual tasks. Every time the baseline schedule is modified, the characteristics of the critical path(s) are altered. Keeping track of the new schedule, altered critical path(s), and potential results of the reduction of duration of the next task to be altered requires a systematic, tabular approach that is automatically updated as the schedule is altered. This paper presents an algorithmic approach to crashing the schedule that is applicable to large, realistic project schedules.