What is slope calculation?

The cost and time slope for each critical activity

The cost and time slope for each critical activity To meet regulatory requirements, you need to crash your project schedule. Your first step is to compute—   a. The cost and time slope for each critical activity that can be expedited  b. The cost of additional resources to be added to the project’s critical path  c. The time saved in the overall schedule when tasks are expedited on the critical path  d. Three probabilistic time estimates of PERT for each critical path activity  Answer: a. The cost and time slope for each critical activity that can be expedited  Slope calculation Slope = (Crash cost – Normal cost)/(Crash time – Normal time). This calculation shows the cost per day of crashing the project. The slope is negative to indicate that as the time required for a project or task decreases, the cost increases. If the costs and times are the same regardless of whether they are crashed or normal, the activity cannot be expedited. [Planning]

To meet regulatory requirements, you need to crash your project schedule. Your first step is to compute— 

a. The cost and time slope for each critical activity that can be expedited 
b. The cost of additional resources to be added to the project’s critical path 
c. The time saved in the overall schedule when tasks are expedited on the critical path 
d. Three probabilistic time estimates of PERT for each critical path activity

Answer: a. The cost and time slope for each critical activity that can be expedited 

Slope calculation

Slope = (Crash cost – Normal cost)/(Crash time – Normal time). This calculation shows the cost per day of crashing the project. The slope is negative to indicate that as the time required for a project or task decreases, the cost increases. If the costs and times are the same regardless of whether they are crashed or normal, the activity cannot be expedited. [Planning]