Project management duration resource tradeoff analysis: An application of the cut search approach

The paper presents an application oriented procedure for solving the project management duration/resource tradeoff problem. A procedure is presented for reducing a project from a normal to a crash duration state at a minimum amount of additional resource expenditure assuming a linear utilization functions. The procedure is network based using a graphical Cut Search Approach to locate the minimal resource level at each reduction in total project duration. Activity-on-are networks and how networks are utilized. The paper is presented for practical application and for conceptual development as compared to a theoretical treatment.