Cost and Scope

Deadline and Cost

The displayed crash plan reaches the deadline and has an exact total cost.

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Deadline

The deadline is 6 days.

deadline=6\text{deadline}=6
Cost and scopeThe chart separates the displayed plan cost from the exact minimum-cost comparison.cost and scopedeadline 6activity crash dataactnormalmaxcost/dayA213B422C315D214path lengths after each recomputestateA-B-DA-C-Dcostbaseline8*70crash B7*7*2crash D6*6*6asterisk marks a recomputed critical pathdisplayed plan cost 6exact minimum cost 5final duration 6recompute critical paths after every crash

Final duration

The displayed plan finishes at 6 days.

final duration=6\text{final duration}=6
Cost and scopeThe chart separates the displayed plan cost from the exact minimum-cost comparison.cost and scopedeadline 6activity crash dataactnormalmaxcost/dayA213B422C315D214path lengths after each recomputestateA-B-DA-C-Dcostbaseline8*70crash B7*7*2crash D6*6*6asterisk marks a recomputed critical pathdisplayed plan cost 6exact minimum cost 5final duration 6recompute critical paths after every crash

Deadline met

The displayed plan meets the deadline exactly.

final duration=deadline\text{final duration}=\text{deadline}
Cost and scopeThe chart separates the displayed plan cost from the exact minimum-cost comparison.cost and scopedeadline 6activity crash dataactnormalmaxcost/dayA213B422C315D214path lengths after each recomputestateA-B-DA-C-Dcostbaseline8*70crash B7*7*2crash D6*6*6asterisk marks a recomputed critical pathdisplayed plan cost 6exact minimum cost 5final duration 6recompute critical paths after every crash

Cost summary

The displayed plan cost is 6.

displayed cost=6\text{displayed cost}=6
Cost and scopeThe chart separates the displayed plan cost from the exact minimum-cost comparison.cost and scopedeadline 6activity crash dataactnormalmaxcost/dayA213B422C315D214path lengths after each recomputestateA-B-DA-C-Dcostbaseline8*70crash B7*7*2crash D6*6*6asterisk marks a recomputed critical pathdisplayed plan cost 6exact minimum cost 5final duration 6recompute critical paths after every crash