In any crash program for a project

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  1. Both direct and indirect costs increase
  2. Indirect costs increase, and direct costs decrease
  3. Direct costs increase, and indirect costs decrease
  4. cost are of no criterion

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Option 3 : Direct costs increase, and indirect costs decrease
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A project is crashed in order to complete the project in the optimum duration with the minimum corresponding cost.

The total cost to complete a project includes

Direct Cost: It is the cost directly involved with the completion of the project. It includes the labour cost, machine cost, equipment cost etc.

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Indirect Cost: It is the cost not directly involved but it is necessary for the safe and timely completion of the project.

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Total cost curve

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Therefore when the project is crashed the direct cost will increase and the indirect cost will decrease.

During crashing of program for a project Direct costs increase, and indirect costs decrease.

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