You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Your project is running late and you must respond to the risk. Which risk response can you choose that will also cause you to update the human…

The correct answer is B. Crashing the project. Crashing the project is a schedule compression technique that involves adding more resources - such as additional staff, overtime hours, or extra shifts - to critical path activities to shorten the project duration. Because crashing directly changes who is working on the…

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You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. Your project is running late and you must respond to the risk. Which risk response can you choose that will also cause you to update the human resource management plan?

Options

ATeamingagreements
BCrashing the project
CTransference
DFast tracking the project

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A
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B
76% (22)
C
14% (4)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

Crashing the project is a schedule compression technique that involves adding more resources - such as additional staff, overtime hours, or extra shifts - to critical path activities to shorten the project duration. Because crashing directly changes who is working on the project, how many people are needed, and when, it necessitates an update to the Human Resource Management Plan to reflect the new staffing requirements, roles, and schedules. Teaming agreements are contractual arrangements, transference shifts risk to a third party (e.g., via insurance), and fast tracking overlaps activities but does not inherently add new people - none of these require updating the HR plan.

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