PGMP · Question #343
Crosswind Custom Homes is building a customer's dream house. However, rain has delayed the finish by two weeks. The Project Manager is evaluating options to make up the lost time. After discussing the
The correct answer is A. Risk. Fast tracking is a schedule compression technique where activities that would normally be performed sequentially are instead performed in parallel or with overlap. While it can recover lost time, it introduces additional risk - primarily the risk of rework, increased coordination
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Crosswind Custom Homes is building a customer's dream house. However, rain has delayed the finish by two weeks. The Project Manager is evaluating options to make up the lost time. After discussing the various options with senior management, the Project Manager has decided to fast track the project. By doing so, the Project Manager could be adding what to the project?
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- ARisk
- BScope change
- CResponsibility
- DTime change
How the community answered
(14 responses)- A86% (12)
- C7% (1)
- D7% (1)
Explanation
Fast tracking is a schedule compression technique where activities that would normally be performed sequentially are instead performed in parallel or with overlap. While it can recover lost time, it introduces additional risk - primarily the risk of rework, increased coordination complexity, and potential quality issues, because work is being done before its predecessors are fully complete. It does not inherently change the scope, and it aims to reduce time rather than add it. Fast tracking trades risk for schedule recovery.
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