Robert's program is slipping on its schedule and management has asked that Robert find a method to compress the duration of the program. What approach could Robert take that would not dramatically add

The correct answer is B. Crashing. Crashing is a schedule compression technique that involves adding additional resources (labor, equipment) to effort-driven activities to reduce their duration. It is the correct approach here because the question specifies adding labor to effort-driven activities. Crashing does i

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Robert's program is slipping on its schedule and management has asked that Robert find a method to compress the duration of the program. What approach could Robert take that would not dramatically add risks to program if he added labor to the effort-driven activities within the program?

Options

ALead time
BCrashing
CLag time
DFast tracking

How the community answered

(27 responses)

A
15% (4)
B
74% (20)
C
4% (1)
D
7% (2)

Explanation

Crashing is a schedule compression technique that involves adding additional resources (labor, equipment) to effort-driven activities to reduce their duration. It is the correct approach here because the question specifies adding labor to effort-driven activities. Crashing does increase cost but does not dramatically increase scope or quality risk. Fast tracking (D) compresses the schedule by overlapping sequential activities, which significantly increases risk. Lead time (A) and lag time (C) describe scheduling relationships between dependent tasks and are not schedule compression techniques in themselves.

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#Schedule Management#Schedule Compression#Crashing#Resource Optimization

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