A project manager is managing a project with a hard deadline in two weeks. At the current rate of progress, the project will not finish on time. Which of the following techniques is MOST likely to…

Throttling is not a standard project management schedule compression technique; it is a concept from flow-based or agile frameworks related to controlling work-in-progress limits.

Crashing involves assigning additional resources - such as overtime, extra staff, or expedited deliveries - to critical path tasks in order to reduce their duration at an increased cost. It is specifically designed for situations where the schedule must be compressed to meet a fixed deadline and cost increase is an acceptable trade-off.

Resource leveling adjusts start and finish dates based on resource availability, which can extend the project timeline and is therefore counterproductive when a hard deadline must be met.

Resource smoothing optimizes resource usage within the existing float without changing the critical path end date, so it cannot bring in a late project to meet a hard deadline.