PMI-RMP · Question #210
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 C. Crashing the project. Crashing adds human resources to critical path activities to compress the schedule, which directly requires updating the human resource management plan.
Question
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
- ATeaming agreements
- BTransference
- CCrashing the project
- DFast tracking the project
How the community answered
(41 responses)- A7% (3)
- B2% (1)
- C80% (33)
- D10% (4)
Why each option
Crashing adds human resources to critical path activities to compress the schedule, which directly requires updating the human resource management plan.
Teaming agreements involve partnering with an external organization to share opportunities or risks and relate to procurement or risk sharing, not internal staffing adjustments that update the human resource management plan.
Transference shifts a risk to a third party through mechanisms like insurance or contracts and does not involve adding internal human resources or updating the human resource management plan.
Crashing is a schedule compression technique that shortens the project duration by adding more resources - typically people - to critical path tasks. Because additional staff must be acquired, assigned, and managed, the human resource management plan must be updated to reflect new staffing requirements, roles, responsibilities, and the associated cost impact of the added resources.
Fast tracking overlaps sequential project phases to compress the schedule but does not inherently require acquiring additional human resources, so it typically does not trigger an update to the human resource management plan.
Concept tested: Crashing schedule compression and human resource plan updates
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