You work as a project manager for BlueWell Inc. You would like to crash your project to help the project schedule to get back on track. What is the primary danger of crashing?

The correct answer is A. Crashing increases project costs. Crashing adds project resources and usually increases costs - though it may also increase some project risks. Crashing is a schedule compression technique to obtain the greatest amount of compression for the least incremental cost. Crashing works for activities where additional…

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ACrashing increases project costs.
BCrashing is a top-down approach to project completion.
CCrashing restricts resource utilization.
DCrashing always increases project risks.

How the community answered

(29 responses)

A
90% (26)
C
7% (2)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Crashing adds project resources and usually increases costs - though it may also increase some project risks. Crashing is a schedule compression technique to obtain the greatest amount of compression for the least incremental cost. Crashing works for activities where additional resources will shorten the duration. Approving overtime, bringing in additional resources, paying to expedite delivery to activities on the critical path are examples of crashing. Answer option D is incorrect. Crashing does not always increase project risks. Answer option C is incorrect. Crashing does not restrict resource utilization - that is resource leveling. Answer option B is incorrect. This is not a valid definition or description to crashing the project.

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