PMP · Question #1060
A project that has to be delivered by the targeted date has been delayed due to an unforeseen risk occurrence. How should the project manager compress the project to ensure the completion date is…
The correct answer is B. Fast-track the project. To compress a delayed project and meet its targeted completion date due to an unforeseen risk, the project manager should consider fast-tracking the project.
Question
Options
- AAdd more project resources
- BFast-track the project
- CReduce the project scope
- DIncrease the project cost
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A8% (4)
- B70% (35)
- C4% (2)
- D18% (9)
Why each option
To compress a delayed project and meet its targeted completion date due to an unforeseen risk, the project manager should consider fast-tracking the project.
Adding more project resources is crashing, another compression technique, but it typically increases costs and isn't inherently the *only* or *best* method when fast-tracking is also an option for time compression.
Fast-tracking is a project compression technique where activities that would normally be done in sequence are performed in parallel, or partially overlapped, to shorten the project duration. This is a common strategy when a project faces delays and the completion date must be maintained, accepting the increased risk it entails.
Reducing the project scope would help meet the deadline but implies delivering less value, which is usually a last resort after exploring other compression techniques.
Increasing the project cost is an outcome of compression techniques like crashing, not a method for compressing the schedule itself.
Concept tested: Project schedule compression techniques
Source: https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/foundational/pmbok/project-schedule-management/develop-schedule
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Dervla O.Jul 1, 2026B is correct because fast-tracking means sequencing activities in parallel instead of sequentially, which compresses the timeline without adding cost. Read the stem carefully: the risk is unforeseen, so the fixed constraint here is the targeted completion date. A and D both assume you can just throw money or resources at the problem, but that is crashing, not fast-tracking, and the stem never says cost is flexible. C is a trap because reducing scope changes the project baseline and requires formal change control, which the question does not support.
Yusuf A.Jul 5, 2026B is correct. My senior said fast-tracking overlaps phases to recover schedule without adding cost.
Wesley A.Jun 27, 2026Confirmed B on my second attempt. Fast-tracking overlaps phases with no added cost, unlike crashing.
Grace U.Jul 5, 2026B. Saw this on my exam, fast-tracking means overlapping phases to save time.
Hiroshi T.Jul 5, 2026B is correct, but for the record PMBOK calls it schedule compression, with fast-tracking specifically meaning phases or activities normally done in sequence are now performed in parallel, so Grace's definition is the right half of that term.
Hiroshi T.Jul 5, 2026C is the safe call, scope reduction keeps the date without fast-tracking risk.
Yusuf A.Jul 7, 2026Actually B is the right call here. One of the senior PMs at my shop pointed out that when you add resources to recover schedule without changing scope, that is the textbook definition of crashing, which is what the question is really asking about.