SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT SCHEDULING AND TRACKING
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Question
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Your project is delayed and you are trying to compress the schedule so that you can bring your project on track. While reviewing the activities of your project, you notice that plumbing work starts after completing electrical work. You discuss these two activities with your team members and reach a conclusion that these two activities can start at the same time. Therefore, you make a change to the plan to start these two activities together. Which technique are you using here?
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Resource leveling
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Resource optimization
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Fast tracking
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Crashing
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Project crashing is a schedule compression technique in which you bring in additional resources to complete two tasks simultaneously. The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) defines the crashing technique as a way to shorten your project schedule for the least incremental cost.
Detailed explanation-2: -Delays are common in project management; fast-tracking and crashing are techniques to compress the schedule and adhere to the original scope as much as possible. Fast-tracking involves completing activities simultaneously while crashing consists of adding resources to a project to complete it faster.
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