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Schedule Compression Flashcards

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  1. A project manager is crashing a construction project. After crashing activity X by 2 days, the critical path shifts to a new path. What should the project manager do next?

    Answer: Recalculate the network and crash activities on the new critical path

    When crashing changes the critical path, the PM must recalculate and continue crashing activities on the newly identified critical path.

  2. Which scenario represents a situation where NEITHER crashing NOR fast tracking is feasible?

    Answer: All critical path activities have external mandatory dependencies that cannot be overlapped and no additional resources exist

    If activities have hard external constraints preventing overlap and no additional resources are available, both compression techniques are infeasible.

  3. During a schedule review, the project manager identifies that two activities can be overlapped by 5 days with a lead time applied. This schedule compression approach is known as:

    Answer: Fast tracking with lead

    Applying lead time to allow activity overlap is the mechanism by which fast tracking is implemented in a schedule.

  4. A project manager is evaluating crashing options across four critical path activities. Which activity should be crashed FIRST?

    Answer: Activity with the lowest crash cost per day

    Crashing the activity with the lowest cost slope (cost per day saved) minimizes additional expenditure for each day of schedule reduction.

  5. Fast tracking is MOST appropriate when which condition exists?

    Answer: Downstream activities can begin with preliminary outputs from upstream activities

    Fast tracking works best when downstream activities can start using preliminary or partial outputs, allowing productive overlap.

  6. Which compression technique results in an increase in project cost without changing project scope?

    Answer: Crashing

    Crashing adds resources or overtime to shorten duration, directly increasing costs while keeping scope unchanged.

  7. A project manager fast tracks two phases and then discovers that one of the overlapping activities has a mandatory dependency that cannot be started until a regulatory approval is received. What is the BEST course of action?

    Answer: Revert the fast tracking for that dependency and evaluate crashing instead

    Mandatory dependencies cannot be fast tracked; the PM should revert that overlap and explore crashing or other options for that portion of the schedule.