PMI PMP Project Management

Category - Time Management

Boris is back from vacation. To accelerate the project which fell behind while he was on the beach, he is authorizing a subsequent project phase to begin before its predecessor phase has been completed. This is an example of which of the following?
  1. Crashing
  2. Critical chain method
  3. Fast tracking
  4. Floating
  5. Slacking
Explanation
Answer: C - Fast tracking is defined as allowing activities that were planned to begin after to begin before activities that were supposed to precede them. Don’t confuse it with crashing which means to add resources to a project to complete it earlier.

Key takeaway: Fast tracking usually means doing work in parallel that was meant to be done in sequence. It generally is riskier and may result in re-work or low quality if it is not carefully managed. Remember, those activities were originally sequential for a reason.
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