Critical Path Determines The Length

Question 1: In your own words, describe crashing, fast tracking, and scope reduction as means of schedule compression. When would each be appropriate? Which methods are considered better first choice methods by most project sponsors? Answer 1:Crashing, fast tracking and scope reduction are the three techniques by which project can be brought back on the schedule or for the compression of schedule. In fast tracking, some of the activities are carried out in the parallel fashion so as to reduce the time line of the project. This is the best method by which project manager tries to compress the schedule. The major risk in this method is the chances of error increases because of doing the task before deadline. Moreover, there is certain task where output of one act the input of another, fast tracking is ineffective. But if the task is chosen effectively taking critical path into consideration, gives the best results. It is usually referred as the first and best choice. Reducing the scope is another technique so as to achieve the deadline effectively and efficiently. This requires “buy – in” from the project sponsor. In some cases this method is effective as