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Project Management & Agile · Intermediate

Crashing

Schedule compression technique that shortens duration by adding resources, usually at increased cost.

Definition

Crash the critical activities with the lowest cost per unit of time saved first. Crashing works only on activities where added resources shorten duration.

Example

Paying for weekend overtime to shorten testing by 3 days.

Exam tip

Crashing increases cost; fast tracking increases risk and rework.

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