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Project Management & Agile · Intermediate

Schedule Compression

Techniques used to shorten schedule duration without reducing scope.

Definition

The two main techniques are crashing (adding resources at added cost) and fast tracking (overlapping activities at added risk). Compression is applied to critical path activities.

Example

Facing a fixed deadline, the PM adds two contractors and overlaps design and build.

Exam tip

Compress only critical path activities; compressing non-critical tasks does not shorten the project.

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