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Crashing

A schedule compression technique that adds resources to critical path activities for the least additional cost.

Original SimCert study summary; not an official PMI® glossary definition.

Performance domain · SchedulePrinciple · Adopt a Holistic ViewExam domain · Process

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Process·Schedule

A project sponsor asks the project manager to compress the schedule for an upcoming milestone by adding more resources to critical path activities, even though this will increase costs.

What technique is the sponsor requesting?

Practise this domain

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