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PK0-005 A project is behind schedule Practice Question
A project is behind schedule. The project manager decides to start the testing phase before the development phase is completely finished. This is an example of which schedule compression technique?
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Fast-tracking
Fast-tracking involves overlapping sequential activities to compress the schedule, but it increases risk of rework.
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Crashing
Why it's wrong here
Crashing adds resources to critical path activities to reduce duration.
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Resource leveling
Why it's wrong here
Resource leveling adjusts start and finish dates to manage resource constraints.
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Fast-tracking
Why this is correct
Correct. Overlapping phases is fast-tracking.
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Monte Carlo simulation
Why it's wrong here
Monte Carlo simulation is a quantitative risk analysis technique.
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