Schedule Crashing
John, as project manager, has decided to increase the number of resources to crash his project schedule. However, crashing does not always cut the time by half and, in worst cases, doubling resources assigned to an activity may increase the activity duration. This happens because of;
A. Additional risk introduced.
B. Student Syndrome.
C. Funding limit reconciliation.
D. Parkinson´s Law.
PMP Solution 38
Student Syndrome is a syndrome when people start to apply themselves only at the last possible moment before the deadline. Parkinson´s Law happens when work expands to fill the time available for its completion. The reason to increase the duration of an activity while crashing is due to additional risk introduced and at some point adding to many resources may increase duration due to knowledge transfer, learning curve, additional coordination and other factors involved. Therefore, correct answer is A. [PMBOK 6th edition, Page 197] [Project Schedule Management].
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