You are examining the Total Slack and Critical columns to review the overall program performance of your master project. You believe that one of your projects is slipping on its schedule and you would like to add additional resources to effort-driven activities to help the project finish on time. What is the process of adding resources to a project called?
A.
Resource allocation
B.
Resource leveling
C.
Fast tracking
D.
Crashing
Explanation:
Crashing is a schedule compression technique to obtain the greatest amount of compression for the least incremental cost. Crashing works for activities where additional resources will shorten the duration. Approving overtime, bringing in additional resources, paying to expedite delivery to activities on the critical path are examples of crashing. Answer option A is incorrect. Resource allocation is a way to describe the utilization of project resources. Answer option B is incorrect. Resource leveling limits the amount of resources and labor that can be used within a given time period. Answer option C is incorrect. Fast tracking is a technique for compressing project schedule. In fast tracking, phases are overlapped that would normally be done in sequence. It is shortening the project schedule without reducing the project scope.