Exam 9: Reducing Project Duration

According to ________, adding more manpower to a late software project makes it later.

The easiest way to add more labor to a project is not to add more people, but to add ___________.

A common method for shortening the project time is to:

Managers have several effective methods for crashing specific project activities when resources are not constrained.

Identify and briefly describe five reasons for attempting to reduce the duration of a project.

Cost slope can be determined by dividing the

Incentive contracts can make reduction of project time rewarding-usually for both the project contractor and owner.

A network is considered to be ________ if it has a predominate critical path with no other path close in terms of slack.

The higher the slope of an activity the greater the cost to reduce its duration.

The total cost for each possible duration of a project is the sum of labor, materials, and equipment.

Collecting crash times for a moderate-size project is relatively easy.

The sum of the costs of all the work packages represents the total direct costs for the project.

Which of the following is/are included in a Project Cost-Duration Graph?

Crashing a project should occur:

Draw a typical Project Cost-Duration Graph and label the key elements.

An activity's ________ is calculated by dividing the rise by the run.

The most common response for meeting unattainable deadlines is to

Given an equal level of risk and the need to reduce overall project duration, why would you not select the activity with the lowest slope in the entire project network to crash first?

Identify options for accelerating a project schedule when resources are constrained or the budget is severely constrained.

Shortening an activity's duration is termed crashing.