Nearly every experienced project manager has been through it. You inherit a project with a difficult or near-impossible schedule and the order comes down to deliver on time. When you mention how far the project is behind, youre simply told to crash the schedule, or make it happen.

This unit examines the project execution process with emphasis on identifying critical path and crashing project time.

1) Explain what is meant by project crashing, and what are the factors you would take into consideration in deciding whether or not to crash a project.

2) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of reducing/crashing a project timeline.