Project duration reductions may compromise development and testing, this can cause a decrease in the quality of the project. For example, a reduction of 10% in project durations can lead to an increase of 20% in defects. If the projects that are ongoing are shortened into a smaller amount of time, this will cause the workload to intensify, and the morale and productivity of the team will both be affected. A study conducted on manufacturing teams found that if the duration of a project is shortened by 10%, employee morale will be decreased by 15%, and there will be a 10% decrease in productivity (Jorgensen