This case assignment is an analysis of a case from the text book on Case Histories in Project Management. The case name is the scheduling dilemma$1.$ Is this a common situation for most companies or an exception to the rule?$2.$ Can policies be established as part of competitive bidding to alleviate the pain of this occurring on other possible contracts where contract go$-$ahead date is several months after contract award?$3.$ Is it possible to convince a client that the schedule $($and possibly the budget$)$ is just a rough guess during competitive bidding and that finalization of the schedule $($and budget$)$ can be made only after go$-$ahead?$4.$ What schedule compression techniques were considered in the case? Were there any techniques she did not consider?$5.$ Was Sarah correct in her analysis that these techniques probably would not work on her project?$6.$ If one of these techniques were to be used, which one has the greatest likelihood for possible schedule compression?