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Introduction to Project Crashing

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What situations warrant project crashing? Did you ever crash an activity/project that you were responsible for? Did you require additional resources to do so? What were the effects (positive and negative) of crashing that activity/project?

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The solution discusses need for project crashing, and uses real-life examples to illustrate positives and negatives of crashing.

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The main objective of project crashing is to reduce the project duration at minimal cost. The need for project crashing may arise due to numerous circumstances. For example, changes in the external environment conditions can require project sponsors to reap the benefits of the project as soon as possible and thus, project ...

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