MPA 209 Ist Sem 2022 GPS LNU

1. Project Planning and Development
(MPA 209)
Fast Tracking a Project and Project Crashing
Josefina B. Bitonio, DPA
Professor

3. FAST TRACKING
Fast-tracking is a schedule compression
technique in which activities or phases normally
performed in a sequence are done in parallel
for at least a portion of their duration.

4. Fastracking

5. 1. Details may be missed
2. Burnout among team members
What are the Risks of Fastracking
The main disadvantage of project fast tracking is the
potential for risks that may occur due to task
overlapping and dependencies. To be effective, fast
tracking requires a high level of analysis when
reorganizing activity sequences.

6. Project Crashing
As a compression technique, crashing concentrates on the project schedule in an effort to
accelerate the project's completion date. Plausible examples of crashing include the following:
•Over-time
•Allocating additional resources to specific activities
•Hiring additional resources
•Incentive payments for early completion
•Subsequently outsourcing portions of the project to be completed within a shorter time period
than would have been possible if the same work was to be completed by internal resources.
https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/performing-crash-analysis-alternative-cost-schedule-
6750#:~:text=Crash%20analysis%20would%20be%20used,a%20cost%20of%20%241.9%20million.

7. CRASHING
Crashing is a technique
used to shorten the
schedule duration for
the least incremental
cost by adding
resources.

8. CRASHING

9. https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/performing-crash-
analysis-alternative-cost-schedule-
6750#:~:text=Crash%20analysis%20would%20be%20us
ed,a%20cost%20of%20%241.9%20million.

10. 1. Project deadline is approaching and there is still a
lot of work to be done
2. There is a delay in starting the project
Why Do We Apply Schedule Compression
on Critical Path Activities?

11. In summary, the
differences between fast
tracking and crashing
are:
Fast tracking involves
the performance of
activities in parallel,
whereas crashing
involves the addition of
resources to a project.

12. Sources
Eternity Trainings: Agile & Waterfall
Projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72T8
DqBDCMc
https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/performing-crash-analysis-alternative-cost-
schedule-
6750#:~:text=Crash%20analysis%20would%20be%20used,a%20cost%20of%2
0%241.9%20million.

14. Thank
you!