Assignment
Question I
i. Go online and find at least two sites with definitions of fast tracking and crashing a project schedule in your own words.
ii. Consider the plan you prepared for the software system testing project in question 1 above. If you were informed by management that you must reduce the planned duration of the project by five days, describe how you, as a project manager, could crash or fast track this project. Be specific in identifying exactly what could be changed in the project plan for each option.
iii. If the request to speed up the project occurs after day 25 of the original schedule, what is the only option available?
iv. Prepare proper reference citations for the sites you located, using APA style.
Question II
i. Go online and research the difference between total slack and free slack.
ii. Why would the distinction between different forms of slack be important to a project manager
iii. Prepare proper reference citations for the sites you located, using APA style.
Question III
A project to put on a major international sporting competition has the following major deliverables: Sports Venues, Athlete Accommodation, Volunteer Organization, Security, Events, and Publicity (which has already been broken down into pre-event publicity and post-event publicity.) Prepare a WBS for any single major deliverable on the list. Remember the 100 percent rule, and number your objectives.
Textbook:
Watt, A. (2019). Project Management, 2nd Edition. BCcampus Open Education.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.