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    This chapter discusses options for reducing the duration of a project. It presents strategies for accelerating project completion both when resources are constrained and unconstrained. These include adding or reallocating resources, outsourcing work, overtime, and reducing scope. The chapter also covers using project cost-duration graphs to determine which tasks could be shortened or "crashed" to reduce time in a cost-effective manner, and considerations for using this approach in practice. It concludes by discussing options when the goal is reducing costs rather than time.

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    This chapter discusses options for reducing the duration of a project. It presents strategies for accelerating project completion both when resources are constrained and unconstrained. These include adding or reallocating resources, outsourcing work, overtime, and reducing scope. The chapter also covers using project cost-duration graphs to determine which tasks could be shortened or "crashed" to reduce time in a cost-effective manner, and considerations for using this approach in practice. It concludes by discussing options when the goal is reducing costs rather than time.

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    This chapter discusses options for reducing the duration of a project. It presents strategies for accelerating project completion both when resources are constrained and unconstrained. These include adding or reallocating resources, outsourcing work, overtime, and reducing scope. The chapter also covers using project cost-duration graphs to determine which tasks could be shortened or "crashed" to reduce time in a cost-effective manner, and considerations for using this approach in practice. It concludes by discussing options when the goal is reducing costs rather than time.

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    Chapter 9

    REDUCING PROJECT DURATION


    Chapter Outline
    1. Rationale for Reducing Project Duration
    2. Options for Accelerating Project Completion
    A. Options When Resources Are Not Constrained
    i. Adding Resources
    ii. Outsourcing Project Work
    iii. Scheduling Overtime
    iv. Establish a Core Project Team
    v. Do It TwiceFast and Correctly
    B. Options When Resources Are Constrained
    i. Fast-Tracking
    ii. Critical-Chain
    iii. Reducing Project Scope
    iv. Compromise Quality
    3. Project Cost-Duration Graph
    4. Constructing a Project Cost-Duration Graph
    A. Determining the Activities to Shorten
    B. A Simplified Example
    5. Practical Considerations
    A. Using the Project Cost-Duration Graph

    B. Crash Times
    C. Linearity Assumption
    D. Choice of Activities to Crash Revisited
    E. Time Reduction Decisions and Sensitivity
    6. What if Cost, Not Time, Is the Issue?
    A. Reduce Project Scope
    B. Have Owner Take on More Responsibility
    C. Outsourcing Project Activities or Even the Entire Project
    D. Brainstorming Cost Savings Options
    7. Summary
    8. Key Terms
    9. Review Questions
    10. Exercises
    11. Case: International Capital, Inc.Part B
    12. Case: Whitbread World Sailboat Race
    13. Case: Nightingale ProjectA
    14. Case: Nightingale ProjectB
    15. Case: The Now WeddingPart A
    16. Case: The Now WeddingPart B
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