You are the project manager of the NHQ project. This project is scheduled to last for six months
and will require $345,000 to complete. If the project completes earlier than scheduled, your
organization will receive a bonus of $5,000 per day for the early completion. Management has
asked you to develop an aggressive schedule to realize as much of the bonus as possible, but you
must be careful not to increase project risk beyond an acceptable level of risk exposure. Which of
the following approaches is most likely to increase project risk?

A.
Using the critical chain method

B.
Crashing

C.
Adding leads to the project work

D.
Fast tracking

Explanation:
Fast tracking allows entire phases of the project to overlap and this action does increase risks.
This is an approach that you would want to avoid in your project.
Answer option B is incorrect. Crashing adds labor to the project and typically drives project costs.
Answer option A is incorrect. The critical chain method considers the availability of project
resources as part of its network diagramming technique.
Answer option C is incorrect. Lead time allows project activities to overlap and may introduce
project risks, but not to the extent of using fast tracking.