You are the project manager of the AHQ 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 of early completion. Management has asked
you to develop an aggressive schedule to realize as much of the bonus as possible, but
management does not want you to increase the costs of the project beyond $1,000 per day of the
bonus realization. Which of the following approaches will likely add costs to the project?

A.
Adding leads to the project work

B.
Fast tracking

C.
Crashing

D.
Using the critical chain method

Explanation:
Crashing adds labor to the project. This approach adds costs to the project because you will have
to pay for the added labor.
Answer option B is incorrect. Fast tracking allows entire phases to overlap in the project. This
approach adds risks to the project.
Answer option D is incorrect. The critical chain method considers the availability of project
resources.
Answer option A is incorrect. Adding lead time to activities allows activities to overlap and does not
add project costs.