Schedule Compression in Project Time Management

Schedule compression is the shortening of the project schedule without affecting the project scope. I alleviates bottlenecks without sacrificing the project schedule.

What is Fast-Tracking?

• It is the process of compressing total project duration by performing some activities concurrently that were originally scheduled sequentially.
• It usually comes without any extra cost incurred.
  

What is Crashing?

• Crashing is a schedule compression method.
• It analyses cost and schedule tradeoffs to determine how to obtain the greatest amount of schedule compression for the least incremental cost.