Certified Authorization Professional (CAP) — Question 10

Your organization has named you the project manager of the JKN Project. This project has a BAC of $1,500,000 and it is expected to last 18 months.
Management has agreed that if the schedule baseline has a variance of more than five percent then you will need to crash the project. What happens when the project manager crashes a project?

Answer options

• A. Project costs will increase.
• B. The amount of hours a resource can be used will diminish.
• C. The project will take longer to complete, but risks will diminish.
• D. Project risks will increase.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

Crashing a project typically involves allocating additional resources or increasing work hours, which generally leads to higher costs. The other options are incorrect because crashing does not reduce the amount of resource hours; it usually aims to shorten project duration, which can actually lead to increased risks rather than decreased ones.