Project Management Professional (PMP) — Question 1245

A project manager has two projects that are being executed at the same time. The duration of the critical project must be reduced, but the project manager does not have enough resources to achieve this goal. In addition, the schedule does not have activities that can be overlapped.
What should the project manager do?

Answer options

• A. Analyze both projects to determine the most effective use of common resources
• B. Use resource optimization to justify requesting more resources for the critical project
• C. Provide schedule optimization training to the project teams to improve their skills
• D. Apply fast-tracking techniques to compress the schedule of the critical project

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because analyzing both projects allows the project manager to maximize the use of limited resources effectively. Option B is incorrect as requesting more resources may not be feasible given the current constraints. Option C does not address the immediate resource limitation, and Option D cannot be executed since activities cannot be overlapped.