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P6.1; How Can I Crash a Project

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Mon, 2010-05-31 09:10
Abeer Mahmoud
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I have a project will start 20 June 2010 and will finish 20 June 2011 I need to crash it to finish April 01, 2011 how can I do this by steps.
Best Regards,
Abeer
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Sun, 2010-06-06 08:54
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Abeer Mahmoud
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Dear Samer and Mike
Thanks for your replays sorry I know it is late to do this but forgive me because I was in vacation,
I really enjoyed reading your advices, thanks a lot it is very useful/helpful advices.
Best Regards,
Abeer
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Mon, 2010-05-31 11:08
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Mike Testro
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Hi Abeer

You should start by changing the work patterns and calendars of the existing tasks - increase the work hours by one hour a day and the time reduction will be immediate.

Don’t overdo it because too many hours will reduce productivity.

Then follow Samer’s wise advice.

Always remeber that if you cannot make the reductions taking reasonable measures then you should report that it cannot be done.

Best regards

Mike Testro
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Mon, 2010-05-31 10:00
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Samer Zawaydeh
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Dear Abeer,

You need to look at the critical path and reduce the duration by increasing the resources of the critical activities.

I recommend that you review the Schedule and determine the KEY critical activities that are most connected to other activities and start increasing the resources to reduce their durations. This will have the max effect on the schedule.

Start one/ few at a time and monitor what is happening so that you can explain it later.

With kind regards,

Samer
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Mon, 2010-05-31 09:23
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Vond Kye
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Abeer,

Put on more resources, to shorten the tasks duration. Thats the start.

Cheers,

Vond
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