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Reduce scope

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Reduce scope

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- When the finish date and budget are non-negotiable, project scope is another variable you can adjust to make everything balanced. Reducing scope translates to cutting the activities associated with delivering that scope. So the time and cost for those activities get subtracted from the schedule. Fewer tasks on the critical path mean a shorter schedule. Fewer work hours means lower labor costs, and other cost reductions like overhead. Reducing project scope is a last resort because the scope is intimately tied to the project goal and objectives. In many projects, the stakeholders decide which parts of scope to cut. However, if the stakeholders ask for suggestions, revisit the project objectives to see which is the least important. In our sample project, the training guide is top priority. The website is the next highest priority, but it isn't causing the finish date issue. Initially, it doesn't look like removing scope…

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