You are managing a project that has the following activities: - Activity A can start immediately and has an estimated duration of eight weeks.
- Activity B can also start immediately and has an estimated duration of seven weeks.
- Activity C can start after Activity A is completed and has an estimated duration of one week.
- Activity D can start after Activity B is completed and has an estimated duration of six weeks.
- Activity E can start after both Activities C and D are completed and has an estimated duration of seven weeks.
- Activity F can start after Activity D is completed and has an estimated duration of two weeks.
Your sponsor is very disappointed that the project is taking longer than he expected and asked you to shorten the project duration by at least two weeks. You decided to shorten Activity A first as it is not a very critical activity in the project and has the longest duration. What will be the impact of your decision?
a. It will create a new critical path.
b. It will shorten the duration of the project.
c. The project duration will be eighteen weeks now.
d. It will not shorten the duration of the project.