Imposed project durations almost always leads to a higher-cost project than one planned with detailed scheduling of all the project's activities.

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"Imposed deadlines" is another reason for accelerating project completion.The project duration time is set while the project is in its "concept" phase before or without any detailed scheduling of all the activities in the project.This phenomenon occurs very frequently in practice! Unfortunately, this practice almost always leads to a higher cost project than one that is planned using low-cost and detailed planning.In addition, quality is sometimes compromised to meet deadlines.More important, these increased costs of imposed duration dates are seldom recognized or noted by project participants.

Imposed Project Durations Almost Always Leads to a Higher-Cost Project