A schedule update shows that the activity delaying turnover sits on the critical path, while another late activity still has ten days of float. Where should recovery planning focus first?
Correct Answer
C) On the critical-path delay affecting project completion
Critical-path delays control the project completion date, so recovery planning should first address the activity delaying completion. Other choices chase noncontrolling or irrelevant work.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Critical-path delays control the project completion date, so recovery planning should first address the activity delaying completion. Other choices chase noncontrolling or irrelevant work.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option A: Only on the activity with the most remaining float
The trap in A is Only on the activity with the most remaining float. That selection is wrong because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Critical-path recovery requires On the critical-path delay affecting project completion; Recovery should prioritize delays on the critical path because they affect completion.
Option B: On whichever subcontractor complains first
Choice B gives On whichever subcontractor complains first. Its specific error: it points to On whichever subcontractor complains first, but.
Option D: On completed activities because they are easier to update
In general project requirements, On completed activities because they are easier to update is the wrong selection for Critical-path recovery: it leaves out the controlling Critical-path recovery result: On the critical-path delay affecting project completion.
Memory Technique
Remember critical-path recovery by its jobsite consequence: the correct move points to On the critical-path delay affecting project completion.
Reference Hint
Open Construction Jobsite Management, 5th Ed.; use the index entry or section for "Critical-path schedule management" to confirm that Critical-path delays control the project completion date, so recovery planning should first address the activity delaying completion.
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