CAPM Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of a project management plan schedule

Since the delay affected only non-critical activities with more than 2 weeks of float, the critical path and project end date are unaffected. The schedule baseline remains valid. The project manager updates the current schedule to reflect actual dates and revised forecasts for non-critical activities — no baseline change or change request is needed. Resources on critical activities should not be disturbed.

**Why not A:** Crashing the critical path is unnecessary because the delay did not affect the critical path. The delay impacted only non-critical activities with sufficient float. Adding resources to the critical path would waste money without any schedule benefit.

**Why not C:** Issuing a change request to add 2 weeks is unnecessary because the project end date is not affected. The non-critical activities had 3 weeks of float, and the 2-week delay consumed only part of that buffer. The schedule baseline remains valid without any formal change.

**Why not D:** The project end date has not been delayed because only non-critical activities were affected, and they had more float than the delay consumed. Updating the schedule baseline through change control would be an overreaction to a delay that does not impact the project completion date.