fast tracking
Accelerating the process
Fast tracking means expediting something through a process more quickly than usual, bypassing standard procedures or timelines.
A project gets fast-tracked when it's given priority status: The FDA fast-tracked approval of the vaccine.
In project management, fast tracking specifically means overlapping phases that would normally occur sequentially.
The noun fast track refers to the accelerated path itself: She's on the fast track to partner.
- expediteSpeed up a process
- advanceMove or progress forward
- raceCompetition of speed
- quicklyAt high speed
- rushQuick sudden movement
express lane · jumping the queue · streamline · speedup · shortcut · acceleration · quick turnaround · rapidly · efficiency · prioritization · green light · ahead of schedule · bypass · cutting corners · self-paced learning · gifted education · dash · swiftly
- project schedulingcritical path, milestones, deadlines, tasks, dependencies
fast trackingdelaying
Causing later occurrence
slowing down · stalling · dragging out · prolonging · decelerating
fast trackingdeprioritizing
Reducing something's importance
backburnering · shelving · sidelining · tabling · mothballing
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