Gary is the project manager for his organization. At each weekly status meeting with his project
team, Gary collects information on the work that has been completed and reviews the work that is
remaining in the project. Alice, one of Gary’s project team members, consistently reports that she’s
late on her project work. After the meeting, Gary and Alice discuss why the work is late as it is
causing other delays in the project. What is the review of the late work commonly called?

A.
Variance analysis

B.
Leadership

C.
Quality control

D.
Discipline

Explanation:
Variance analysis is the study to determine why a variance in the project exists. Alice ‘s late work
may be for a number of reasons so Gary needs to determine why in order to address the problem.
Variance analysis is a process that examines the dissimilarities between the planned and the
actual budget or schedule in order to discover unacceptable risks to the budget, schedule, quality,

or scope of the project. It is a method for resolving the total variance in the set of scope, schedule,
and cost variables into particular component variances that are associated with defined factors
affecting the cost, scope and schedule variables.
Answer option D is incorrect. Discipline is not the best answer as Gary , at this point, is simply
reviewing the situation to determine why the variance exists.
Answer option C is incorrect. Quality control is the inspection of the work results to prove the
existence of quality and to prevent mistakes from reaching the customer.
Answer option B is incorrect. This may be a type of leadership, but it is not the best answer for the
question.