Harry works as the project manager for his organization. He is creating the activity list and would
like to tag those activities that are comprised of apportioned effort. Which of the following is the
best example of apportioned effort?
A.
Adding features to the project’s product that is not included in the project scope.
B.
Managing the day-to-day events of a project.
C.
Creating software as defined in the project scope.
D.
Completing project activities as start-to-start events.
Explanation:
Apportioned effort is effort applied that you cannot subdivide into work packages, but it is related
to, usually in a supportive role, to the completion of the project work packages. The project
management overhead, such managing the project work, is an example of apportioned effort.
Apportioned effort (AE) is the effort that is applied to the project-related work that cannot be easily
and readily divided into discrete efforts for those tasks, but which is associated in a direct
proportion to the discrete work efforts that are capable of being measured. The presence of
apportioned effort relies particularly on the performance of further efforts.
Answer option C is incorrect. This is an example of discrete effort.
Answer option A is incorrect. This is an example of a scope change that has not been approved.
Answer option D is incorrect. This is an example of a scheduling technique.