You are the project manager for your project. Your project is scheduled to last for one year and
you are currently forty percent complete with the project. Based on your current performance
measurements you have an SPI of .95 and a cost variance of -$24,000. You need to report this
information to the management, but you will also need a solution to present with the variance
information. Which one of the following can you present to the management as a part of the
control schedule tools and techniques for variances?
A.
Work performance measurements
Reports
B.
Corrective actions
Meetings
C.
Trim the project scope
It is method of identifying and eliminating the causes of a problem, thus preventing their
reappearance. Examples of a corrective action are : Improvements to maintenance schedules
Improvements to material handling or storage
Answer option C is incorrect. Trimming the project scope, which is a change request, is not a tool
and technique for control the scheduling. It is, however, an output of the control schedule process
and is sometimes a valid decision if the project is slipping on schedule performance.
Answer option A is incorrect. Work performance measurements are not a tool and technique for
controlling the project schedule.
Answer option D is incorrect. The causes of the variance can help you determine the best action to
take, but it is not a tool and technique for schedule control.
QUESTION 245
Alicia works as a project manager for NacTec project. She is undergoing the project monitoring
phase in her project. Which of the following will she choose to accomplish the task? Each correct
answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Diaries
D.
Causes of variances
Future planning
C.
Trim the project scope
It is method of identifying and eliminating the causes of a problem, thus preventing their
reappearance. Examples of a corrective action are : Improvements to maintenance schedules
Improvements to material handling or storage
Answer option C is incorrect. Trimming the project scope, which is a change request, is not a tool
and technique for control the scheduling. It is, however, an output of the control schedule process
and is sometimes a valid decision if the project is slipping on schedule performance.
Answer option A is incorrect. Work performance measurements are not a tool and technique for
controlling the project schedule.
Answer option D is incorrect. The causes of the variance can help you determine the best action to
take, but it is not a tool and technique for schedule control.
QUESTION 245
Alicia works as a project manager for NacTec project. She is undergoing the project monitoring
phase in her project. Which of the following will she choose to accomplish the task? Each correct
answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Diaries
A.
Work performance measurements
Reports
B.
Corrective actions
Meetings
C.
Trim the project scope
It is method of identifying and eliminating the causes of a problem, thus preventing their
reappearance. Examples of a corrective action are : Improvements to maintenance schedules
Improvements to material handling or storage
Answer option C is incorrect. Trimming the project scope, which is a change request, is not a tool
and technique for control the scheduling. It is, however, an output of the control schedule process
and is sometimes a valid decision if the project is slipping on schedule performance.
Answer option A is incorrect. Work performance measurements are not a tool and technique for
controlling the project schedule.
Answer option D is incorrect. The causes of the variance can help you determine the best action to
take, but it is not a tool and technique for schedule control.
QUESTION 245
Alicia works as a project manager for NacTec project. She is undergoing the project monitoring
phase in her project. Which of the following will she choose to accomplish the task? Each correct
answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.
Diaries
D.
Causes of variances
Future planning
Explanation:
The only tool and technique for controlling the schedule is a corrective action. You should always
report problems to management, the project customers, or key stakeholders as defined in the
Communications Management Plan, but you should also always present a solution to the problem.
A corrective action is a change implemented to address a weakness identified in a management
system. Normally corrective actions are implemented in response to a customer complaint,
abnormal levels of internal nonconformity, nonconformities identified during an internal audit or
adverse or unstable trends in product and process monitoring such as would be identified by SPProject monitoring should be worked out to verify all the working actions, including investments.
Project monitoring helps the project staff to know how things are going, as well as giving early
warnings of possible troubles and difficulties. The methods used in monitoring a project are as
follows:
1.Reports: Reports will help to identify the progress and problems easily and early. Reports must
be completed in a standardized form at regular, predetermined intervals by all the team members.
Reports should be short and brief.
2.Diaries: It is a helpful way of recording information.
3.Finances: An understanding of the basic concepts of project fianance are important in making a
project. Careful budgeting and planning will provide a great help in finance. 4.Meeting: There
should be periodic meeting of team members to resolve the issues. This will help to monitor the
problems easily and efficiently.
Answer option D is incorrect. This is the information that is used for monitoring to be useful. It is
not a monitoring method.