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Chapter 6. Investigate Project Monitorin... > Time, Cost, and Quality Management

Time, Cost, and Quality Management

  • Control Schedule—6.6

  • Control Costs—7.3

  • Perform Quality Control—8.3

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1.What can you tell of a project with a CPI of 1.6?

  1. A critical path index of 1.6 means the project is falling behind.

  1. A central performance index of 1.6 means the project is running ahead of schedule.

  1. A control performance index of 1.6 means the project is using fewer resources than anticipated.

  1. A cost performance index of 1.6 means the project is consuming fewer resources than anticipated.


2.What does a SPI of 1.6 mean?

  1. All resources assigned to the project cost 1.6 units.

  1. A scope performance index of 1.6 suggests that the project is running ahead of the schedule.

  1. A schedule performance index of 1.6 suggests that the project is running ahead of the schedule.

  1. None of the above


3.Which of the following is NOT an output of the perform quality control process?

  1. Quality metrics

  1. Validated changes

  1. Validated deliverables

  1. Change requests


Answers

1.Answer D is correct. A cost performance index of 1 or greater suggests that project in delivering more with less money.
2.Answer C is correct. A schedule performance index of 1 or greater suggests that the project is ahead of schedule.
3.Answer A is correct. Quality metrics is an output of the plan quality process. All other answers are valid outputs of the perform quality control process.



  

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