PMI PgMP Exam - Topic 6 Question 107 Discussion

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Question #: 107
Topic #: 6

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Your program has a budget at completion of $1,550,000 and is expected to last one year.

Currently your program is 45 percent complete and has spent $725,000. According to the program schedule you are actually to be fifty percent complete by this time, but due to some vendor delays your program is running just a bit late. Based on this information which is performing worse, the cost or schedule?

AThe schedule is performing worse because the SPI is .90

BThe cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111.

CThe schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500.

DThe cost is performing worse because the CPI is .96.

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Lashunda

15 hours ago

Haha, this question is a real budget buster! Gotta love those vendor delays.

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Hubert

6 days ago

A) The schedule is performing worse because the SPI is .90. Sounds like a classic case of "running late and over budget."

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Roxane

11 days ago

B) The cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111. Looks like someone's been cooking the books!

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Renea

16 days ago

D) The cost is performing worse because the CPI is .96.

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Sueann

21 days ago

C) The schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500.

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Paz

26 days ago

I recall that a CPI below 1 means cost overruns, so D might be the answer, but I'm not completely confident.

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Shanda

1 month ago

I practiced a question like this where negative SV indicated schedule delays, so I wonder if C could be right too.

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Lavonda

1 month ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I feel like the EAC being higher than the budget suggests cost problems, which might point to B being the answer.

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Aretha

1 month ago

I think I remember that the SPI being below 1 indicates schedule issues, so maybe A is correct?

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Casandra

2 months ago

Okay, I think I see it now. The SPI of .90 and the SV of -$27,500 both point to the schedule being the main problem, not the cost.

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Maira

2 months ago

I've got this! The SV is -$27,500, which means the schedule is performing worse. And the CPI of .96 indicates the cost is also not great, but the schedule is the bigger issue here.

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Kerry

2 months ago

I'm a bit confused on how to calculate the EAC. Is that the key to determining if the cost or schedule is performing worse?

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Norah

2 months ago

CPI of .96 means cost is slipping as well.

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Goldie

2 months ago

But the EAC shows we're over budget too!

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Lashanda

3 months ago

The SPI is .90, so yeah, schedule is lagging.

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Tresa

3 months ago

True, but CPI of .96 indicates cost issues too.

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Rolf

3 months ago

Okay, let me think this through step-by-step. The budget at completion is $1,550,000 and we've spent $725,000 so far, which is 45% complete. But we should be 50% complete by now, so the schedule is lagging.

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My

3 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to carefully calculate the SPI and CPI to determine which is performing worse.

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Annita

2 months ago

I think the schedule is definitely behind. SPI is low.

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