A project's overall progress report shows that it is on schedule. However, the progress reports from the project's subteams do not support this. Which of the following would be the GREATEST risk resul

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Options

• AThe steering committee may make inappropriate decisions
• BThe project may experience cost overruns
• CThe project may finish behind schedule
• DUser involvement may be inadequate

• A
  14% (4)
• B
  24% (7)
• C
  55% (16)
• D
  7% (2)

Explanation

When overall project status reports contradict subteam-level data showing problems, management has no visibility into the actual schedule slippage occurring at the ground level - so corrective action is never triggered, and the project almost certainly finishes late. C is correct because the masked discrepancy means leadership believes no intervention is needed, allowing schedule risks to compound unchecked until it's too late to recover.

Why the distractors fall short:

• A (steering committee decisions): Poor decisions are a mechanism here, not the greatest outcome risk - the steering committee acting on bad data leads to C, making C the more direct and severe consequence.
• B (cost overruns): Possible, but the scenario specifically involves a schedule status report discrepancy, so schedule impact is the most immediate and direct risk.
• D (user involvement): Inadequate user involvement is a separate project risk category unrelated to the reporting discrepancy described.

Memory tip: Follow the chain - false green status → no corrective action → delays compound → finish late. When a report discrepancy involves schedule data, the greatest risk is always the schedule outcome that the false report is hiding.

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