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PMI-SP · Question #182

Which of the following techniques is used in businesses to determine the effect different costs or investments have on profit and other financial indicators?

The correct answer is C. What-if scenario analysis. What-if scenario analysis explains the analysis of the question "What if the situation represented by scenario 'X' happens?". This What-If Scenario Analysis shortly named as WIS scenarios, such as extending specific engineering durations, or delaying a major component delivery…

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Question

Which of the following techniques is used in businesses to determine the effect different costs or investments have on profit and other financial indicators?

Options

  • AA schedule network analysis is performed using the schedule to compute the different
  • BResource leveling
  • CWhat-if scenario analysis
  • DRoot cause analysis

How the community answered

(22 responses)
  • B
    5% (1)
  • C
    91% (20)
  • D
    5% (1)

Explanation

What-if scenario analysis explains the analysis of the question "What if the situation represented by scenario 'X' happens?". This What-If Scenario Analysis shortly named as WIS scenarios, such as extending specific engineering durations, or delaying a major component delivery. Businesses use what-if scenarios to determine the effect different costs or investments have on profit and other financial indicators. Answer option A is incorrect. The schedule analysis is the review of the schedule, but does not examine other possibilities for completing the project work. Answer option D is incorrect. The root cause analysis helps to determine the reasons why the project is running late. Answer option B is incorrect. The resource leveling causes the project's duration to increase. It is a technique that resolves resource conflicts by delaying tasks within their slack allowances. The resource leveling is the process in which project teams come across problems when developing their project schedules.

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#what-if scenario analysis#financial indicators#cost analysis#schedule analysis

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