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You are the project manager of the GHY project. Your project has a BAC of $675,000 and is forty percent complete though you were supposed to be forty-five percent complete. Due to some errors early…

The correct answer is B. Schedule, with a variance of -$33,750. Your schedule variance is -$33,750. You can find this by using the formula earned value-minus Answer option C is incorrect. Cost is not the largest variance in the project. Answer option A is incorrect. Cost is not the largest variance in the project (it is -$8,000). Answer…

Schedule Monitoring and Controlling

Question

You are the project manager of the GHY project. Your project has a BAC of $675,000 and is forty percent complete though you were supposed to be forty-five percent complete. Due to some errors early in the project, you had to spend $278,000 of your project's budget to reach this point. Management is asking for a variance report. What part of your project has the largest variance?

Options

  • ACost, with a variance of -$8,000
  • BSchedule, with a variance of -$33,750
  • CCost, with a variance of $278,000
  • DSchedule, with a variance of -$20,000

How the community answered

(66 responses)
  • A
    24% (16)
  • B
    56% (37)
  • C
    6% (4)
  • D
    14% (9)

Explanation

Your schedule variance is -$33,750. You can find this by using the formula earned value-minus Answer option C is incorrect. Cost is not the largest variance in the project. Answer option A is incorrect. Cost is not the largest variance in the project (it is -$8,000). Answer option D is incorrect. -$20,000 is the variance at completion for the project.

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#schedule variance#cost variance#EVM#variance analysis

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