George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
A Project Team has a performance rate in which half of the assigned tasks are completed each day.
If at any given moment of the day the PM asks the project team for a status of the 600 tasks assigned, how many remaining tasks would they have after four days of work?
(the calculation is done from the moment in time the PM is checking the status report)
A) 300 tasks in the log
B) 150 tasks in the log
C) 37,5 days in the log
D) no tasks remaining in the log
E) none of the answers above Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
May 30, 2018 10:03 AM
Replying to Sandeep Kumar MK
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c)
Sandeep - C is not the correct answer.
But, you can still try to answer the number of remaining working days. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
May 30, 2018 10:56 AM
Replying to Eric Simms
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C).
Eric - C is not the correct answer.
But, you can still try to answer the number of remaining working days. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
May 30, 2018 11:00 AM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
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I ended up with C too considering the total work days are 4.
Rami - C is not the correct answer.
Also, the number of total working days is not 4.
But, you can still try to answer the number of remaining working days.
I think this is a nice exercise seems obvious at the very beginning. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
May 30, 2018 1:06 PM
Replying to Rodrigo Gonzalez Parra
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C)
Rodrigo, try again, also try to answer the number of remaining working days. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Just a few reminders...
1) The team daily performance is 50% ("which half of the assigned tasks are completed each day."
2) The current status reporting is done at the end of day 4 ("after four days of work")
3) The number of tasks assigned is 600
4) The initial question is asking for the number of remaining tasks, not the number of remaining days.
Since no one, has got it totally right yet, I would extend the question...
The number of remaining tasks is?
The number of remaining days is?
The name of the project manager is? :) Saving Changes...
Margaret LoveSenior Instructor| VelociteachGreenville, Sc, United States
Maybe I'm under-thinking this but I'm going with D. They had 600 assigned and can complete 1/2 of them each day. Seems like they'll have them all done in 2 days. So by day 4 they'll have zero.
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1 reply by George Lewis
Jun 04, 2018 7:42 PM
George Lewis
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Hi Margaret, sad to say, the answer is not D.
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George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Jun 03, 2018 9:32 PM
Replying to Margaret Love
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Maybe I'm under-thinking this but I'm going with D. They had 600 assigned and can complete 1/2 of them each day. Seems like they'll have them all done in 2 days. So by day 4 they'll have zero.
Hi Margaret, sad to say, the answer is not D. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Looks like no one else is up for the challenge Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Ok!
@end of day 4, there are 7 days work worth remaining and 37.50 tasks to complete. Saving Changes...
George LewisProgram/Project Manager| DXC Technology CompanyHeredia, Costa Rica
Performance Rate 0% 50% 50% 50% 50%
end of Day 0 1 2 3 4
Remaining Days 11 10 9 8 7
Remaining task 600 300 150 75 37.50 Saving Changes...
