In the following sample question, I was trying to relate a possible choice with the context of the question. But I did not see any relation between the question's scenario and a possible answer. To me, only the last sentence of the scenario is the question, and the answer is (a). If that's the case, I feel PMI is unfairly confusing the examinee. I have seen in choices, a term is given that has no meaning or it does not exist. But that is ok. But in the following question the scenario and the question have no relation (IMHO), and that would be unfair - as it would be unnecessarily wasting an examinee's time in a time limited exam. Or, I may be missing something here:
Your project is 90% completed, the cost performance index is 1.2 and the schedule performance index is 0.8. Management is concerned about the delay and asks you to utilize schedule compression so the project can be completed on time. Which of the following statements is true about the schedule performance index? (a) SPI will be 1 when the project completes (b) SPI will be less than 1 when the project completes (c) SPI will be greater than 1 when the project completes (d) None of the above Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Feb 24, 2020 12:51 PM
Replying to Stéphane Parent
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Under Agile, you only use EVM at the release level, not at the sprint level.
Regardless, even at release level, it is not enough alone as it doesn't reflect that value was delivered. Saving Changes...
Soha KarjawallySoftware development manager / Program Manager| Phoenix - USAMontréal, Quebec, Canada
I was reading by chance this post, and honestly, I would choose D :)
No guarantee/indication that the PM will be able to make the SP = 1.
However, I guess sometimes we are supposed to assume some interpretations, so to choose A.
worst case we don't pass the exam, and next time we change the strategy :) Saving Changes...
Ayomide CharlesCoastal and Reclamation Engineering Services (CARES)Nigeria
I accidentally stumbled on this post. I think it's one of those trick questions. At first, I was wondering "how do you know if the compression technique worked and the project finished on time".
But thinking about it a bit more, the Schedule Variance (SV) for a completed project is 0, meaning upon completion, EV = PV.
Therefore, going by that logic, EV/PV should be 1 at completion (I think this is regardless of whether or not the project finished on time). Saving Changes...
Sachin AggarwalCountry Sales Manager (IOT, Japan)| BlackBerry Tokyo, Japan
You will often see questions with tons of redundant information. I won’t call such questions deceptive. It is just that you have more information that what you need to pick the correct choice.
The question posted by you belongs to this category.
Lots of details in the questions but you need none of those to pick the correct choice.
When a project is completed (project objectives are met), the SPI is always equal to 1.
Mathematically,
SPI = EV/PV
When a project is completed, EV = BAC and PV = BAC
so, SPI = BAC/BAC = 1
Charles WilsonSenior Estimator and Project Manager| Rio Vista ManagementSyracuse, Ut, United States
Technically the nature of the SPI formula always means it will be 1 when the project completes, irrespective of whether it completes on time or not.
SPI = EV / PV
After a project is complete, SPI is always 1. SPI is only useful DURING a project. After completion, it becomes 1. So this question is a bit of a trick question, and the OP is correct. The extra information in the question really doesn't have anything to do with the answer. Saving Changes...
Firas ChehadeSenior Lead Project Manager| CPX L.L.C.Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
I agree, this is just a sampled mock, you will definitely be seeing more SPI questions in the exam. Saving Changes...
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