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Harish Pawar Project Consultant| Saudi Electricity Company- Dar Engineering Riyadh, Central, Saudi Arabia
we all come across the daily PM questions and we try to find answers. We learn from different sources , but sometimes cant digest the explanation provided by the source.

I would like to can start a topic where we can have the opinion or way to clear doubt and understand the topics to clear ambiguity in back of mind about he particular question or PM topics.

Thus in true sense having forum to improve the PM
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Harish Pawar Project Consultant| Saudi Electricity Company- Dar Engineering Riyadh, Central, Saudi Arabia
Here is my first question/ doubt

Q -You have been asked to make an estimate for a project. The project involves manufacturing 1000 toys. You expect that as the team manufactures some toys, the time to make them will reduce. Which estimation technique are you trying to use?
A.Analogous Estimation
B.Regression Analysis
C.Bottom up Estimating
D.Learning Curve

Explanation by source -Learning curve estimation uses the principal that the cost per unit will decrease as more units of work are manufactured.

In my opinion the source is speaking about cost per unit whereas the Q is about the time of manufacturing. Since we have the analogous method where we can estimate or anticipate from previous / learning experience.

Whats your take on this , please share
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Kevin Drake Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Learning curve is more possible here because of high quantity and the improvement of performance. So the time will be reduced along with work progress.. I would say your argument still valid as well because if assume that production is fully automated and the time to produce the first unit is equal to the last. But we still have set up time as well on the other hand.
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Harish Pawar Project Consultant| Saudi Electricity Company- Dar Engineering Riyadh, Central, Saudi Arabia
6. Which of the following is NOT part of the Quality Management plan?
A. Strategies for handling defects and other quality problems
B. Guidance on how the project team will implement the company’s quality policy
C. Metrics for measuring your project’s quality
D. A description of which deliverables don’t have to be inspected

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