Lehmann 175 Questions - Post Mortem EVM

Submitted by Stuart on Sun, 03/06/2011 - 13:41

Any assistance helping me understand the answer to the following would be appreciated:


 


Q124. Post mortem Earned value analysis of a project showed the following data: SPI: 0.78 CPI: 1.00 What is this telling you?


 


 


A.    The entire work of the project has been finished behind schedule and on budget.

B.    The entire work of the project has been finished ahead of schedule and on budget.

C.    The project has been terminated before completion. At that time it was behind schedule and on budget

D.   The project has been terminated before completion. At that time it was ahead of schedule and on budget.

 


Answer C is correct; however, I'm not sure what part of the question indicates the project was terminated early. I am okay with the SPI & CPI spects.


 


Thanks,


Stuart 

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genone

Tue, 03/08/2011 - 09:22

The question starts with "Post mortem..." which may indicate theproject is dead(terminted) ! 

pmpnewbie

Wed, 03/09/2011 - 15:17

So they are doing a post mortem......lessons learned.  The project has been terminated and they are analysing where they went wrong. 


SPI > 1 = Behind Sched.   So by process of elimination B and D are out.  (B and D state aheand of sched.) 


B. is considered out because the "entire work" was not completed....If the SPI > 1 = Behind Sched. then they have not completed the Project Sched. (Process 6.5 on Pg. 43).  They have not completed the intended scope of work.


Also SPI = EV/PV  So the what they have earned is less than what they planned for the project.  So they have not earned what they have planned to earn at that point in time.


So by process of elimination the answere would be C.


 

Awtas

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 22:53

I think you have a typo, you meant to say SPI < 1 is Behind Sched. 

My thoughts: post mortem doesn't indicate that the project was terminated. Lessions learned are created as part of the closure.

The only thing that points out that the project was terminated is SPI = EV/PV and it means that it was planned to deliver more than it acctually was.

Lana

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 06:37

Qs. Post mortem Earned value analysis of a project showed the following data:
SPI: 1.22 CPI: 1.00 What is this telling you?
A. The entire work of the project has been finished behind schedule and on budget.
B. The entire work of the project has been finished ahead of schedule and on budget.
C. The project has been terminated before completion. At that time it was ahead of schedule and on budget
D. The project has been terminated before completion. At that time it was behind schedule and on budget.



Could anybody explain why the correct answer is C?


There was reference - PMBOK Guide 4th Edition, page 183.


 

aaron

Wed, 05/25/2011 - 19:55

Please note that if the project has not been terminated then SPI (EV/PV) will always be 1

If SPI is < 1 or >1 and it is a post mortem, that means the project was terminated.

Also please note that Scheduled variance calculates variance from planned Dollar expenses. It has nothing to do with the Time management.

 

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jvleminc

Wed, 07/17/2013 - 17:11

FYI, post mortem means "after death", indicating the project died/ended prematurely.

Jegatheesh.J

Fri, 11/08/2013 - 15:44

 Please note that if the project has not been terminated then SPI (EV/PV) will always be 1

If SPI is < 1 or >1 and it is a post mortem, that means the project was terminated.