Question Clarification
Submitted by pramamurthy on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 02:34
The program manager is asking why your project is scheduled to take sixteen months. He claims that previous projects in the organization were able to be completed in less than half of that time. What would be the BEST thing to do?
A. Look for historical information on the previous projects to understand them better.
B. Refer the program manager to the schedule management plan.
C. Refer the program manager to the project plan .
D. Explain to the program manager that estimates should always err on the side of being too large.
What would be the best answer to this question? The answer I have is A, bur Iam not convinced. Can someone help?
Thanks
Priya
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kenmakerm
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 10:22
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every project should be treated on its own merit,so, i will choose B. the schedule management plan should have been updated from the previous similar project and hence,identify why the project is taking that long.
Inam
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 12:10
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Well Priya
Since the company's historical information include tools , techniques, methods , procedures and management plans which reflect the best practices over the times (with in the perfoming organization's context ) adapted by the company. So i guess it would always be nice to checkout and study them in bit depth to understand how the planning is done in that particular company. Hope it makes sense
Regards
Inam