Playing the Game of Inflating Estimated Durations in Anticipation of the Project

question 70

True/False

Playing the game of inflating estimated durations in anticipation of the project manager negotiating shorter durations is a good practice.

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Definitions:

Hedge Funds

are investment funds that employ a variety of strategies to earn active return, or alpha, for their investors, often involving higher risks and aiming for higher returns than traditional investments.

Survivorship Bias

The logical error of focusing on instances that survived a selection process and overlooking those that did not because of their lack of visibility.

Backfill Bias

A bias that can occur when historical performances of investment portfolios are artificially inflated because only successful funds are reported or included in analyses.

Incentive Bias

A psychological lean or predisposition towards certain decisions or actions due to promised rewards or incentives.