The Post-Project Review of the Alpha Supplement Project Is Complete

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Multiple Choice

The post-project review of the Alpha Supplement project is complete.It found failures in planning.Too much time was budgeted for market research,leaving not enough time for product development and quality assurance.As a result,the project could not have succeeded even if it had been run perfectly.But there were other problems as well.Constant conflicts between team members demonstrated a failure of leadership.Finally,there were failures in the control function.When component providers failed to deliver,project leaders did not locate and train new providers in time. Which of the following,if true,would most strongly suggest that the problems attributed to the control function were actually caused by planning failures?

• A)The team assignments in the project plan placed two employees on the Quality Control team despite their long history of hostility toward each other.
• B)The problems attributed to controlling were typical of the problems experienced by other project leaders in the industry.
• C)The project plan called for all possible component providers to produce components at their maximum capacity.
• D)The list of problems attributed to controlling also included the failure to adequately monitor production output.
• E)Even the most effective planning would not have made the project a success given the failures attributed to controlling.

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Definitions:

Labor Rate Variance

The difference between the actual cost of labor and the expected (or budgeted) cost, based on predetermined rates and actual hours worked.

Variable Overhead Rate Variance

The gap between what was actually spent on variable overhead and what was predicted to be spent, considering the actual activity level.

Rate Variances

Differences between the standard or expected rates of costs and the actual rates incurred, often analyzed in cost accounting.

Variable Overhead

Refers to the costs that fluctuate with changes in production volume, such as utilities or materials that are consumed directly as a result of manufacturing activities.