A Project Team Estimates That a Work Package Is Most

question 8

Multiple Choice

A project team estimates that a work package is most likely to have a duration of 10 days. However, under the worst possible conditions pessimistic) it will take 40 days, and if conditions are ideal optimistic) , it will take only 4 days. Using the PERT three-point estimation method, what is the expected time for this work package?

• A) 18 days
• B) 14 days
• C) 6 days
• D) 26.67 days
• E) 42 days

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