A Project Task Is Scheduled to Begin on Monday and Is

question 7

Multiple Choice

A project task is scheduled to begin on Monday and is estimated to require five days of full-time work for the assigned team member, Chauncey. He has delayed beginning any work on the task until Thursday afternoon and believes he can finish by the end of the day Friday. Which of the following phenomena best describes what has influenced Chauncey's behavior?

• A) Student Syndrome
• B) Escalation of Commitment
• C) Statistical Variation Among Dependent Events
• D) Parkinson's Law
• E) Murphy's Law

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