Research Has Found That Projects Identified by Individual Departments or Business

question 89

Multiple Choice

Research has found that projects identified by individual departments or business units most often:

• A) have a narrow, tactical focus.
• B) reflect diversity and have a cross-functional focus.
• C) have a strategic, organizational focus.
• D) will integrate easily with existing hardware and systems.
• E) have a very high systems development priority.

Understand the importance of risk adjustment in capital budgeting and the use of appropriate discount rates.

Relate the concept of risk aversion from portfolio theory to capital budgeting decisions.

Evaluate the value of rough estimates of probability distribution of project NPV or IRR over point estimates.

Understand and apply scenario and decision tree analysis in capital budgeting.

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