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Project Integration Management Flashcards

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  1. A CAM's estimate at completion (EAC) differs significantly from the calculated statistical EAC. What is the best integrated practice?

    Answer: Document the rationale for the CAM's bottom-up EAC and reconcile the difference

    A CAM's comprehensive EAC should be grounded in a documented bottom-up analysis and reconciled against statistical checks.

  2. Which earned value technique is most appropriate for a work package containing sustaining engineering support with no discrete end products?

    Answer: Level of effort (LOE)

    Level of effort is used for time-based support work that lacks discrete, measurable outputs.

  3. During execution, a CAM wants to change the earned value method on an in-progress work package to improve reported performance. This is:

    Answer: Prohibited, because changing methods on open work distorts performance measurement

    Changing measurement methods on open work packages to influence reported performance undermines baseline integrity and is not allowed.

  4. What is the primary purpose of freeze period controls in an EVM system?

    Answer: To prevent changes to near-term baseline plans that would distort performance measurement

    Freeze periods restrict near-term baseline changes so current-period performance reflects the plan that was actually in place.

  5. A CAM identifies a risk that, if realized, will require unplanned in-scope work. Where should the budget for this potential work come from?

    Answer: Management reserve, released through formal change control

    Management reserve exists for unplanned in-scope work and is released to control accounts through the formal change process.

  6. Which statement best describes the CAM's role in integrating subcontractor performance data?

    Answer: Incorporate subcontractor earned value into the control account status on a consistent monthly basis

    The CAM must integrate subcontractor cost and schedule performance into control account reporting each period.

  7. Retroactive changes to prior-period earned value data are acceptable only when:

    Answer: Correcting errors or accounting adjustments, with documentation and approval

    Retroactive adjustments are limited to documented error corrections and routine accounting adjustments, never performance manipulation.