Program Management Professional (PgMP) — Question 202

Your program has a budget at completion of $1,550,000 and is expected to last one year.
Currently your program is 45 percent complete and has spent $725,000. According to the program schedule you are actually to be fifty percent complete by this time, but due to some vendor delays your program is running just a bit late. Based on this information which is performing worse, the cost or schedule?

Answer options

• A. The schedule is performing worse because the SPI is .90
• B. The cost is performing worse because the EAC is $1,611,111.
• C. The schedule is performing worse because the SV is -$27,500.
• D. The cost is performing worse because the CPI is .96.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of .90 indicates that the project is behind schedule, while the Cost Performance Index (CPI) of .96 suggests that costs are slightly over budget but not as critically as the schedule issue. Options B, C, and D do not provide a stronger justification for the schedule's underperformance compared to option A.