You have seen a program manager getting impatient with a project manager, saying,

“Why haven’t you performed the variance analysis?” Variance analysis is a technique used for which of the following?

A. To measure the deviation of the actual project performance from the planned baseline and determine the cause of this variance B. To determine how different schedule activities vary in their importance to the final objectives of the project C. To determine the difference between the cost estimates for various schedule activities D. To determine the variance between the available resources and the required resources for a project and how this variance will affect the project results