Question: A project has FOUR tasks A, B, C and D respectively as detailed below. Lets assume its Nov. 28 today and we are doing the

A project has FOUR tasks A, B, C and D respectively as detailed below. Lets assume its Nov. 28 today and we are doing the analysis up to the current point (today) [monitoring date]. How efficient should this project team be to finish within the allocated budget? Use the earned value approach. Assumptions: Lets say that after discussions with the applicable project team members and inspection of the progress, it was determined that the first task was 80% complete, the second task was 65% complete and task C was completed at 15 % on the monitoring date. Actual cost of first task is $ 37,500, the second task is $ 20,000 and the third task is $ 2,500.

ID NAME START END BUDGET
A Procure materials Nov 1 Dec 5 $40 000
B Finalise plans Nov 5 Dec 8 $25 000
C Finalise resources Nov 15 Dec 12 $7500
D Build model Nov 22 Dec 31 $75 000
TOTAL $147 500

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