project cost management techniques

Question 5 Further to Question 4, you notice a sales catalogue from a different Australian tradeshow booth marketing company on the desk of the Client's Receptionist when arriving to speak with the Client Representative about recommended options. Asking the receptionist about the catalogue, the answer is that the Client Representative ordered the catalogue from a good friend at the marketing company. During the meeting, you subtly raise the matter and learn that the Client Representative's best friend works at that company, but don't feel under pressure to use them. Reading the writing on the wall, you instruct the A-Team to see if there's a problem using that firm and learn that their products and prices are very much the same as any other Australian marketing firm's. The list of recommendations is then tweaked, the new firm's product added, and the amended recommendation goes forward. Surprise, surprise, the Client approves the revised recommendation at the midway point of the 2nd Quarter. Placing the order, you learn that delivery of the unit will be the middle of the 3d Quarter. The impact of this delay is