• Discussion 1:From the first e-Activity, identify the remedies of excusable delay. Analyze which remedies are appropriate and effective and which remedies are not. Justify your analysis. Then, select an ineffective remedy and make a recommendation to mitigate the associated issue(s).
• From the first e-Activity, give your opinion as to whether any of the four transportation construction projects in the table would be able to legitimately rely on "excusable delay." Explain the key reason why reliance on excusable delay in these cases would or should be considered legitimate.
• Discussion 2: From the second and third e-Activities, analyze whether the Coast Guard's management and execution of the program was a cause or a symptom of the cost overruns and resulting delays of the Deepwater program. Support your position.
• Identify and discuss the key factors that contributed to the cost overruns in the situation in Part 1 of this discussion. Suggest the strategies you would employ to avoid such cost overruns. Support your suggestion.
• Discussion 3: Imagine that you just read about another company in the same industry facing criminal charges for misrepresenting their liabilities.
Naturally, you're worried that the company you're researching might be doing something similar. Hypothesize a scenario in which someone at the company could intentionally misstate liabilities for his or her personal financial gain. Recommend two (2) actions that these companies can take to prevent or detect intentional misstatements of liabilities for personal financial gain. Justify your response.
• Imagine that you are advising an investor who is considering purchasing bonds issued by the selected company. Analyze the types of bonds the chosen company issues. Make a recommendation to the investor as to which type of bond would provide the most value. Justify your response.