1. Sam is a newly promoted finance manager in Company ABC. In addition to her new responsibilities, Sam now also has one employee, Myla, reporting to her. Myla is a recent finance graduate from Rutgers University with very little experience. Towards the conclusion of their first project together, Sam realizes that Myla has not properly validated the sales numbers in the presentation deck for the CFO as Sam had instructed her to do. Which tips for effective speaking, as noted in the book, should Sam use in order to be more effective with Myla?
Sam should use examples to illustrate what she means by validating sales numbers.
Sam should use concrete language for ease of understanding.
Sam should explain why validating the sales number is important.
Sam should check that Myla has a complete understanding of the task assigned to her by asking Myla to repeat the task in her own words to ensure full comprehension.
All of the above.
2. Using the cumulative data provided from the Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR), what is the cost performance index (CPI) for the cooling Systems work breakdown structure (WBS) element? WBS number 1.1.3.10, cooling system, has a BCWS of 1830, a BCWP of 1444, A ACWP of 1973, a BAC of 2291 and EAC of 2707? choices are 1.27; 0.73; 0.93; and 0.79.