A business analyst (BA) is reviewing the performance results from a recent change initiative. One of the results stated, "The planned schedule expected 50% of the project to be done at milestone 6. The schedule performance index (SPI) was .87. Three project team members worked overtime to ensure that the actual schedule would align with the planned schedule."
This is an example of what type of action?
The given scenario describes an action taken to address a deviation from the planned schedule. The project team worked overtime to correct the schedule and align it with the planned milestones, which indicates that they were taking steps to mitigate the negative impact of running behind schedule. This aligns with the definition of a corrective action, which is taken to reduce or eliminate the negative impact of an event or deviation. Therefore, the appropriate type of action in this context is corrective.
The Answer B. Babok pg 345.
Ans B 3.5.4.4 • Preventive: reduces the probability of an event with a negative impact. • Corrective: establishes ways to reduce the negative impact of an event. • Improvement: establishes ways to increase the probability or impact of events with a positive impact.
Ans is B. Babok V-3 3.5.4.4 Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements - Recommend Actions for Improvement - Once the analysis of performance results is complete, the business analyst engages the appropriate stakeholders to identify the following actions: • Preventive: reduces the probability of an event with a negative impact. • Corrective: establishes ways to reduce the negative impact of an event. • Improvement: establishes ways to increase the probability or impact of events with a positive impact. These actions are likely to result in changes to the business analysis approach, repeatable processes, and tools. 3.5.8 Outputs • Business Analysis Performance Assessment: includes a comparison of planned versus actual performance, identifying the root cause of variances from the expected performance, proposed approaches to address issues, and other findings to help understand the performance of business analysis processes.
SPI less than one shows that the project is running behind schedule. Corrective should be the answer since its a corrective measure to reduce the negative impact
C= Corrective as per page 49 Corrective: establishes ways to reduce the negative impact of an event.
The described action, where three project team members worked overtime to align the actual schedule with the planned schedule, is an example of a Corrective action. The team took corrective measures to address the deviation from the planned schedule, as indicated by the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) of .87. Therefore, the correct answer is C. Corrective.
C. Pg 50. Corrective: establishes ways to reduce the negative impact of an event.
B. The question says w project members worked overtime to ensure that the schedule WOULD align... regardless of outcome
They have taken the corrective action to reduce the negative impact
A risk has already occurred and now they corrected it. C is the right answer.
Answer C - Corrective There is a SPI which should be corrected to minimize the impact