Your project selection committee is considering four projects. Project A’s NPV is positive, it has an IRR of 14 percent, and the payback period is 21 months. Project B’s NPV is negative, it has an IRR of 9 percent, and the payback period is 16 months. Project C’s NPV is positive, it has an IRR of 16 percent, and the payback period is 18 months. Project D’s NPV is negative, it has an IRR of 16 percent, and the payback period is 13 months. Which project should you choose?

You are a project manager for Fly Me to Miami travel services. You are in the process of documenting and distributing project information. You know all of the following statements are true regarding information exchange except for which one?

You are the project manager for the Heart of Texas casual clothing company. It’s introducing a new line of clothing called Black Sheep Ranch Wear. You will outsource the production of this clothing line to a vendor. Your legal department has recommended you use a contract that reimburses the seller’s allowable costs and includes a fixed fee upon completion of the contract. Which of the following contract types will you use?

A project manager is preparing to lead a project status meeting. The project is currently 75 percent complete and is reaching the most critical point. Since the project sponsor is planning on attending the meeting, the project manager decides to update the earned value calculations to present the latest performance updates in terms that the sponsor will want to see. The budget at completion (BAC) is set at $550,000, and the current estimate at completion (EAC) is at $525,000. What variance at completion (VAC) value will the project manager communicate to the sponsor?