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For instance, one student asked me why he got a question on the technique of "Activity on Arrow" (AOA) on his exam, even though at that time,  this technique had been removed from The PMBOK Guide. My answer was as follows...

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You are managing a hotel construction project. You are doing great in terms of the project schedule but you have a gut feeling that you might be over budget. You ask your project team to calculate the current project performance measurements. Your project TCPI based on BAC is 0.9.

Which of the following is true regarding your project's current situation reflected by this TCPI value?

A. You are within your budget
B. You are over budget
C. You are behind schedule
D. You are ahead of schedule

Hint: TCPI is not a schedule performance measurement.

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In this week's lesson learned we feature Susan Landin, PMP. Learn from her story as she share some tips and pointers in the PMP exam.

"I studied for 12 weeks, 6 days a week on average of 3 hours per day. Gathering and filling out the application was a small project in itself. I was one of the lucky ones to get selected for audit. Since I already discussed my application with prior managers, submitting the documents were quite easy. I was approved in less than a week!"...

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