While reviewing an ongoing project, the IS auditor notes that the development team has spent eight hours of activity on the first day against a budget of 24 hours (over three days). The projected time to complete the remainder of the activity is 20 hours. The IS auditor should report that the project:

A. is behind schedule.

B. is ahead of schedule.

C. is on schedule.

D. cannot be evaluated until the activity is completed.

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The correct answer is A

A. Earned value analysis (EVA) is based on the premise that if a project task is assigned 24 hours for completion, it can be reasonably completed during that time frame. According to EVA, the project is behind schedule because the value of the eight hours spent on the task should be only four hours, considering that 20 hours of effort remain to be completed.

B. The project is not ahead of schedule because the work remaining exceeds the time allotted.

C. The project is not on schedule because only 16 hours remain to do 20 hours work.

D. The amount of work left has been evaluated at 20 hours and the time left on the project is 16 hours, so the auditor can evaluate the current status of the project.

Question #: 318 CISA Job Practice Task Statement: 3.4

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