Your team has been asked by the construction company owner to develop a high-level dashboard for a construction project. While brainstorming, your teammate says that including the Cost Performance Index (CPI) as part of the dashboard is a must (CPI is Earned Value divided by Actual Cost). How would you respond?

Question

Your team has been asked by the construction company owner to develop a high-level dashboard for a construction project. While brainstorming, your teammate says that including the Cost Performance Index (CPI) as part of the dashboard is a must (CPI is Earned Value divided by Actual Cost). How would you respond?

SELECT ONLY ONE
A. Agree, and explain that CPI is a key performance indicator and you should definitely include it.
B.Disagree, and explain that CPI has many weaknesses and it can be misleading.
C.Disagree, and explain that CPI should not be used for high-level

Answer 1

dashboard as it is more useful for detailed project management.