Complete Question:
The project team is ordering a server after discovering that it was missed in the original scope discovery of the project. There is an urgency to have it delivered quickly to minimize schedule slippage, but the project team does not want to spend money from dwindling reserves to pay for the additional shipping charges. Which of the following is the most accurate description of this situation?
A. There is an attribute issue since fast shipping and low cost shipping are both characteristics associated with shipping.
B. There is a budget issue since there isn't extra money for shipping.
C. There is a mutual exclusivity issue since shipping fast and low cost do not correlate to each other.
D. There is a time issue since the server needs to arrive quickly
Answer:
C. There is a mutual exclusivity issue since shipping fast and low cost do not correlate to each other
Explanation:
The most accurate description of this situation is that there is a mutual exclusivity issue since shipping fast and low cost do not correlate to each other. If two events are mutually exclusive, they cannot occur concurrently.
Mutually exclusivity describes the characteristics of events, which makes it impossible for them to occur together (concurrently) or at the same time. This ultimately implies that the events or outcome of the sampling is disjointed.
In this scenario, there is an urgency to have the server delivered quickly (shipping fast) to minimize schedule slippage, but the project team does not want to spend money from dwindling reserves to pay for the additional shipping charges which is considered to be a high cost.
