How do these constantly changing priorities affect the organization’s performance measures?
Project managers are constantly having to compete for and reallocate specialist staff. As a result, the specialists’ priorities are constantly changing and they are frequently required to delay work on one task in order to complete a task that has been given a higher priority. How do these constantly changing priorities affect the organization’s performance measures?
OPTIONS
- Increased throughput
- Reduced work item age
- Increased work in progress
- Reduced wait time
ANSWER
Increased work in progress
EXPLANATION
Work in progress (WIP) is a measure of unfinished work items. Delaying tasks and starting other tasks increases the WIP queue.