Answer Happy

Examine each segment’s information individually at first.
Look at the original budget and the project-to-date actual cost
information for the completed months (all values are in thousands
of dollars), then the forecast for the remaining months and the
bottom-line updated FCAC for that segment. For each
individual segment forecast do you feel the total bottom-line FCAC
provided to you may be too conservative (i.e. too high /
too pessimistic), too aggressive (i.e. too low / too optimistic) or
“reasonable and realistic?” Referencing the data,
WHY do you feel that way for each segment?
What follow-up questions do you have based on your
initial look at their summaries of actual results and
forecasts?
E-Street On-Ramp FCAC:
Tenth Avenue Exit FCAC:
Updated Forecast Cost At Completion - Thousands of Dollars Garden State E-Street Thunder Road 10th Avenue Exit Parkway On-Ramp Overpass Improvements Thousands Thousands Thousands Baseline Actual Baseline Actual Baseline Actual Calendar Project and Plan and Plan and Month Month Budget Forecast Budget Forecast Budget Forecast July 1 $150 $141 $200 $196 $300 $328 Aug 2 $100 $94 $125 $126 $240 $252 Sep 3 $100 $90 $125 $123 $240 $256 Plan Oct 4 $100 $125 $180 $240 $254 Nov 5 $100 $92 $93 $90 $125 $124 $240 $251 Dec 6 $100 $125 $126 $240 $255 Jan 7 $100 $100 $125 $125 $240 $224 Feb 8 $100 $125 $240 $224 $100 $100 $125 $125 Mar 9 $240 $224 $100 $100 Apr 10 $100 $125 $240 $224 May 11 $100 $100 $125 $125 $125 $125 $1,575 $125 $240 $224 June 12 $240 $224 Total Budget and updated FCAC $100 $1,250 Baseline Plan Budget $100 $1,200 Updated FCAC $125 $1,625 Updated FCAC Baseline Plan Budget $2,940 Baseline Plan Budget $2,940 Updated FCAC