The discussion above most strongly suggests that the project manager and the executive would disagree about the answer to which of the following questions?
A) Was the Pest Eradication Device a failure?
B) At ACME, is planning usually more successful than it was on the Pest Eradication Device project?
C) Would more planning have made the Pest Eradication Device more likely to be a success?
D) Could the Pest Eradication Device have been a success under any circumstances?
E) Did the lateness of the Pest Eradication Device contribute to its failure?
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The project manager believes that the failure was caused by insufficient planning, and the executive believes that there was too much. So they must disagree on the question in Choice C. Choice A: They agree that the project was a failure. Choice B: Neither offers an opinion on planning at ACME in general. Choice D: Both seem to think that the project could have gone better. They just disagree about the cause of the problem. Choice E: The speakers agree that lateness was a problem, but they disagree about what caused the lateness.
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