Your project is tasked with the excavation of 1,000,000 cubic feet of soil. According to the project management plan you need to excavate 60,000 cubic feet of soil per week at a cost of $5 per cubic feet. According to the first month’s progress report, the project’s EV was 1,000,000 and the AC was 1,200,000. According to the second month’s progress report, the project’s EV was 2,200,000 and the AC was 4,400,000. After the 3rd month (12 weeks) you have 250,000 cubic feet of soil remaining to be excavated and your total cost to date is 4,000,000. What is the schedule performance index?

Which of the following actions would be most likely to reduce potential conflicts of interest between stockholders and managers? a. change the corporation's formal documents to make it easier for outside investors to acquire a controlling interest in the firm through a hostile takeover. b. eliminate a requirement that members of the board of directors must hold a high percentage of their personal wealth in the firm's stock. c. for a firm that compensates managers with stock options, reduce the time before options are vested, i.e., the time before options can be exercised and the shares that are received can be sold. d. pay managers large cash salaries and give them no stock options. e. beef up the restrictive covenants in the firm's debt agreements.