To exploit a price-volume discount, a project manager decides to procure the full amount of a required project material. Three months later, the price for that material drops by 50 percent due to overproduction and changes in technology.
What should the project manager have done differently?

Which is an input to the Verify Scope process?

A project's core team was reassigned to a partially completed project. The new team underestimated the scope and consistently reported that their tasks were on track. The day before a major deliverable was duer the project manager learned that the product would actually be delivered 10 days behind schedule What could the project manager have done to avoid this situation?

A project manager has just taken over a project that is halfway through its schedule. In a brief meeting with the client's key project team, the project manager receives several requests from a specific client team member who was not at the project team meeting. The requests for information seem to be for trivial information that was previously submitted in project documents.
What should the project manager do first?

The consulting company has created the scope of work for the project. They are in the process of creating a schedule and budget. They have added time into the schedule for the delays that always happen. They are also allocating money into the budget for more computers and software that are usually needed beyond what is initially forecast. These items are an example of what?