Large Homes Inc

Multiple Choice

Large Homes Inc. is currently in the midst of a big residential construction project. The company's operations manager is looking at estimated completion dates for the various phases of construction. A major problem that he encounters is that the site excavation took three weeks longer than anticipated. The operations manager wants to make up the lost time in the other phases, but those phases are also falling behind because of the use of construction materials and methods the company has never used before. Which of the following tools might have helped the operations manager better manage the project scheduling?

A) Enterprise Resource Planning
B) Critical Path Method
C) Computer­aided design
D) Vertical integration