Which of the following, if true about the planning process for the Pest Eradication Device, supports the executive's argument?

A) The issues discussed during the goals-setting process included concerns about the marketability of the finished product in addition to concerns about costs and deadlines.
B) Project managers spent a significant amount of time discussing how the project's execution might change if certain events occurred, but the managers knew that it was possible that none of those events would actually happen.
C) The project managers recognized that unforeseen changes in the external environment that could not have been anticipated could affect the success of the project.
D) The time spent searching for ways to make the project more time efficient took more time than it would have taken to complete the project in an inefficient way.
E) Conflicts over issues of project goals were more extensive than conflicts over how to carry out the project.

Answer: D
Explanation: D) The executive thinks that excessive planning hurt the project. Choice D, if true, backs that up because it doesn't make any sense to spend so much time looking for time savings if the time you might save would be less than the time you spend looking. Think of it this way: It doesn't make sense to spend an hour looking for a way to save 15 minutes. The other choices are normal issues that come up during healthy planning processes.