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Conference Paper Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 29 October 2013

EVM for the rest of us

By Bergerud, Christen Earned value management (EVM) has gained a reputation for being overly complex and burdensome to implement. Based on these misconceptions, many organizations have missed out on the opportunity to…

Conference Paper Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, Construction, Telecommunications 24 April 2013

Differences of earned value management practices in construction

By Boydak, Attila Earned value management (EVM) is a powerful project management method that is implemented in engineering and construction projects. There are various recommended methods and frameworks for EVM…

Article Scheduling, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management February 2013

Project Management Journal

A Bayesian approach to improve estimate at completion in earned value management

By Caron, Franco | Ruggeri, Fabrizio | Merli, Alessandro Forecasting represents a core project management process. Estimates at completion in terms of cost and schedule provide essential data and advice to the project team to lead and control the project…

Conference Paper Strategy, Quality Management, Benefits Realization, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 23 October 2012

Earned value management

By Heinlein, J. W. | Craig, Christopher | Perotti, John | Pearson, Megan | Wooten, Teressa | Balderson, Lucas Growing pressure on federal budgets creates the strategic imperative to increase the transparency of the performance of agencies' mission-critical investments, as well as heighten their realized…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Benefits Realization, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 18 July 2012

The earned schedule

By Anbari, Frank T. The Earned Value Management (EVM) and the Critical Path Method (CPM) are widely accepted methods and are often used simultaneously to evaluate project performance. The common practice is to use EVM…

Article Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, Aerospace & Defense February 2012

Project Management Journal

History, practices, and future of earned value management in government

By Kwak, Young-Hoon | Anbari, Frank T. Earned value management (EVM) is a management methodology for integrating scope, schedule, and resources, and for measuring project performance and progress. The goal of this research is to explore…

Conference Paper Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, Aerospace & Defense 12 October 2010

Effective earned value management

By Shepherd, Bill By measuring a project's earned value, project managers can gain valuable insight into a project team's performance. This paper examines how project professionals can use an earned value management…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Requirements Management, Agile, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, SCRUM 12 October 2010

Beyond backlogs and burndowns--complementing "agile" methods with EVM for improved project performance

By Nikravan, Bijan | Forman, James B. The agile approach can help project teams quickly adapt to changing stakeholder requirements and volatile project conditions. Earned value management (EVM) provides project managers with an…

Conference Paper Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, Information Technology 14 July 2010

The time dependence of CPI and SPI for software projects

By Warburton, Roger David Hand This paper proposes a formal method for including time dependence in Earned Value Management (EVM). The model requires three parameters: the reject rate for completion of activities, the cost…

Case Study Scheduling, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 8 November 2006

PMI Global Congress—Latin America

Managing firmed fixed price projects using EVM: a case-study

By Prasad, Vijay | Rajkumar, P. | Rastogi, Subhash C. This paper examines a case study of how one IT service provider used EVM to implement a FFP project