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Article Scope Management, Schedule Management, Cost Control, Earned Value Management 1 October 2016

Project Management Journal

Practical Application and Empirical Evaluation of Reference Class Forecasting for Project Management

By Batselier, Jordy | Vanhoucke, Mario Traditionally, project managers produce cost and time forecasts by predicting the future course of specific events. In contrast, reference class forecasting (RCF) bypasses human judgment by basing…

Article Organizational Project Management, Earned Value Management February 2015

PM Network

EVM : still proving its value

By Burba, Donovan According to PMI's Pulse of the Profession® in-depth report: Organizational Agility, nearly 90 percent of executives surveyed by the Economic Intelligence Unit ranked organizational agility as vital…

Conference Paper Earned Value Management 26 October 2014

Earned value management systems key document integration using Excel®

By Lee, JongSun This paper discusses how to effectively integrate work authorization earned value management systems (EVMS) documentation using an enterprise spreadsheet software product. Given its wide level of…

Conference Paper Teams, Earned Value Management 5 May 2014

Beyond earned value management

By Spitczok von Brisinski, Niklas This paper introduces a "team barometer," a tool to measure a team's trust, both in the project's success and its manager, fixed in a "team trust index."The tool was applied to a German IT…

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 Schedule Management, Cost Control, 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 Control, 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 Quality Management, Cost Control, Earned Value Management 23 October 2012

EVM--a disciplined approach to project management

By Terrell, Michael S. | Singleton, Cindy J. Earned value management (EVM) is a system of project controls based on a structured approach to planning, cost control, and schedule performance measurement. EVM is not the objective of project…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Benefits Realization, Earned Value Management 23 October 2012

TCPI

By Scott, William J. This paper examines the to-complete performance index (TCPI) as one of the forecasting tools of earned value management (EVM). It explores why project personnel should care about earned value…