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Article Scope Management, Scheduling, Cost Management, 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 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 Quality Management, Cost Management, 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 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, Cost Management, Earned Value Management 13 October 2009

Practical calculation of delays and cost overruns

By Kanabar, Vijay | Leybourne, Stephen A. | Warburton, Roger David Hand In using earned value management (EVM), project managers can gauge the budget and schedule variances between planned work and completed work. This paper examines the new EVM calculations discussed…

Conference Paper Cost Management, Earned Value Management 13 October 2009

Merging project and corporate accounting

By Veraart, Stan A significant part of managing projects involves the control of budgets. Because of this, project managers must communicate and collaborate with accounting professionals. This paper examines which…

Conference Paper Risk Management, Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Aerospace & Defense 19 October 2008

Integrating risk and earned value management

By Shepherd, Bill The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has spearheaded many major advances in modern project management. One of these involves the integration of risk management and earned value management…

Conference Paper Cost Management, Earned Value Management, Information Technology, Construction 16 July 2008

A macro earned value model

By Warburton, Roger David Hand Project managers have long practiced earned value management (EVM) to determine a project's actual progress against its planned progress. This paper outlines a macro cost model for applying EVM, one…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Cost Management, Skill Development, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 8 November 2006

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

By Prasad, Vijay | Rajkumar, P. | Rastogi, Subhash C. Information technology (IT) projects are notorious for failing to meet client project cost and schedule targets. To transform the way IT professionals implement projects, numerous project management…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Cost Management, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management, Aerospace & Defense 19 July 2006

Phase earned value analysis

By Bower, Douglas C. In the search to find methods to improve project performance, an increasing number of organizations--mostly those in the aerospace and defense industries--have adopted earned value management (EVM).…