Project Management Institute

Project Management Institute

P ractice Standard for

EARNED VALUE
MANAGEMENT

Global

Project Management Institute

Practice Standard for
Earned Value Management

Practice Standard for Earned Value Management
ISBN: 1-930699-42-5
Published by: Project Management Institute, Inc.
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Contents
Preface ............................................................................................................................... vii
Chapter 1—Introduction ........................................................................................................1
1.1 The Role of Earned Value Management................................................................1
1.2 EVM and the Project Management Process ..........................................................2
Chapter 2—Basic Elements of Earned Value Management ......................................................7
2.1 Descriptions of the Basic EVM Elements ..............................................................7
Planned Value..............................................................................................7
Earned Value ................................................................................................8
Actual Cost ...................................................................................................8
2.2 Derivations of the Basic EVM Elements ................................................................9
Planned Value..............................................................................................9
Earned Value Measurement Techniques .........................................................9
Earned Value ..............................................................................................12
Actual Cost.................................................................................................13
2.3 Putting it All Together ........................................................................................13
Chapter 3—EVM Performance Analysis and Forecasting .......................................................15
3.1 Schedule Analysis and Forecasting (How are we doing timewise?) .......................17
Schedule Variance (Are we ahead or behind schedule?)...