Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Planned
Start
Mon 10/13/14
Planned
Finish
Fri - 10/31/14
10,000
Fri -11/28/14
30,000
Activity Three
Mon 10/20/14
Mon -11/3/14
Fri -11/14/14
7,000
Activity Four
Mon -10/13/14
Fri -11/14/14
20,000
Activity Five
Mon 11/17/14
Fri - 12/5/14
10,000
Activity Six
Mon -12/8/14
Fri -12/19/14
7,000
Activity One
Activity Two
Budget
EV Accrual
Rule
Percent
Complete with
Gates
Fixed Formula
-50/50
Fixed Formula
-20/80
Weighted
Milestones
Fixed Formula
0/100
Fixed Formula
0/100
Activity Two has a start-to-start relationship (one week lag time) with Activity One.
Activity Three has a finish-to-start relationship with Activity One. Activity Five has
finish-to-start relationships with activities Three and Four. Activity Six has finish-tostart relationships with activities Two and Five.
Assumptions
1. Assume a five-day work week.
2. For all activities (except Activity Four), assume the expenditure rate is
constant over the duration of the activity, i.e.:
PMAN 650
Session 5 Individual Assignment
Earned Value
The project sponsor wants you (the PM) to present a project cost and schedule
performance assessment using data through Friday, Nov 7, 2014. You have collected
the following information:
Activity
Activity One
Activity Two
Actual Start
Mon 10/13/14
Mon -
Actual Finish
Fri - 11/3/14
Actual Cost
12,000
12,000
PMAN 650
Session 5 Individual Assignment
Earned Value
Activity
Activity
Activity
Activity
10/20/14
Mon -11/4/14
Mon -10/13/14
Three
Four
Five
Six
4,000
20,000
0
0
For Activity One, three equally-valued gates have been established and all gates are
complete as of 11/7/14.
For Activity Four, four milestones have been established with the following values:
(1) milestone 1 30%; milestone 2- 30%; milestone 3 10%; milestone 4 -30%.
Three of the milestones are complete as of 11/7/14.
Planned Value
(PV)
Earned Value
(EV)
Activity One
Activity Two
Activity Three
Activity Four
Activity Five
Activity Six
Entire Project
Actual Cost
(AC)
12,000
12,000
4,000
20,000
0
0
Activity
Activity
Activity
Activity
One
Two
Three
Four
Schedule
Variance
(SV)
Schedule
Performanc
e Index
(SPI)
Cost
Variance
(CV)
Cost
Performa
nce Index
(CPI)
PMAN 650
Session 5 Individual Assignment
Earned Value
Activity Five
Activity Six
Entire Project
b. Is the project ahead of schedule, on schedule, or behind schedule?
What information are you using to make this assessment and why?
c. Is the project over budget, under budget, or on budget? What
information are you using to make this assessment and why?
3. Earned Value Forecasts
a. Calculate the range (low/most-likely/high) of possible Estimates-atCompletion (EAC).
b. Using the low EAC, what is the Estimate-to-Complete (ETC)?
c. Using the high EAC, how much more or less money (other than the
current budgeted amount) will you need to finish the project?
d. How much would the Cost Performance Index (CPI) have to change in
order to complete the project within the original budget?