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Earned Value Management

BAC
PV
EV
AC
SV
CV
SPI
SPIC
CPI
CPIC
Budget %
Spent

No Formula.
No Formula. It is sometimes
expressed as a %age of BAC.
No Formula. It is sometimes shown as
a %age of BAC or PV.
No Formula.
SV = EV PV
CV = EV AC
SPI = EV / PV
SPIC =EV / PV
CPI = EV / AC
CPIC = EV / AC

100


Project %
Complete

ETC

EAC
VAC
TCPI


100

ETC = (BAC EV) / CPI
ETC = (BAC EV)
ETC = (BAC EV) / CPIp
EAC = AC + ETC
EAC = AC + (BAC EV)
EAC = AC + (BAC EV) / CPI
EAC = BAC / CPI
EAC = AC + [(BAC EV) / (CPI * SPI)]
VAC = BAC EAC
TCPI = (BAC EV) / (BAC AC)
TCPI = (BAC EV) / (EAC AC)

Estimation
Network Diagram
Total Float
Free Float

TF = LS ES
TF = LF EF
FF = ESSuccessor ESPresent DurPresent

Project Selection Methods

PV = FV / (1 + r)n
PV = FV * DF
NPV = PV
ROI = Return / Investment
BCR = Benefits / Costs
CBR = Costs / Benefits
Formula not needed. Higher is better.

PV / DCF
NPV
ROI
BCR
CBR
IRR
Payback
Period
No formula. Lesser the better.
Opportunity
Cost
No formula.

E = (O + P + M) / 3
Triangular
 +



=
Distribution
18
E = (O + P + 4*M) / 6
PERT
= (P O) / 6
Range Est.
R = E (n * )
Activity Var. Var = 2
Path Var.
VarPath = (Var)
Path St.

 =  
Deviation
1 = 68.27%
2 = 95.45%
3 = 99.73%
4 - 99.994%
5 = 99.99994%
Sigma Values 6 = 99.999999%

Communication Channels
Expected Monetary Value
EMVR
EMVP
Net Benefit

C = n*(n 1) / 2

EMVR = P * I
EMVP = EMVR
Net Benefit = EMVP Cost

Procurement
Pt. of Total
Assumption

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Earned Value Management
BAC
PV
EV
AC
SV
CV
SPI

Budget At Completion
Planned Value
Earned Value
Actual Cost
Schedule Variance
Cost Variance
Schedule Performance Index

SPIC
CPI
CPIC
ETC
EAC
VAC
TCPI

Cumulative Schedule Performance

Index
Cost Performance Index
Cumulative Cost Performance Index
Estimate To Complete
Estimate At Completion
Variance At Completion
To Complete Performance Index

Network Diagram
TF
FF
ES
LS
EF
LF
Dur

Estimation

Total Float
Free Float
Early Start
Late Start
Early Finish
Late Finish
Duration

E
O
P
M
SD
St. Deviation

Var
VarPath
n

Project Selection Methods

PV
DCF
FV
r
n
DF
NPV
ROI
BCR
CBR
IRR

Present Value
Discounted Cash Flow
Future Value
Discount Rate
Number of years
Discount Factor
Net Present Value
Return on Investment
Benefit Cost Ratio
Cost Benefit Ratio
Internal Rate of Return

Standard Deviation or Sigma

Variance of an Activity
Variance of a Network Path
Sigma multiplication Factor

Communication Channels
C
n

Number of Communication Channels

Number of Stakeholders

Procurement

Expected Monetary Value

EMVR
P
I
EMVP

Expected Value
Optimistiv Value
Pessimistic Value
Most Likely Value

Expected Monetary Value for Risk

Probability
Impact (Monetary Value)
Expected Monetary Value for Project

PTA
Pt. of Total
Assumtion
CP
TP
TC

Point of Total Assumption

Ceiling Price
Target Price
Target Cost

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Version: 1.0a
Release Date: January 01, 2015