Earned Value Management – Fast Start Guide

Discover How to Make Your Project Control Even More Effective and Bring More Transparency and Security to Your Projects This book covers the basic concepts of EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT in an easy understandable way. You will find on more than 200 pages comprehensive knowledge about Earned Value Management, simply explained with more than 50 illustrations – and aligned with the PMBOK® Guide. Project control and reporting of costs, schedules, technical progress and risks is essential in projects. With EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT (EVM) you get an extremely effective project control tool to bring the necessary transparency and security to your projects. Find out the answers to this difficult questions: The actual costs are lower than the planned costs. Does this mean that the project is working well or that it is behind schedule? The actual costs are higher than the planned costs and the project is half completed. What are the estimated costs of the project when it is completed? When will the project be completed? How efficiently are we using our time and resources? How much will the profit or ROI be at the end of the project? With the answers to these questions you will quickly know the real status and health of your project. Overly optimistic estimates regarding actual project progress are quickly revealed with the EVM performance figures. This way you obtain early warning signals to manage your project successfully and you can also make early forecasts of the project end costs and the probable project duration. In this book you will discover the most important concepts of Earned Value Management in order to apply it successfully. You will learn about the following topics: Project control fundamentals The Genesis of Earned Value Management What is Earned Value Management and…