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Time is Money: The Importance of Earned Value Management

MPUG

In other words, EVM helps you quantify the performance of a project. Definitions. Let’s define such using PMI as our guide: Earned value (EV) is the measure of work performed, expressed in terms of the budget authorized for that work. It compares costs and schedules to a baseline to determine if the project is on track.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Project Performance Management (#PPM). Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Project Performance Management. This process starts with the Concept of Operation, IPM 2016 , October 31 - November 2, 2016. . Management Processes (#MP).

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Next Generation Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It covered identifying requirements, interconnecting tasks, resources, planned values, actual values, baselines, performance measures, forecast techniques and timesheets. About the Authors: Elizabeth Harrin ( you know me ) is the author of several project management books, including Collaboration Tools for Project Managers (PMI, 2016).

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What Is Risk?

Herding Cats

ISO 31000:2009, ISO 17666:2016 and ISO 11231:2010 Risk is Uncertainty that Matters. risks that may prevent the end item from performing as intended or not meeting performance expectations. risks that affect the cost and schedule measures of the program. Programmatic ? Epistemic uncertainty ? from the Greek ??????µ?

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Deconstructing the Hertz and Accenture Debacle

Herding Cats

Accenture began working on the execution phase of the project in August 2016 and it continued to work until its services were terminated in May 2018. What are the Measures of Effectiveness for each Capabilities to meet the business and technical goals. What are the Technical Performance Measure for each of those deliverables.

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Modeling the Future is the Basis of Project Success

Herding Cats

For approaches that have been implemented on existing systems, obtaining such understanding may require measurement and analysis. For scenarios where the project under consideration does not yet exist, performance prediction using analytical modeling or simulation is necessary. Let's start with a definition.