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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 3: Using MS Project to Track and Report on Performance, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This one’s titled using MS Project to track and report on performance.

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Closing A Project with MS Project

MPUG

For cost performance, you can use: Cost Overruns report, which shows Task Cost Variance and Resource Cost Variance with cost overrun and/or underrun graphically Earned Value related cost performance measures such as Cost Variance (CV) and Cost Performance Index (CPI), among others.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Continuous Improvement The ongoing effort to improve a project process, product, or service to achieve better results. Cost Estimation The process of estimating project costs is done by leveraging historical data, expert judgment, or quantitative models. Feasibility Study An analysis of a project’s viability.

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Introduction to Earned Value Formulas

MPUG

In this article, we’ll review some of the common terminology you’ll come across when working with project controls, especially from an earned value environment perspective. What it tells you: How much money has been spent to get to where you are today on the project.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Suggested Fix Can Be Effective

Herding Cats

And more importantly you'll know those making any suggestion for a fix to any problem when there is no Root Cause of that problem are just treating the symptoms and the problem will recur over and over - just like the recurring problems with project cost and schedule overruns. . Related articles. Humpty Dumpty and #NoEstimates.

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What is A System for Value Delivery in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

The Role of Project-Associated Functions These functions are the project knowledge areas indispensable for the seamless planning, execution, and control of projects. This article serves as a simple statement; a reminder of the actions taken within company operations and projects.

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The Problems with Schedules

Herding Cats

Here's an article, recently referenced by a #NoEstimates twitter post. The headline is deceiving, the article DOES NOT suggest we don't need deadline, but that deadlines without credible assessment of their credibility are the source of many problems on large program. The Core Problem with Project Success. Related articles.