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How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

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Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. Without that knowledge, the project is running blindly, and anyone who’s tried this knows the dangers. What Is a Performance Measurement Baseline? Learn more.

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

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Projects cost money. But what’s harder to discern is if the project is worth the investment. The last thing stakeholders want is to discover the project isn’t financially effective. That’s where the cost performance index comes in. It can also help to make your budgeted resources more cost-effective.

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Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

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Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget. But what exactly is project performance? Project management software can help.

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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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A Complete Guide to PMIS

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The Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) states that a PMIS is “an information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes. PMIS is made to support all aspects of project management and the information they monitor or collect.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Whether you’re tailoring your resume with project management skills , preparing for an interview, seeking to earn a certification , or simply seeking clarity in meetings, this list of top project management buzzwords should prove to be an invaluable tool. Feasibility Study An analysis of a project’s viability.

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Introduction to Earned Value Formulas

MPUG

Actual Cost Actual cost (abbreviated as AC) is simply the total amount spent on the project so far. You can get this number from your finance analyst, budget spreadsheet, or report. Budget at Completion (BAC) Budget at completion (BAC) is exactly what it sounds like: the budget forecast.

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