Proliance Earned Value
Brant Carter Director Product Management, Meridian Systems Agenda
• Introductions • Proliance Functional Review • Proliance Budget & Cost • Proliance Scheduling • Earned Value Basics • Earned Value Challenges • Proliance Earned Value Earned Value Basics
Earned Value: (definition) A project management technique for measuring project performance and progress in an objective manner
Earned Value allows more insight into project performance Earned Value Basics
1. Setup a Plan 2. Measure Actuals 3. Measure Progress
Planned Value : What you expect the project to cost –at various points in time. Actual Costs: What you have actually spent to date –at various points in time. Earned Value: Your project performance (both Cost and Schedule) Earned Value Basics
Actual Cost is greater than Earned Value Over Budget. Planned Value is greater than Earned Value Behind Schedule. Earned Value Details
Earned Value Components
Component Formula Source Planned Work Current Budget Proliance Cost System Actual Work Invoiced To Date Proliance Cost System Earned %Complete * Planned Work Proliance Schedule Forecast EAC – Invoiced To Date Calculated
*Proliance has all the data required to calculate earned value Earned Value Metrics
Alternate Terminology
Term Alternate Planned Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (BCWS) Actual Actual Cost of Work Performed (ACWP) Earned Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (BCWP) Forecast Estimate at Completion (EAC) Proliance Cost Control
• Budgeting • Commitments • Anticipated Cost Report Proliance Scheduling
• Manage Tasks • Schedule Progress • Flexible Coding Earned Value Metrics
How to use EV metrics?
Schedule Performance & Cost Performance