A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management

Charles I. Budd

ISBN 10: 1567261671 / ISBN 13: 9781567261677

Published by Kogan Page, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567261671
• ISBN 13: 9781567261677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Now you don't have to know accounting to understand and reap the benefits of earned value project management. In one convenient resource, A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management spells out everything you need to know to use this highly effective project management tool.

First you'll get an overview of the earned value management system (EVMS) and how it's used. Then you'll take a look at the 32 criteria - and learn how each corresponds with successful project management. Next, you'll move through the lifecycle of a sample project to see how the components of the earned value system are applied. Along the way, you'll learn how to:

• Interpret and use the earned value management system to manage your projects

• Compute variances that are more meaningful to project owners and project teams

• Design reports and graphs with more valuable information

• Address unfavorable earned value metrics

• Compare projects to better understand which ones are doing well, which are in trouble, and which need to go

With A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management, you'll gain an understanding of the EVMS, develop skills for using the system yourself, and learn techniques for meeting EVMS criteria - everything you need to complete projects successfully!

About the Authors

Charles I. Budd, PMP, is a principal of Budd Management Systems in Atlanta, Georgia. He is certified as a system analyst by the Foundation for Administration Research and is active in the Project Management Institute. He was CEO of the Financial Information Trust, President of International Computer Systems, Inc., and founded Technology Connections, Inc.

Charlene Spoede Budd, PhD, CPA, CMA, CFM, PMP, is Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Baylor University, where she has taught graduate management accounting and graduate project management courses. She is Chair of the Finance & Measures Committee of the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOCICO) and is a certified academic in all five TOCICO areas.