|
| Browse Titles | ||
| Journals | ||
| Customer Resources | ||
| About Us | ||
| Alliances | ||
|
Publish With Us |
||
|
Join Our E-Lists |
||
|
Contact Us |
||
|
||
|
||
| Back to Category |
| |
 | ||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Read the Reviews:
"This guide offers an easy and effective way to learn how to apply the earned value management
technique to real world projects using Microsoft Project. The EVM tool included brings a
coherent framework that can be used on any project. I highly recommend this book."
—Kesary Vanaja, Project Manager, HCL Technologies Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
About the Item:
Schedule and cost management are the most essential parts of project lifecycle management and many projects fail as a result of not managing these critical components effectively. The most commonly used tool for project schedule management is Microsoft Office Project, which is designed to assist project managers in developing schedules, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing workloads. The most common technique used for cost management is earned value management (EVM), a project management technique used for measuring project progress in an objective manner that combines measurements of project scope, schedule and cost performance within a single integrated methodology. EVM is becoming the standard across the world for this purpose in both the private and public sector and many organizations are now adopting this technique to manage their projects. In the public sector, EVM is mandated for all government projects in the United States and many other countries are following suit.
Earned Value Management Using Microsoft® Office Project is the first reference to effectively combine the most widely used scheduling tool with the most widely accepted cost management technique. It is a practical guide to end-to-end scheduling and cost management using Microsoft Office Project that includes a CD-ROM of a limited version of a unique EVM software tool that will help practitioners more effectively manage their projects, track and report the status and progress of projects, and take necessary action before their projects fail beyond repair. This text is an excellent complement to whatever Microsoft Office Project guide that you may be using and a significant addition to the literature on how to use EVM. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key Features:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
About the Author(s):
Sham Dayal, PMP, has over 12 years of practical experience in the IT industry where he specializes in managing projects using EVM techniques with Microsoft Project software. Mr. Dayal currently holds a program management position with MphasiS BFL Ltd, an EDS company, and is co-founder of Connoizor Software Ltd, a company that specializes in software tools and templates, project execution, and product development. Mr. Dayal was the first person at MphasiS to successfully implement EVM for project tracking (progress, status and forecasting) and was instrumental in creating a new technique for tracking the progress of production support projects. This new technique, based on the EVM concept, won a Quality Knowledge Excellence Award. Mr. Dayal is a frequent speaker on EVM and has been published in leading journals on EVM pertaining to more effective project lifecycle management. He has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a master's in Applied Statistics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction General Problems Faced in Projects Solution to Be Implemented EVM Reporting Tool Chapter 2: Schedule Management Basic Elements of a Schedule Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Estimates Resources Resource Costs Task Dependencies Chapter 3: What is Earned Value Management? EVM Introduction Basic Elements of EVM Planned Value (PV) Earned Value (EV) Actual Cost (AC) Planned Time (PT) Elapsed Time (ET) Calculation of the EV Performance Measures Schedule Variance (SV) Schedule Variance % (SV %) Schedule Performance Indicator (SPI) To-complete Schedule Performance Indicator -TSPI Schedule Variance (Time) Schedule Variance % (Time) Schedule Performance Indicator (Time) To-complete Schedule Performance Indicator (Time) Cost/Effort Variance (CV) Cost Variance % (CV%) Cost Performance Indicator (CPI) To-complete Cost Performance Indicator - TCPI Budget At Completion (BAC) Budget At Completion Time (BACt) Estimate To Complete (ETC) Estimate At Completion (EAC) Estimate At Completion Time (EACt) Variance At Completion (VAC) Variance At Completion Time (VACt) Chapter 4: Why EVM? EVM Performance Measures De-mystified Benefits Explored Monitoring the Project as it Progresses Schedule/Cost Performance at a Glance Dealing with Numbers Versus Dates Quantify & Track Delays Caused by External Factors Embrace Changes in the Project Project Monitoring Made Simple Projects On-Time & Under Budget Improved Customer Satisfaction Forecast Cost/Efforts and Time Required Forecast Future Efficiency Needed Managing Trends Total Control of the Project Chapter 5: Creating your Schedule Preparing Your Schedule Microsoft Project Setup MS Project Options Calendar Options Project Setup Information Project Setup Calendar Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Assigning the Estimates Creating Resources Resource Calendar Setup Assigning Resources Sequencing Last Level Tasks Assigning Priority to Summary Tasks Creating Recurring Tasks Resource Leveling Baseline Schedule Chapter 6: EVM Report Template Setup Preparing Your EVM Report Template for First Use EVM Template Project Options Configuration Options Populate Reporting Periods Chapter 7: Tracking Progress on the Schedule Tracking Progress in MPP Summary Level Tracking Task Level Day Wise Tracking Resource Level Day Wise Tracking Adjusting Schedule while Tracking Tracking Progress in the EVM Tool Chapter 8: Monitoring the Schedule Checking and Updating the Summary Sheet Checking the Earned Value Graph Checking the Forecast ($) Graph Checking the Forecast (Time) Graph Checking the Forecast (Index) Graph Checking the Variances ($) Graph Checking the Variances (Time) Graph Checking the Indices Graph Checking the Other Indices Graph Chapter 9: Additional Schedule Management Techniques Drilling Down to Check Tasks at Risk Re-sequencing Tasks in Your Schedule Putting Your Schedule on Hold Entire Schedule on Hold Selective Resources on Hold Updating Resource Leave/Vacation Checking for Scope Creep When to Re-baseline the Schedule? Re-baseline your Schedule Re-baseline your EVM Report Template Appendix A Appendix B Quick Reference & Glossary Index | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Related Items:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Back to Top | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Add to Cart
E-mail this page
Print this page
|
