Lynda - Calculating Earned Value with Aileen Ellis 
1h 7m Appropriate for all Mar 18, 2014 | Uploaded in Oct 7, 2014 by 2boweb

Subjects: Business Project Management Business Skills 

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BAC, CV, ETC, TCPI. Don't let the alphabet of earned value acronyms deter you. Follow along with Aileen Ellis, PMP, PgMP, as she walks you through earned value calculation. Relevant for those considering the PMP exam or interested in better managing your project performance, this course shows you the calculations that make earned value management (EVM) one of the most critical project metrics. Aileen walks through two concrete examples, a construction project and a system upgrade, and shows how earned value metrics can help you calculate current performance and forecast future performance. Since it's not all a numbers game, interpret the results of these calculations and forecasts to make better project decisions.
Topics include:

    What is earned value management?
    Who uses EVM?
    Determining budget at completion, planned value, and earned value
    Calculating schedule and cost variance as well as schedule and cost performance index
    Forecasting future costs
    Computing TCPI for project success
    Exploring limitations of EVM