I. Defining the Project Scope
- Project versus Product Scope
- Decomposition
- Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Developing a time-scaled Network Diagram
- Developing the Project Cost Baseline
- Discrete Work Effort Rules
- Dependent Task Rules
- Earned Value elements
- Measuring Schedule Performance
- Measuring Cost Performance
- Interpreting the Formulas
- Management Overview Formulas
- As a root cause analysis tool
- Understanding the Language of Variances
- Forecasting Terminology
- Forecasting based on Typical Variances
- Forecasting based on Atypical Variances
- Is the project performing as planned?
- What is the projected completion date/budget?
- Is the project ok? Or is recovery necessary?
Understanding Earned Value Management
GES 415 -- 30 hours
Course Outline
- Project versus Product Scope
- Decomposition
- Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Developing a time-scaled Network Diagram
- Developing the Project Cost Baseline
- Discrete Work Effort Rules
- Dependent Task Rules
- Earned Value elements
- Measuring Schedule Performance
- Measuring Cost Performance
- Interpreting the Formulas
- Management Overview Formulas
- As a root cause analysis tool
- Understanding the Language of Variances
- Forecasting Terminology
- Forecasting based on Typical Variances
- Forecasting based on Atypical Variances
- Is the project performing as planned?
- What is the projected completion date/budget?
- Is the project ok? Or is recovery necessary?
I. Defining the Project Scope


























































