Is your schedule variance (SV) looking a little off in your earned value calculations? Don’t worry, we’re here to help you get back on track. Scheduled variance is calculated as SV = EV – PV, where EV is earned value and PV is planned value. You’re basically comparing where you are in the project with […]
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Stop Guessing and Start Forecasting Your Project Costs Your schedule is moving. Costs are accumulating. And at some point, leadership is going to ask: Are we going to finish on budget? If you’re not confident in your answer, our free eBook is worth grabbing: Forecasting a Realistic EAC with TCPI in P6. It walks you
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AACE Conference and Expo 2026 This year’s AACE Conference and Expo 2026 is on June 28-30. AACE (The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering) is celebrating 70 years of advancing the profession of cost engineering and project controls, as well as 50 years of its certification programs. This year, they’ve chosen a prestigious location
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Confused about CPI and SPI? They often sit together in project reports and there’s a good reason for that. But they measure very different things. If you’re unsure how to interpret them, or when one matters more than the other, you’re not alone. In this article, we’ll cover how to use the metrics, tell them
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Today we’re going to take a look at Earned Value Management (EVM). Managing a project can feel like driving on a foggy road: you know where you want to go, but it’s hard to tell if you’re on time, on budget or heading off-course. Earned Value Management (EVM) is a simple set of ideas and
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We have been waiting a while for this update to the EIA-748 Rev D, aptly titled EIA-748 Rev E. This has been a multi-year project undertaken by the NDIA, who labor tirelessly to develop both useful and understandable guidelines that we can use in our development and modification of a compliant earned value management system.
Evaintheuk, known as EVA#33 (as it is in its thirty-third year), will be held as a two-day conference, on April 28 and 29 at Armourers Hall, 81 Coleman St, Moorgate, London EC2R 5BJ. The theme for this year’s conference will be putting the EV into AchiEVement, with a day focused on controls and another on
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In an earned value environment, nothing should start without a work authorization document – and yet, it’s one of the most overlooked parts of project setup. In this article we’ll explain what this document is, how it fits into project control and why it’s important, especially in the context of preparing for your Integrated Baseline
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This year’s EVM Practitioners’ Forum 2025 will be held at the UVA Darden Conference Center (1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209) on Wednesday October 22nd and Thursday October 23rd. In its 15th year, the EVM Practitioners’ Forum presents a two-day workshop for project control professionals, covering EVM tools, analysis, scheduling and reporting. Wednesday Morning DoD
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Evaintheuk, known as EVA#32, will be held on 22 May 2025 at the prestigious Armourers’ Hall, Moorgate. 81 Coleman St, London EC2R 5BJ. EVA#32 is an independent conference founded by Steve Wake in 1996. It is aimed at Middle and Senior managers and Directors and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., culminating in
