A complete toolkit for implementation of Earned Value Management
Performance-Based Earned Value uniquely shows project managers how to
effectively integrate technical, schedule, and cost objectives by
improving earned value management (EVM) practices. Providing innovative
guidelines, methods, examples, and templates consistent with capability
models and standards, this book approaches EVM from a practical level
with understandable techniques that are applicable to the management of
any project.
Clear and unambiguous instructions explain how to incorporate EVM with
key systems engineering, software engineering, and project management
processes such as establishing the technical or quality baseline,
requirements management, using product metrics, and meeting success
criteria for technical reviews. Detailed information is included on
linking product requirements, project work products, the project plan,
and the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), as well as correlating
technical performance measures (TPM) with EVM. With straightforward
instructions on how to use EVM on a simple project, such as building a
house, and on complex projects, such as high-risk IT and engineering
development projects, it is the only book that includes excerpts from
the PMI(R)'s Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R)), CMMI, the
EVM System standard, systems engineering standards, federal acquisition
regulations, and Department of Defense guides.
Performance-Based Earned Value allows both novices and experienced
project managers, including project manager of suppliers and customers
in the commercial and government sectors; software and systems
engineering process improvement leaders; CMMI appraisers; PMI members;
and IEEE Computer Society members to:
- Incorporate product requirements and planned quality into the PMB
- Conduct an Integrated Baseline Review
- Analyze performance reports
- Perform independent assessments and predictive analysis
- Ensure that key TPMs are selected, monitored, and reported
- Identify the right success criteria for technical reviews
- Develop techniques for monitoring and controlling supplier performance
- Integrate risk management with EVM
- Comply with government acquisition policies and regulations
Written by Paul Solomon and Ralph Young, internationally recognized
industry experts, Performance-Based Earned Value is constructed from
guidance in standards and capability models for EVM, systems
engineering, software engineering, and project management. It is the
complete guide to EVM, invaluable in helping students prepare for the
PMI(R)-PMP(R) exam with practical examples and templates to facilitate
understanding, and in guiding project professionals in the private and
public sectors to use EVM on complex projects.
(PMI, PMBOK, PMP, and Project Management Professional are registered
marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)
