Patent ID: 7904324

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of assessing schedule performance of a project, said method comprising: generating, by a computing application capable of managing said project, a scheduled performance index (SPI) by calculating BCWP/BCWS, wherein said BCWP is a budgeted cost of work performed associated with said project, wherein said BCWS is a budgeted cost of work scheduled associated with said project, wherein said generated SPI is greater than 100%, and wherein said generated SPI being greater than 100% indicates that said project, as a whole, is ahead of schedule based on a baseline of said project; generating, by said computing application, a Behind Schedule Performance Index (BSPI) that excludes an ahead of schedule component (AHEAD) of a schedule variance (SV) from said SPI, wherein said SV=AHEAD+BEHIND, wherein said BEHIND is a behind schedule component of said SV, wherein said generating said BSPI includes determining (BCWP−AHEAD)/BCWS, wherein (BCWP−AHEAD)/BCWS is equivalent to (BCWS+BEHIND)/BCWS, wherein said AHEAD is greater than zero, and wherein said BEHIND is less than zero; determining, by said computing application, a difference between said generated SPI and said generated BSPI exceeds a predetermined threshold value; determining, by said computing application, one or more tasks of said project are behind schedule based on said difference between said generated SPI and said generated BSPI exceeding said predetermined threshold value, even though said project, as a whole, is classified as being ahead of schedule as indicated by said SPI; and generating, by said computing application and subsequent to said determining said difference, a behind schedule exception report that includes said one or more tasks of said project that are behind schedule based on said baseline of said project and that excludes any task of said project that is ahead of schedule based on said baseline.