Using Earned Value
Subtitle: A Project Manager's Guide
Publisher: Gower Publishing Company
Published: October 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780566085338
Subjects: Project management; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Corporate Finance; Reference - General; Business budgets; Cost control; Management; Program budgeting
First sentence: There cannot be many who practise in the field of project management who haven't brushed against earned value performance measurement at some point in their careers.
Description: "The concept of 'earned value' as a project management tool has been around since the 1960s; although recognized as an important technique and widely used on US Government contracts, it failed to excite much interest in the wider world because of its specifically American requirements and the cumbersome, prescriptive bureaucracy that seemed to accompany it."

"Recently however, with the advent of suitable software and used in a much more flexible way, there has been a growth in interest among project managers. Crucially it has been recognized that this technique can be helpful in a wide variety of projects of almost any size, not just government projects costing billions of pounds. In essence, earned value allows the project manager a more precise view of actual project performance in terms of both value generated and schedule progress than is possible with any other approach."

"The book uses worked examples, cases and anecdotes from the author's own extensive experience to bring this technical subject to life. Alan's writing style is direct and economical, which means that whether you are dipping into chapters for reference or reading about the process from cover to cover, everything he has to say is pertinent and helpful."--Jacket.