The document outlines the structure and content of a course on Earned Value Management (EVM), including goals, examination formats, and key methodologies used in project management. It details the foundation and practitioner exams, their requirements, and the various topics covered in the course syllabus. Additionally, it highlights the benefits of EVM, emphasizing its role in project control and status reporting.

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2. Start and finish Course style
LunchCoffee and breaks
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3.  The underpinning philosophy of EVM
 The terminology and thinking behind EVM
 The lifecycle of project using EVM
 The understand techniques used
in EVM
Main goal
 Attempt Foundation exam with confidence
 Begin to apply EVM, tailoring it to your own
projects’ needs
Secondary goal
 Benefits and value of EVM
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4.  Please share with the class:
 Your name and surname
 Your organization
 Your profession
 Title, function, job responsibilities
 Your familiarity with the project/
programme management
 Your familiarity with the EVM
 Your personal session expectations
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5.  Foundation Exam
 Paper based and closed book exam
 Only pencil and eraser are allowed
 Simple multiple (ABCD) choice exam
 Only one answer is correct
 50 questions, pass mark is 25 (50%)
 1 hour exam
 No negative points, no “Tricky Questions”
 No pre-requisite for Foundation exam
 Sample, one (official) mock exam is
provided to you
Candidates completing an examination in a language that
is not their mother tongue, will receive additional time
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6.  Practitioner Exam
 Paper based and open book exam
 Reference to EVM Handbook ONLY
 Handbook is provided for students
 3 hour exam
 Complex multiple choice - Objective Test
 8 x 10 complex multiple choice questions =
80 question items/lines, pass mark 50%
(40)
 Dictionary/translation lists allowed
 Non-scientific calculator for basic
calculations
 Pre-requisite: Foundation exam
Candidates completing an examination in a language that
is not their mother tongue, will receive additional time
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7. EVM syllabus section code and title
OV Overview
DF Definition
PL Planning
DC Data Collection
AR Analysis, Review and Action
CM Change Management
RM Risk Management
SR System Review
LE Learning from Experience
Syllabus Handbook Page
Module slide number / total module slides
Slide number /
total slides
Module number
and name
EVM
handbook page
EVM syllabus
section code
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10. 1. Introduction to Earned Value Management
2. EVM process
3. Planning
4. Data collection
5. Analysis review and action
6. Change management
7. Risk management
8. System review
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11.  Comprises:
 Definition and authorisation of scope of work
 Development of a baseline against which cost,
schedule and technical performance can be measured
 Objective performance measurement
 Variance analysis and corrective action reporting
 Disciplined and timely incorporation of baseline changes
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“a project control process based on a structured
approach to planning, cost collection and performance
measurement. It facilitates the integration of project
scope, time and cost objectives and the establishment of
a baseline plan for performance measurement”
APM Body of Knowledge 6th edition
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12.  Helps management by:
 Enabling an objective measure of project status
 Providing basis for estimating final cost
 Predicting when the project will be complete
 Supporting effective management of resources
 Providing a means of managing and controlling change
 Also provides
 Verifiable status reports
 Clear objective analysis
 Considered reasoning
 Accountability in the decision-making process
 Awareness of impact on the schedule and cost
 Visibility of results
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13. Small
Short
L----o----n----g
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14. Time/Schedule
Cost/Budget Quality
Scope
WBS OBS
Baselined Plan
Performance measurement and analysis
Controlled
Change
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15. BCWS (baseline)
(Budgeted Cost of Work
Scheduled)
Planned Value
(PV)
The approved budget for the work scheduled to
be completed by a specified date; also referred to
as the budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS).
ACWP (earned value)
(Actual Cost of Work
Performed)
Actual Cost
(AC)
The costs actually incurred for the work
completed by the specified date; also referred to
as the actual cost of work performed(ACWP).
BCWP
(Budgeted Cost of Work
Performed)
Earned Value
(EV)
The approved budget for the work actually
completed by the specified date; also referred to
as the budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP).
EAC
(Estimate at Completion)
Your estimate today of the total cost of the task.
ETC
(Estimate to complete)
Your estimate of the amount of funds required to
complete all work still remaining to be done on
the task.
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Planned budget (BCWS)
(baseline)
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17. Time
‘now’
Actual Cost
(ACWP)
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Planned budget (BCWS)
(baseline)
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18. Earned value
(BCWP)
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Actual Cost
(ACWP)
Planned budget (BCWS)
(baseline)
Time
‘now’
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21. 1. Introduction to Earned Value Management
2. EVM process
3. Planning
4. Data collection
5. Analysis review and action
6. Change management
7. Risk management
8. System review
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22. 1. Definition
of scope
6. Risk Management
5. Change
Management
2. Planning
4. Analysis,
review, action
3. Data
Collection
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24.  Concerned with:
 Defining the work to be done – WBS
 Assigning work to parts of the project organisation – OBS
 Aligning and combining the WBS and OBS – RAM
 Key activities:
 Review the project requirements and establish key deliverables
 Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
 Develop an Organisation Breakdown Structure (OBS)
 Generate a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM), identifying
control accounts
 Produce a Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary (WBSD) down to
work packages and planning packages
 Determine and agree flowdown of EVM into subcontracts
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25.  Statement of Works (SoW)
 A narrative description of products or services to be delivered by
the project
 Defines the project scope
 Includes:
 Overall requirements
 Deliverables
 Forms the basis for allocating:
 Work
 Budget
 Schedule
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26. Project
Scope
Component
2.1
High-level
work
element 2
Component
2.2
Component
1.1
High-level
work
element 1
Component
1.2
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27.  Purpose
 Describe the entire scope of the work to be undertaken by the
project
 For each element of the WBS, should contain
 Contract number
 WBS number and title
 WBSD issue number and date
 Contract paragraph number
 Statement of work
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28. Project
Organisation
Team
Manager 2.1
Function/De
partment 2
Team
Manager 2.2
Team
Manager 1.1
Function/De
partment 1
Team
Manager 1.2
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29. Control
Account
Control
Account
Control
Account
Control
Account
Project
Organisation
Team
Manager
2.1
Function/Dep
artment 2
Team
Manager
2.2
Team
Manager
1.1
Function/Dep
artment 1
Team
Manager
1.2
Project
Scope
Component
2.1
High-level
work
element 2
Component
2.2
Component
1.1
High-level
work
element 1
Component
1.2
Work Breakdown
Structure (WBS)
Organisation
Breakdown
Structure
(OBS)
Statement of Work (SoW)
A narrative description of products
or services to be delivered by the
project
Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
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30.  Requirements for EVM need to be reflected in any
subcontracts
 Subcontractors plans should be represented within the
project plans/schedules
 Decision needs to be taken about the level of detail to
incorporate in the project plans/schedules
 Not too much detail
 Not insufficient detail
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