OPIM 5894 ADVANCED PROJECT MANAGEMENTARIBA IMPLEMENTATION IN MED-X CASE

SURESH NAIR, Ph.D.

Professor,

School of Business

University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA

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Issues Raised Importance of Earned Value in Project

Management

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Calculating Earned Value - Spreadsheet

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Terms:

Budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS)

Actual cost of work performed (ACSP)Budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP) - Earned Value (what the work done should have cost)

Suppose 4 tasks should have been done by today

Task Budget Done? Actual Cost BCWS ACWP BCWPA 100 Y 120 100 120 100B 100 Y 100 100 100 100C 100 N - 100 - -D 100 Y 90 100 90 100

400 310 300

Cost variance BCWP-ACWP -10Schedule variance: BCWP-BCWS -100

Cost performance index BCWP/ACWP 97%Schedule performance index BCWP/BCWS 75%

Control Ratio CPI*SPI 73%

These calculations assume 0/1 completion of tasks. If that is not possible for large tasks, break them into smaller tasks

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Control limits for CR

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Team Assignments – Team 1, Team 2, Team 3 Which of the two components (software,

technical) are underperforming according to the plan? How do you know this? (Draw graphs, as necessary to make your point)

Are the components of the project within budget? How do you know?

What can you conclude by looking at the combined earned value data for the project?

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Team Assignments (contd.) – Team 1, Team 2, Team 3 How much longer will the project take? (it is

September now) What should Martin have done earlier in the

project timeline to prevent delays? What should Martin do when managing future

projects to prevent similar problems from developing?

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