Measuring time: improving project performance using earned value management

Meant to complement rather than compete with the existing books on the subject, this book deals with the project performance and control phases of the project life cycle to present a detailed investigation of the project’s time performance measurement methods and risk analysis techniques in order to evaluate existing and newly developed methods in terms of their abilities to improve thecorrective actions decision-making process during project tracking. As readers apply what is learned from the book, EVM practices will become even more effective in project management and cost engineering. Individual chapters look atsimulation studies in forecast accuracy; schedule adherence; time sensitivity; activity sensitivity; and using top-down or bottom-up project tracking. Vanhoucke also offers an actual real-life case study, a tutorial on the use of ProTrack software (newly developed based on his research) in EVM, and conclusionson the relative effectiveness for each technique presented. INDICE: The EVM fundamentals.- Beyond the EVM fundamentals.- A case study.- A simulation study.- Time sensitivity.- Top-down or bottom-up project tracking.- ProTrack: a software tutorial.- Conclusions.- Index.- List of figures.- List of tables.- References.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-1013-4
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 170
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés