How can government programs ensure that projects stay on track, meet performance goals, and comply with rigorous management standards? Two critical processes help achieve this: the Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) and Earned Value Management System (EVMS) Surveillance. The IBR ensures that project baselines are realistic and achievable, identifying risks early and aligning expectations between contractors […]
Earned Value Management has long been a cornerstone of effective project control, providing a structured approach to tracking progress and program performance over the decades. But where did this powerful system originate, and how did it become a standard for managing large projects and multi-billion-dollar programs across industries? The story of the 32 Earned Value […]
With agile projects not only mobile apps or application software are developed—agile projects are more and more used in larger and complex development projects and programs in the industry where software is embedded in large technical systems. This article gives you an overview of how Earned Value Management (EVM) can be applied to complex projects […]
Project control methods are used to detect deviations from the planned values at an early stage and to get the project back on track with effective measures. There are more complex and simpler project control methods. In this article you will get an overview of the different methods, their effort and benefits and the knowledge […]
Calculating the Earned Value of work packages is relatively easy. But how is the Earned Value of the overall project calculated? This interesting question was recently asked by a reader of my blog. This article shows how you do this and what the basics are. Recently I got an interesting question about the calculation of […]