At what earned value measurement finds out the projects

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Your project to deliver a product has five activities, each with a finish-to-start relationship. Project baseline information is presented below indicating the planned schedule and budgeted cost of each activity.

Baseline:

Activity Name	% Complete	Duration (Baseline)	Start (Baseline)	Finish (Baseline)	Cost (Baseline)
Product	0	256 days	6/1/11	5/23/12
Requirements	0	60 days	6/1/11	8/23/11	70,000.00
Design	0	60 days	8/24/11	11/15/11	85,000.00
Build	0	90 days	11/16/11	3/20/12	100,000.00
Test	0	45 days	3/21/12	5/22/12	60,000.00
Release	0	0 days	5/23/12	5/23/12	0.00

You have to report project status as of January 31, 2012. The associated schedule and cost information is provided below. Assume a constant resource loading (i.e., planned expenditures are constant over the duration of each activity).

Actual:

Activity Name	% Complete	Duration (Actual)	Start (Actual)	Finish (Actual)	Cost (Actual)
Product		215 days	6/1/11	NA
Requirements	100	65 days	6/1/11	8/30/11	68,000.00
Design	100	70 days	8/31/11	11/20/11	85,000.00
Build	80	80 days	11/21/11	NA	90,000.00
Test	0	0 days	NA	NA	0.00
Release	0	0 days	NA	NA	0.00

Calculate planned value (PV), earned value (EV), and actual cost (AC) as of January 31, 2012 and answer the questions below. Show all work. Calculate dollar values to two decimal places. Calculate all other variables to three decimal places.

1. What earned value measurement determines whether or not the project is ahead of schedule or behind schedule? What is that value?

2. What earned value measurement determines the project's rate of schedule progress? What is that value?

3. Is the project ahead of schedule, on schedule, or behind schedule? Why?

4. What earned value measurement determines how much the project is under budget or over budget? What is that value?

5. What earned value measurement is used to determine project cost efficiency. What is that value?

6. Is the project over budget, under budget, or on budget? Why?

7. Based on the current project status, what is the estimated total project cost at completion? How much more or less money (other than the current budgeted amount) will you need to finish the project?

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