A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition (PMBOK Guides) - As the updated official standard of the world's leading project management organization, PMBOK® Guide - Third Edition is an essential reference tool for every project management practitioner's library. Earned value is among the topics covered. This link is for purchasing the book.
Earned Value Projcet Management, Third Edition - "Earned value" is a project management technique that is emerging as a valuable tool in the management of all projects, including and, in particular, software projects. In its most simple form, earned value equates to fundamental project management. This is not a new book, but rather it is an updated book. Authors Quentin Fleming and Joel Koppelman have made some important additions. In many cases, there will be no changes to a given section. But in other sections, the authors have made substantial revisions to what they had described in the first edition.
Fleming and Koppelman’s goal remains the same with this update: describe earned value project management in its most fundamental form, for application to all projects, of any size or complexity. Writing in an easy-to-read, friendly, and humorous style characteristic of the best teachers, Fleming and Koppelman have identified the minimum requirements that they feel are necessary to use earned value as a simple tool for project managers. They have also witnessed the use of simple earned value on software projects, and find it particularly exciting. Realistically, a Cost Performance Index (CPI) is the same whether the project is a multibillion-dollar high-technology project, or a simple one hundred thousand-dollar software project. A CPI is a CPI … period. It is a solid metric that reflects the health of the project.
Performance-Based Earned Value - Performance-Based Earned Value, by Paul Solomon and Ralph Young, uniquely shows project managers how to effectively integrate technical, schedule, and cost objectives by improving earned value management (EVM) practices. Providing innovative guidelines, methods, examples, and templates consistent with capability models and standards, this book approaches EVM from a practical level with understandable techniques that are applicable to the management of any project.
Practical Software Metrics For Project Management And Process Improvement - Written by Robert B. Grady, publisher, Prentice-Hall ECS Professional, this application-oriented book shows how to apply proven software metrics and methods to efficiently manage software development and maintenance--to help boost productivity, efficiency, and quality of software projects at every stage of the process. This book includes over 70 charts and graphs from real projects.
Practice Standard for Earned Value Management - Earned value management (EVM) is one of the most effective performance measurement and feedback tools for managing projects. EVM methodology incorporates project scope, schedule and costs, and is applicable across a range of knowledge areas and practice groups. Published in 2004, the Practice Standard for Earned Value Management expands on the EVM information in A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)—Third Edition. The standard in detail describes the elements of EVM. It also offers examples of how EVM can fit any project size or situation.
Project Management Using Earned Value - The material in this book has been drawn from the collective experiences of the author and many of the Humphreys & Associates personnel, consultants in project and program management for over 30 years. The chapters have been grouped into sections, each section representing a major activity in the planning and control process, Organization, Scheduling, Estimating, and Earned Value. There is also a section on Implementation. Also included are process flowcharts, chapter and section quizzes, case studies, and appendices. Over 900 pages!
The Pocket Guide to Project Management Using an Earned Value System - This handbook is designed to provide managers with a quick guide to understanding the use of a performance measurement system. Performance measurement is an achievement oriented management system / approach using the Earned Value concept. The Earned Value concept recognizes that the standard comparison of budget vs. actual cost is not an adequate indicator of progress. This booklet should be useful to Control Account Managers, Functional Managers, Business Managers, Program Managers, Contract Administrators, etc.
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