Earned Value Management Certification

Module 1: Introduction to Earned Value Management

• Earned Value Management concepts
• Purpose of EVM
• Project performance measurement
• Cost and schedule integration
• Benefits of EVM
• EVM terminology

Module 2: Foundations of Project Performance Measurement

• Project objectives
• Performance measurement
• Planned versus actual performance
• Measurement baselines
• Performance indicators
• Project control principles

Module 3: Work Breakdown Structure

• WBS fundamentals
• Deliverable decomposition
• Work packages
• Control accounts
• Activity identification
• Linking WBS with EVM

Module 4: Project Scope and EVM

• Scope definition
• Project deliverables
• Scope baseline
• Work package scope
• Scope changes
• Maintaining scope consistency

Module 5: Project Schedule Baseline

• Schedule planning
• Activities and milestones
• Activity sequencing
• Schedule baseline
• Time-phased planning
• Schedule updates

Module 6: Project Cost Baseline

• Cost estimation
• Project budgeting
• Cost allocation
• Time-phased budgets
• Cost baseline
• Budget management

Module 7: Performance Measurement Baseline

• Baseline concepts
• Scope integration
• Schedule integration
• Cost integration
• Establishing the baseline
• Baseline maintenance

Module 8: Planned Value

• Planned Value concepts
• Budgeted planned work
• Time-phased budgets
• PV calculations
• Planned progress
• Interpreting PV

Module 9: Earned Value

• Earned Value concepts
• Measuring completed work
• Budgeted value of work
• EV calculations
• Progress measurement methods
• Interpreting EV

Module 10: Actual Cost

• Actual Cost concepts
• Capturing project costs
• Labour costs
• Material costs
• Other project expenses
• Interpreting AC

Module 11: Earned Value Measurement Techniques

• 0/100 technique
• 50/50 technique
• Weighted milestones
• Fixed formula methods
• Percentage complete
• Selecting measurement methods

Module 12: Schedule Variance

• Schedule Variance concepts
• SV calculation
• EV and PV comparison
• Positive and negative variance
• Interpreting schedule performance
• Variance trends

Module 13: Cost Variance

• Cost Variance concepts
• CV calculation
• EV and AC comparison
• Cost overrun indicators
• Cost underrun indicators
• Interpreting cost performance

Module 14: Schedule Performance Index

• SPI concepts
• SPI calculation
• Understanding SPI values
• Schedule efficiency
• Performance trends
• Using SPI for decisions

Module 15: Cost Performance Index

• CPI concepts
• CPI calculation
• Understanding CPI values
• Cost efficiency
• Performance trends
• Using CPI for decisions

Module 16: Budget at Completion

• BAC concepts
• Total authorised budget
• Establishing BAC
• Relationship with baseline
• Budget changes
• Using BAC in forecasting

Module 17: Estimate at Completion

• EAC concepts
• Forecasting final project cost
• EAC calculation methods
• CPI-based forecasting
• Combined performance forecasting
• Selecting appropriate EAC methods

Module 18: Estimate to Complete and Variance at Completion

• ETC concepts
• ETC calculations
• Remaining project costs
• VAC concepts
• VAC calculations
• Forecast interpretation

Module 19: To-Complete Performance Index

• TCPI concepts
• Required future performance
• BAC-based TCPI
• EAC-based TCPI
• Interpreting TCPI
• Assessing project feasibility

Module 20: Earned Value Analysis and Forecasting

• Performance trend analysis
• Variance analysis
• Forecasting techniques
• Identifying performance issues
• Root cause considerations
• Corrective action planning

Module 21: EVM Reporting and Dashboards

• EVM performance reports
• Cost and schedule indicators
• Variance reporting
• Performance dashboards
• Management communication
• Visualising EVM information

Module 22: Applying EVM for Project Control

• Reviewing project performance
• Identifying deviations
• Investigating variances
• Developing corrective actions
• Updating forecasts
• Continuous performance monitoring