Microsoft® Project 2010 Inside Out

Chapter 14. Analyzing Progress Using Earned Value

• Generating Earned Value Data

• Reviewing Earned Value Data

As you track and control your project, you’ll probably need to analyze various aspects of project performance. Project analysis, which you might think of as “project data crunching,” can give you a closer look at the overall execution of the project. For first-time efforts at managing a particular kind of project or for new variations on an established project theme, you and your stakeholders might want to review key performance indicators and estimates for the remainder of the project. These indicators help assess the effectiveness of the plan and define the amount of corrective action needed to make actual performance in the project conform ...