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Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments
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Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments

by Charles Christopher McCarthy
November 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
288 pages
8h 43m
English
Auerbach Publications
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Earned Value Management
In earlier chapters, we discussed the value and use of earned value manage-
ment (EVM). EVM is the most frequently used tool to make the manage-
ment (actually, the measurement) of program progress more quantitative.
Years ago, a simplistic program management technique was to track
spending against planned spending. If you were spending on plan, it was
assumed that you were making the necessary progress. In conjunction with
monitoring spending, the program manager (PM) would monitor sched-
ules. If you were on schedule, it was assumed that your costs would be on
schedule. Eective PMs would do both, of course—make su ...
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