
220 • Program Management in Defense and High Tech Environments
Create PC Board A
Block Diagram (Joe)
Design PC Board A
(Mary)
Lay out PC Board A
(Jon)
Build PC Board A
(Sue)
Test PC Board A
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FIGURE 11.4
EVM—at completion of WBS 7.1.
So CPI is:
=/ = / =CPI EV AC 45.4K 39K 1.16,
which looks positive. You are almost nished with WBS 7.1, and you have
a positive CPI. Let us see how the SPI is doing:
=/= /=SPI EV PV 45.4 46 0.987
So your SPI is less than unity, which means you are late; that, of course,
is clear from looking at the schedule. What you do not know, though,
is how late you ...