Safety Training Course

Project Management: Earned Value Management

Teach project managers to track schedule and cost with earned value metrics like SPI and CPI and forecast final costs before budgets run off course.

Length:
12m
Language(s):
EN, FR, SP
Year Produced:
2025

Project Management: Earned Value Management

Project managers will master EVM to track project performance, manage budgets, and forecast outcomes, ensuring project goals are met efficiently through this essential project management training program. Participants gain critical knowledge for project managers, supervisors, and project management professionals who must ensure effective project management and successful project outcomes in various work environments. The program covers essential project management protocols, procedures, and comprehensive management strategies that enhance project management effectiveness and ensure successful project outcomes in various workplace environments. Participants will learn about project management requirements, management procedures, and comprehensive protocols that ensure project management success and successful project outcomes in workplace environments. The training emphasizes the importance of proper project management procedures, management techniques, and comprehensive project management programs that enhance project management effectiveness and ensure successful project outcomes in workplace environments. Through detailed instruction on project management protocols, management strategies, and project success techniques, participants will develop the skills necessary to implement effective project management programs that meet professional standards and ensure project management success and successful project outcomes in workplace environments.

Course Overview

  • Explain planned value, earned value and actual cost
  • Calculate schedule and cost variances to see if work is behind or over budget
  • Use SPI and CPI to measure time and cost efficiency
  • Forecast total cost with EAC and remaining funding needs with ETC
  • Maintain an accurate baseline with transparent assumptions
  • Communicate results clearly using visual reports
Objectives:
Explain planned value, earned value and actual cost
Calculate schedule and cost variances to see if work is behind or over budget
Use SPI and CPI to measure time and cost efficiency
Forecast total cost with EAC and remaining funding needs with ETC

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FAQs

Who needs earned value management training?

Earned value management training suits project managers, project controls staff, team leads and finance partners who track budgets and schedules. Anyone who reports project status to sponsors benefits from turning scope, cost and schedule data into clear performance numbers. The 12-minute video is in English, with Spanish and French closed captions.

What are PV, EV and AC in earned value management?

In earned value management, planned value (PV) is the budget for work scheduled to date. Earned value (EV) is the budget for work actually completed. Actual cost (AC) is what the completed work really cost. Comparing the three shows whether a project is ahead or behind schedule and over or under budget.

How do you calculate CPI and SPI?

The cost performance index (CPI) equals earned value divided by actual cost. The schedule performance index (SPI) equals earned value divided by planned value. A CPI or SPI above 1.0 signals better-than-planned performance. A value below 1.0 means the project is over budget or behind schedule.

What is the difference between EAC and ETC in project management?

Estimate at completion (EAC) forecasts the total cost of a project once it is finished. Estimate to complete (ETC) forecasts only the remaining cost from today forward. ETC equals EAC minus actual cost to date. Tracking both helps project managers spot funding gaps early and act before money runs out.

What makes earned value management reports reliable?

Earned value management reports are only as reliable as the data behind them. Teams need accurate progress and cost data, a stable baseline that changes only through formal change control, and openly stated assumptions. Visual reports such as trend charts help sponsors grasp variances quickly and act on early warning signs.

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