Designing project management: A scientific notation and an improved formalism for earned value calculations

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 136-144

  Cioffi, Denis F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cash flow management; Cost; Earned value; Managing projects; Progress

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ECONOMICS; VALUE ENGINEERING;

CASH FLOW MANAGEMENT; EARNED VALUE; SCIENTIFIC NOTATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

DESIGN; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 32644472456     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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