A comparison of different project duration forecasting methods using earned value metrics

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-302

  Vandevoorde, Stephan ^a   Vanhoucke, Mario ^b,c  

^a Fabricom Airport Systems   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Earned duration; Earned schedule; Earned value; Project duration forecasting

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FORECASTING; SCHEDULING; VALUE ENGINEERING;

EARNED DURATION; EARNED SCHEDULE; EARNED VALUE METRICS; PROJECT COST; PROJECT DURATION FORECASTING;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645967441     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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