Earned value project management: Improving the predictive power of planned value

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 22-29

  Chen, Hong Long ^a   Chen, Wei Tong ^b   Lin, Ying Lien ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Actual cost; Earned value; Earned value management; Planned value; Prediction

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; FORECASTING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ACTUAL COST; EARNED VALUE; EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING ACCURACY; MEAN ABSOLUTE PERCENTAGE ERROR; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; PLANNED VALUES; PREDICTIVE INFORMATION;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

COST ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84955405111     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.09.008     Document Type: Article

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