Wish I Knew How to Measure: Earned Value Management Keeps Your Boss Happy. - Paperback

by Mohammed Imran Khan (Author)

According to a research study conducted, more than 50% of the IT Projects failed and lost their value proposition because they were not delivered on time OR the costs have outweighed the Benefits. The problem is not necessarily with the Project managers or the Technology itself, but it's fundamentally to deal with how they are measured, tracked, reported, course corrected and re-aligned. Project management is equipped with wonderful tools and one such tool is EVM - Earned Value management which helps in tracking the performance of the projects that Organizations can utilize to launch projects on time and under budget, This book explains all the nitty-gritty details of implementing EVM.EVM is a method to measure the performance of a project. It is one of the important tools and skills of the PM (Project manager or Program manager) to run the projects and application of EVM methods drastically improves the success of the projects because it's a key and an important tool to maneuver the projects in the desired direction.So, the important question is how do we measure the performance of a project, what information do you need to know, how do we use the information that we have at hand to measure the project's performance. You may even think, how do I even start the EVM analysis? So, these are the things that we are going to learn in this book in a step by step easy to understand process.