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Moloy Chakraborty Principal Project Manager| WSP UK LTD High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Earned value can best be defined as:

a. BCWP times ACWP.
b. A method of ensuring project performance
c. A method of tracking project costs
d. SPI/CPI

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 2:30 AM

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RAJESH K L Project Manager, PMP| Bharat Electronics, Bengaluru, India Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

b. A method of ensuring project performance

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 3:58 AM

Javed Alam Planning Engineer| Naseer S alhajri corporation Mussafah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

B. A Method of ensuring project performwnce

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 5:19 AM

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

Agree

b. A method of ensuring project performance

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 8:29 AM

Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada

I'm actually not a fan of any of those answers, but will go with b as the least objectionable one.

If b had been phrased, "A method of managing project performance", I'd have been happier since EVM can't "ensure" that your project is performing well...

Kiron

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1 reply by Drew Craig

Sep 02, 2018 8:20 AM

Drew Craig

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Agree, wording is a bit hokey.

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 11:04 AM

Mansoor Mustafa Senior PM| Government Department Rawalpindi Punjab, Pakistan

b. A method of ensuring project performance

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 2:22 PM

Jesus Martheyn Project Manager SR Lvl 2| Globant Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia

For me, is the B option.

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 2:50 PM

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kiron is spot on, it shouldn't say"ensuring" as no one can ensure project performance, only manage it.

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 5:35 PM

Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

I definitely agree with Kiron, not sure where you got this question from. The answers are poorly worded. EV definitely do not ensure anything, it is just a way to manage and track performance and as a standalone tool, it doesn’t really provide much about the health of your project.

B or C are both worded poorly but probably I would chose one of them and mayne b over c.

Posted: Sep 1, 2018 5:48 PM

Muthukrishnan Ramakrishnan Automation & Validation Engineer| Automation & Validation Solutions Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan

B. A method of ensuring project performance

Posted: Sep 2, 2018 7:20 AM

Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States

Sep 01, 2018 11:04 AM

Replying to Kiron Bondale

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Agree, wording is a bit hokey.

Posted: Sep 2, 2018 8:20 AM

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