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CPI is good to forecast EAC, but SPI is not good to forecast SAC?

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Why can we use CPI(Cost Performance Index) to correctly forecast EAC(Estimate At Completion), but cannot use SPI(Schedule Performance Index) to correctly forecast SAC(schedule at completion)?
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Wai Mun Koo PMO Director| Intergraph PP&M Singapore, Singapore
Hi, can you be a little bit more specific on your question, or give an example?
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Imran Manir Senior Project Manager Burton On Trent, United Kingdom
If by "Schedule at completion" you're referring to actual completion, then, yes, you use the formula:

Actual Completion (i.e. duration) = planned completion/SPI

Your planned completion is the point at which your BAC (i.e. budget at completion) ends and drops vertically onto the x axis, if you are viewing this in an line graph format.

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