Posted: January 24th, 2023
For this assignment, the earned value problem sets offer an opportunity to practice using excel to calculate earned value measures.
Please reference the attached document for specific assignment instructions and the assignment rubric.
PJM6125 Project Evaluation: Earned Value Problem Set
Overview and Rationale
These problem sets offer an opportunity to practice using excel to calculate earned value measures.
Program and Course Outcomes
This assignment provides a baseline understanding to the course topics, and is directly related to
these course learning objectives:
LO5: Perform Earned Value analysis to provide both variance and forecasting performance
measures for a simulated project
Essential Components
From Chapter 13 of the Gray & Larson textbook (7th edition), complete Exercise 4 that starts on
page 489 and continues to 490. To submit your answer, utilize the provided worksheet in Excel that
matches those found on pages 489-490 in Gray & Larson and enter the missing data based on the
material provided.
Include an “Assessment” section at the bottom of your table that refers to your calculations,
especially your EACf and VACf calculations: what is your assessment of the current status of the
project? At completion?
Status Summary
Projected Status at Completion (include estimates for cost and budget; to go above and
beyond, include details about various tasks that may impact projected status)
If you have not done earned value before, this may take some time to complete, so please be sure to
start early working on this assignment.
Complete all calculations in the designated cells within the spreadsheet. Save the spreadsheet and
add your last name to the end of filename. Submit the file in Blackboard.
Review the rubric below for grading information.
Submit your assignment via the Assignment Link as an excel file type and via the TurnItIn
link below as a pdf file type).
Rubric(s)
Assessment
Element
Above Standard
(100-95%)
Meets Standards
(94.9 – 84%)
Approaching
Standards
(83.9 – 77%)
Below Standard
(76.9 – 70%)
Not Evident
(69.9 – 0%)
Excel
Calculations and
Data Entry
(75%)
Contains no errors in
data entry. Submits a
100% completed Excel
file for review
Contains <2 errors in data entry. Submits a 100% completed Excel file for review
Contains >2 errors in
data entry in either
file. Submits a
partially completed
Excel file for review
Contains multiple errors
in data (>5) entry and
submits an incomplete
Excel file for review
Files contains many
errors in data entry, is
not complete, or was not
submitted
Assessment
(25%)
Answers the two
questions in a thorough
manner, including any
notations about how a
late task may impact
other tasks, with
supporting data.
Answers both questions
in a full manner,
response could provide
additional insight and
supporting data
Answers both
questions in the most
basic manner without
providing additional
insight
Only partially addresses
one of the questions
Does not include a
Summary or Projection
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%
s
0 7
0 0 0 4 2 EV PV CV SV 0 0 0 0 24 %
10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 Cumulative Totals 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 8 4 8 4 8 12 12 12 12 6 2 2 2 6 Task % Complete EV AC PV CV SV 8 8 12 A 100% 35 20 B 100% 24 18 18 14 20 26 2 6 20 20 C 100% 32 206 D 20 0 0 0
2
1
Legend
Status Report:
E
Period
Early Start
D
Early
F
Task
%
C
EV
A
PV
CV
SV
ID
7
5
25
Late Start
Slack
Late Finish
B
5
0
12
Cumulative
Total
3
4
8
C
0 4 4
6
10
Status Report: Ending Period 4
A Task
% Complete
AC
1 1 5 5 5 10 10 2 12 A
10
0%
35
D F B
100%
24
0 5 5 5 0 10 10 0 12
Cumulative Totals
5
9
B
0 0 5 5 3 8
E
Status Report: Ending Period 6
7 2 10 Task % Complete EV AC PV CV SV
A 100% 35
B 100% 24
C
75%
D 0% 0
E
50
ID
Budget
0 1
11
93
A
40
B
32
C
48
Status Report: Ending Period 8
D
18
E
28
F 40
20
Total
206
14
26
22
Cumulative 18 32 50
64
84
110
132
158
160
166
186
33%
E 100% 20
Cumulative Totals 0
131
Include your assessment here in this section
Performance Index Summary
Period EV AC PV
SPI
CPI
2
4
6
8
EAC =
VAC =
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