Value Cost Management Report to Evaluate the Contractor's Estimate at Completion

Abstract

The earned value cost management report is a valuable management tool for project managers. Its long association with earned value management systems criteria (formerly cost/schedule control systems criteria) and the related technical jargon, however, may have caused some project managers to ignore the information that it can provide about the future performance of their projects. This article is a brief tutorial for project managers and others interested in using the report more effectively. Actual performance data from a failed project and important research results are used to describe three simple analysis techniques for evaluating the contractor's projected final cost of a project, termed the estimate at completion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA372133

Entities

People

  • David S. Christensen

Organizations

  • Southern Utah University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Overruns
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Equations
  • Governments
  • Indirect Costs
  • Measurement
  • Project Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Systems Analysis and Design