Personal Earned Value: Why Projects Using the Team Software Process Consistently Meet Schedule Commitments

Abstract

Data from dozens of projects using the Team Software Process(SM) (TSP(SM)) provide powerful proof of success at consistently meeting cost and schedule commitments. While disciplined engineering and high quality processes are important factors contributing to these successes, mathematical analyses of project data indicate that the most important factor is the proper management of earned value techniques at the team member level. In fact, this practice - unique to TSP teams - can produce a 10-times reduction in schedule variance by properly balancing team workload using personal data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA489527

Entities

People

  • David R. Webb
  • David Tuma

Organizations

  • Ogden Air Logistics Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Co-Channel Interference
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Errors
  • Experimental Design
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Numbers
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Open Source Software
  • Project Management
  • Software Development
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design