EVM I have read many books and I find it very well written, easy to follow, but not condescending. Mrs. Kuehn said creates a good balance between technical competence and a good story. The examples are logical and based on realistic scenarios. I use this text for the Earned Value Professional (EVP) certification training 7.5 hours of examination, testing knowledge of Earned Value and I'm sure I was ready for testing. More important, because I was in this bookthe real problems that I face every day with the tasks perfromance balance, which is the project too ambitious, with the limited resources at my disposal.

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Overview

Integrated Cost and Schedule Control for Project Management provides easy-to-understand explanations about the tasks and techniques that accompany this sometimes daunting practice. New and experienced project managers will benefit from this straightforward guide, where they will learn to: Perform requirements analysis and develop a deliverable breakdown; Identify work packages and develop a work breakdown structure (WBS); Negotiate project scope based on limited budget and/or resources; Establish an integrated cost/schedule performance measurement baseline; Establish a change management process; Apply earned value analysis techniques to identify project issues; Establish project control charts with status indicators; Take proactive corrective action to keep the project in control. You’ll also benefit from extensive examples and case studies that illustrate integrated cost and schedule control techniques — making it easy for you to apply them to your own projects! Contents: Introduction to Project Management and the Integrated Process • The Integrated Process • Defining the Scope • Estimating the Cost and Duration of Work Packages • Balancing the Scope to the Budget • Understanding the Workflow and How Work Packages Relate • Building a Network Schedule • Analyzing and Adjusting the Schedule • Analyzing Schedule Risk • Readdressing the Scope to Balance the Triple Constraint • Establishing a Performance Measurement Baseline • Performing Earned Value Analysis • The Closeout Process • Analyzing the Cost and Schedule Metrics of Deliverables • Archiving Cost and Schedule Data for Continuous Process Improvement

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Customer Reviews
Simple and complete – Henrique L. Weber –
In simple language, good examples and practices and exercises, this book offers simple, like PSP, costs, planning and management, earned value analysis, PERT, the estimates of risk.

Very good and a valuable source of knowledge and learning in project management.

This is a must read for every project member – eview99 – Everywhere. The Matrix
This book is for everyone, right from beginners to professionals. I recommend this book especially for program managers and executives who believe that Earned Value is too complex or too deep in the weeds for their interest. Ursula explained examples, Earned Value Cost / Schedule integration of a good project, that the common language for the comparison between the projects is available.
This book deserves a place in my toolbox EV!

Provides the best examples in the industry – Rosemary Hossenlopp – San Jose, CA
This book contains clear examples of critical processes of project management. Ursula is a complex work breakdown structure (WBS) and the programming techniques simple. Your experience as a medical teacher and shines through this work. If you have dry, educational level … elsewhere. This is a dynamic representation of costs and planning procedures for those of us who need to get their projects. There is no other book is in its class.

RosemaryHossenlopp, MBA, PMP
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