Fundamentals of Project Performance Measurement

By Robert R. Kemps

Book Overview

This book discusses the fundamentals of performance measurement using Earned Value. The approach integrates technical schedule and cost goals into highly visiable management tools. There are numerous... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912495219
• ISBN13: 9780912495217
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Humphreys & Associates
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Advanced techniques for PMs

Although the book's title contains the word "fundamental" this book really is about applying advanced techniques when using project management fundamentals. If you have managed one or more projects in which you've employed earned value this book will provide you with valuable techniques with which to refine your PM skills.This 119-page book is structured in a sequence that follows a typical project life cycle. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction and chapters 2 through 15 are each a short monograph on a specific area as follows: understanding the project, organizing the project, scheduling, budgeting, establishing the baseline, detailed planning, measuring performance, accounting, data collection, estimating cost at completion, change control, baseline maintenance, external reporting and graphical representation of data. Chapter 16 is an overview of the Cost/Schedule Control Systems Criteria (C/SCSC), from which earned value project management was derived. Each chapter builds upon the preceding one and each contains a wealth of information that usually takes years of experience to accrue. Two of the best chapters are data collection and change control. The chapter on data collection provides some quick techniques for interpreting earned value in relation to budget and actuals. The table that depicts this is almost worth the price of the book. The chapter on change control contains a gem in the form of an example budget baseline log, which is a tool that you'll want to immediately incorporate into your next project. Overall this is an invaluable resource for project managers and one that deserves a place on your bookshelf or desktop where you can get to it conveniently. My copy is dog-eared and worn, and one of my treasured possessions.

Very Good Book about Basics

The book has very good information about project performance measurement. It explains important and useful terms clearly, and suggests how to use them. It is written in a style that is easy to read, and does not require an advanced degree in technology to understand. The glossary in the back is particularly helpful. I highly recommend it to anyone who needs to implement a new method of project performance measurement, or improve an existing one.