T his article discusses a set of integrated , performance measurement techniques that increased Northrop Grumman Corporation's software success. These techniques can enable excellent project management in the following ways: • Defining effective metrics for sizing the project and measuring progress. • Using Earned Value Management (EVM) as the key, integrating tool for control. • Defining quali...

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In order to cope with the rapid changes in the world, enterprises utilize project management methodology to globally outsource their works and to evaluate their internal and external work performance. Of all the project management techniques, Earned Value Management (EVM) is the major one that provides a method to evaluate project performance by integrating schedule and cost of work packages. E...

Multi Period–Multi Product (MPMP) production planning problems are well-known in the literature and several researches had been carried out in this area. However, designing a well organized control mechanism in terms of time– cost point of views had not been taken into considerations. In this paper, such a control mechanism is implemented successfully using earned value analysis which is well-k...

The earned value management (EVM) model is an essential technique for managing and forecasting project features such as scheduling and cost performances indexes. This paper presents a novel fuzzy earned-value model based on Z-number theory incorporating both the impreciseness of real life conditions and a degree of reliability through considering an expert judgment process. The latter factor ha...

BACKGROUND The Union-Bloomberg Initiative tobacco control projects were implemented in Himachal Pradesh (a hilly state in North India) from 2007 to 2014. The project focused on the establishment of an administrative framework; increasing the capacity of stakeholders; enforcement of legislation; coalition and networking with multiple stakeholders; awareness generation with focus on earned media ...