Assume you are a software project Manager and that you have beenasked to compute
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Question
Assume you are a software project Manager and that you have beenasked to compute earned
value statistics for a small software project. The project has56 planned work tasks that are
estimated to require 582 persons-days to complete. At the timethat you have been asked to do
the earned value analysis. 5 tasks have been completed. Howeverthe project schedule indicates
that 8 tasks should have been completed. The following scheduledata (in person-days) are
Task Plannedeffort Actual effort
1 12 12
2 15 11
3 13 17
4 8 9
5 10 9
6 18 -----
(Hint: SPI = BCWP / BCWS
SV=BCWP - BCWS
Person Complete = BCWP / BAC
BAC = ? (BCWSk) forall tasks k
Where BCWP = Budgeted Cost of WorkPerformed, BCWS = Budgeted Cost of Work
Scheduled, BAC = Budget atCompletion)
Explanation / Answer
Assume you are a software project Manager and that you have beenasked to compute