Question

With your team you are working on a project that is supposed to be completed in FOUR months. You planned that EACH MONTH you are going to spend $15000 on the work for the month. At the end of the FIRST month you have spent the expected amount of $15000, but you have completed only two thirds (2/3) of the work. Answer the following questions: a) What is the Earned Value at the end of the first month. b) Calculate the Cost Variance and the Schedule Variance c) Calculate the Cost Performance Index and the Schedule Performance Index d) Analyze the progress of the project. Is the project behind or on schedule

Answer 1

(a). $10000.

(b). Cost variance and Scheduled variance = -$5000.

(c). 0.66 and 0.66.

(d). task is behind schedule and the task is over budget.

Step-by-step explanation:

(a). Earned value at the end of the first month can be calculated by using the formula below;

= A × B.

Where A = first month budget and B = rate at which the work is getting completed.

Earned value at the end of the first month = 15000× (2/3)

Earned value at the end of the first month = $10000

(b). The Cost Variance and the Schedule Variance can be calculated using the formula below;

Cost variance = Earned value at the end of the first month - monthly budget

Cost variance= 10000 - 15000

Cost variance = -$5000

Also, the Scheduled variance = Earned value at the end of the first month - monthly budget

= 10000 - 15000

= - $5000

(c). The cost Performance Index and the Schedule Performance Index can be calculated by using the formula below;

Cost performnace index = 10000 / 15000

= 0.66

Schedule performance index = the amount Earned / the amount that was planned.

Schedule performance index = 10000 / 15000

= 0.66.

(d). Since both schedule performance index and the Cost performance index are less than one that is 0.66, task is behind schedule and the task is over budget respectively.