Earned Value Management Enhancements in 25.2

Modified on Thu, 21 Aug at 3:59 PM

Earned Value Techniques

This release of Cora includes support for each of the listed EV Techniques. These techniques are aligned to the requirements within the Earned Value Management System Interpretation Guide (EVMSIG)

EV Technique List:

0/100
50/50
XX/YY
Apportioned Effort
Incremental (Weighted) Milestone
Level of Effort
No Earned Value
Percent Complete with QBD
Percentage Complete
PERT  (Program Evaluation Review Technique)
Units Complete
Weighted Percent Complete (Duration)

EV Specific Columns in Gantt

The following EV specific columns are available in Gantt

EV Technique (Read Only)
EV % Complete (Editiable for a subset of EV Techniques)
Budget at Completion (Read Only)
Budgeted Cost of Work Scheduled (Read Only)
Budgeted Cost of Work Performed (Read Only)

New Functionality for specific EV Techniques

Units Complete EV Technique

When this is the selected EV Technique on a task only Materials can be added as Planned Resources

Changes in the Planned Resource Modal for this EV Technique.

Additional data points are required for this EV Technique and these are available. These are:

Number of Units
Units Completed
Unit Price

Weighted Percent Complete (Effort)EV Technique.

When this EV Technique is used EV% complete calculation is based on expressing Sum of planned hours up to current status date/Sum of Planned hours for the task.

Note: This task is only suitable for Tasks with Skills and Resources – it is not suitable for Materials or Facilities.

Apportioned Effort EV Technique

This EV Technique has been updated to enable the selection of multiple tasks which the EV % complete calculation will be based on.

Percent Complete with QBD EV Technique

When this EV Technique is used EV% Complete is populated based on the result of the Task Activity Group % Complete Calculation

EV Period Data

This Release introduces the EV Period Dataset. This is used to support and populate EAC Analysis, Variance Analysis and the EVM Widget.

The data is a view onto what has happened cumulatively, in the current period and what is expected to happen in future periods based on what is currently known

EV Period Data API

Endpoints have been added to enable retrieval of EV Period Data

The endpoints are under EVPeriodData and are named

Get /ControlAccounts

This requires a Project ID and an EV Period in the Format YYYYMM

The Response Body is a list of the Control Accounts for that project and period

Get /WorkPackages

This requires a Project ID and an EV Period in the Format YYYYMM

The Response Body is a list of the Work Packages for that project and period

Get /EVPeriodData

This This requires a Project ID and an EV Period in the Format YYYYMM.

Optional parameters are

TaskIds – System Id from Gantt

ControlAccounts – see Get ControlAccounts

WorkPackages – see Get WorkPackages

Response Body is in the format

{

"projectId": 84,

"description": "MF EV Period Data 6",

"tasks": [

{

"taskId": 18540,

"wbsNumber": "WBS6.123",

"taskType": "SUM",

"controlAccountManager": "25",

"period": 202504,

"name": "WBS6.123",

"evTechnique": "Percentage Complete",

"elementOfCosts": [

{

"eoc": 199,

"resourceType": "Skill",

"actualCostCurrentPeriod": 222,

"actualCostCum": 23888,

"actualHoursCurrentPeriod": 0,

"actualHoursCum": 0,

"earnedCostCurrentPeriod": 4687.16,

"earnedCostCum": 10007.72,

"earnedHoursCurrentPeriod": 300,

"earnedHoursCum": 700,

"budgetCostCurrentPeriod": 6587.36,

"budgetCostCum": 23309.12,

"budgetHoursCurrentPeriod": 1200,

"budgetHoursCum": 4800,

"forecastCost": 3547.04,

"forecastHours": 600

}

]

}

]

}