ANSI/EIA-748 Standard for Earned Value Management (EVM)

The PMPlan products, and in particular PMPlan Enterprise are fully capable products as they stand, however, because of the unique differences between clients needs, they are evolutionary products, and as a result are still a work-in-process. While AlNik Solutions makes every effort to adhere tightly to the principals of the ANSI/EIA-748 standard for earned value management (EVM), the standard does not dictate how an organization should implement the standard as it is applied to its processes and procedures, but it does dictate what the results of an organizations project enterprise processes and procedures must achieve.

PMPlan Enterprise can Meet the requirements of all of the 32 Criteria of the ANSI/EIA-748 Standard. The 32 ANSI Criteria Ref No PMPlan Standalone Mode  PMPlan Enterprise Mode  Define the authorized work elements for the program (Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)) 2.1a Yes Yes Identify the program organizational structure (OBS) (Who is responsible for accomplishing the work) 2.1b Yes Yes WBS and OBS Integration 2.1c No Yes Overhead Control 2.1d Partial Yes Control Account Plan Creation 2.1e Yes Yes Schedule Work 2.2a Yes Yes Identify progress indicators 2.2b Yes Yes Time-Phased Budget Baseline 2.2c Yes Yes Project Budget 2.2d Yes Yes Work Packages measurable units 2.2e Yes Yes Authorized Budgets 2.2f Yes Yes Level of Effort 2.2g Yes Yes Overhead Budgets 2.2h No Yes Identify management reserves and undistributed budget 2.2i Yes Yes Program Target Cost Goal 2.2j Yes Yes Measure Direct Costs 2.3a Yes Yes Control Account maps to only one WBS element 2.3b Yes Yes Control Account maps to only one OBS element 2.3c No Yes Measure Indirect Costs 2.3d No Yes Production or Development Quantity Costs 2.3e Yes Yes Accumulated and Material Costs 2.3f Yes Yes Monthly generate Schedule and Cost Variances 2.4a Yes Yes Comprehensive Variance Analysis 2.4b No Yes Indirect Cost Analysis 2.4c No Yes WBS and OBS Variance Analysis 2.4d Yes Yes Corrective Actions 2.4e No Yes Estimate at Complete Reconciliation 2.4f Yes Yes Timely Changes 2.5a Yes Yes Reconcile Budgets 2.5b Yes Yes Baseline Integrity 2.5c Partial Yes Rebaseline Processes 2.5d Yes Yes Baseline Traceability 2.5e Partial Yes

References: [1] “Earned Value Management Systems”, EIA Standard, ANSI/EIA-748. [2] Fleming, Quentin W. and Koppelman, Joel M. “Start With ‘Simple’ Earned Value On All Your Projects” CrossTalk The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, June 2006. (http://www.stsc.hill.af.mil/CrossTalk/2006/06/0606FlemingKoppelman.html). Notes: {1} The list of 32 EVMS guidelines criteria noted in the ANSI 748 standard. {2} Refer to the reference section in the ANSI 748 standard. {3} These criteria (based on Fleming and Koppelman article) are the minimum requirements to make effective use of EVMS methods without using the full set required for large complex projects. {4} PMPlan Standard only has base rate and rate factor which are not tracked separately. {5} Each tool can store direct costs by manually inputting the costs from reports generated by the general books of account or import the costs from files generated by the general books of account. {6} This process is controlled by stated policy. {7} Only the previous baseline is maintained within the project file. To save multiply baselines requires saving renamed project files to keep a history of multiply baselines.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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