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dc.contributor.authorVanhoucke, Mario
dc.contributor.authorVandevoorde, Stephan
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-02T14:23:21Z
dc.date.available2017-12-02T14:23:21Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/1877
dc.description.abstractIt is well-known that well managed and controlled projects are more likely to be delivered on time and within budget. The construction of a (resource-feasible) baseline schedule and the follow-up during execution are primary contributors to the success or failure of a project. Earned value management systems have been set up to deal with the complex task of controlling and adjusting the baseline project schedule during execution. Although earned value systems have been proven to provide reliable estimates for the follow-up of cost performance, it often fails to predict the total duration of the project. In this paper, we extensively review the existing methods to forecast the total project duration. Moreover, we investigate the potential of a newly developed method, the earned schedule method, which makes the connection between earned value metrics and the project schedule. We present an extensive simulation study where we carefully control the level of uncertainty in the project, the influence of the project network structure on the accuracy of the forecasts, and the time horizon where the newly developed measures provide accurate and reliable results. Keywords: Earned value, earned duration, earned schedule, CPM
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherVlerick Business School
dc.subjectProgramme & Portfolio Management
dc.titleA simulation and evaluation of earned value metrics to forecast the project duration
dc.source.issue27
dc.source.numberofpages55
vlerick.knowledgedomainOperations & Supply Chain Management
vlerick.supervisor
vlerick.typecommWorking paper
vlerick.vlerickdepartmentTOM
dc.identifier.vperid73347
dc.identifier.vperid58614
dc.identifier.vpubid2113


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