Performance-Based Earned Value
Software Engineering Best Practices
1. Edition January 2007
320 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Performance-Based Earned Value shows how to improve an organization's EVM practices within the framework and guidance in the following capability models and standards: Standard for Application and Management of the Systems Engineering Process (IEEE 1220-1998); Processes for Engineering a System (EIA-632); Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®); and Practical Software and Systems Measurement: A Foundation for Objective Project Management (PSM). Clear and unambiguous instructions show how to integrate EVM with key SE processes such as Requirements Management, Measurement and Product Quality Assurance and how to correlate TPM with EVM. The book also explains how to link product requirements, project work products, the project plan and PBEV and shows how to manage project risks by integrating EVM with Risk Management and TPM in accordance with the project management standard, PMBOK. It includes the fundamentals of EVM for those using EVM for the first time or preparing for the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Professional (PMP) examination.
A complete toolkit for implementation of Earned Value Management
Performance-Based Earned Value(r) uniquely shows project managers how to effectively integrate technical, schedule, and cost objectives by improving earned value management (EVM) practices. Providing innovative guidelines, methods, examples, and templates consistent with capability models and standards, this book approaches EVM from a practical level with understandable techniques that are applicable to the management of any project.
Clear and unambiguous instructions explain how to incorporate EVM with key systems engineering, software engineering, and project management processes such as establishing the technical or quality baseline, requirements management, using product metrics, and meeting success criteria for technical reviews. Detailed information is included on linking product requirements, project work products, the project plan, and the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB), as well as correlating technical performance measures (TPM) with EVM. With straightforward instructions on how to use EVM on a simple project, such as building a house, and on complex projects, such as high-risk IT and engineering development projects, it is the only book that includes excerpts from the PMI's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(r) ), CMMI(r) , the EVM System standard, systems engineering standards, federal acquisition regulations, and Department of Defense guides.??
Performance-Based Earned Value(r) allows both novices and experienced project managers-including project managers of suppliers and customers in the commercial and government sectors; software and systems engineering process improvement leaders; CMMI(r) appraisers; PMI members; and IEEE Computer Society members-to:
* Incorporate product requirements and planned quality into the PMB
* Conduct an Integrated Baseline Review
* Analyze performance reports
* Perform independent assessments and predictive analysis
* Ensure that key TPMs are selected, monitored, and reported
* Identify the right success criteria for technical reviews
* Develop techniques for monitoring and controlling supplier performance
* Integrate risk management with EVM
* Comply with government acquisition policies and regulations
Written by Paul Solomon and Ralph Young, internationally recognized industry experts, Performance-Based Earned Value(r) is constructed from guidance in standards and capability models for EVM, systems engineering, software engineering, and project management. It is the complete guide to EVM, invaluable in helping students prepare for the PMI-PMP(r)exam with practical examples and templates to facilitate understanding, and in guiding project professionals in the private and public sectors to use EVM on complex projects.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1. Topic.
Chapter 2. Principles and Guidelines of PBEV.
Chapter 3. Product Requirements Baseline.
Chapter 4. Maintain Bidirectional Traceability.
Chapter 5. Progress Toward Meeting Product Requirements.
Chapter 6. Establish Planned Values and Allocate Budget.
Chapter 7. Variance Analysis.
Chapter 8. Level of Effort.
Chapter 9. Integrate Risk Management with EVM.
Chapter 10. Changes to the Performance Measurement Baseline.
Chapter 11. Agile Methods.
Chapter 12. Requirements and Earned Value.
Chapter 13. Using PBEV to Manage Software-Intensive Development.
Chapter 14. Supplier Acquisition Management.
Chapter 15. Moving Forward.
Appendix A. Fundamentals of Earned Value Management.
Appendix B.Detailed Planning Guidance.
Appendix C. American National Standards Institute.
Appendix C-1. Experts from NDIA PMSC ANSI/EIA 748-A, Standard for Earned Value Management Systems Intent Guide.
Appendix D. Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Rule On EVMS.
Appendix E. Enabling Work Products.
Appendix F. Trade Studies.
Appendix G. Allocated Requirements.
Appendix H. Technical Performance Measures.
Appendix I.Success Criteria.
Glossary.
About the Authors.
Index.
RALPH R. YOUNG, DBA, is Director of Engineering Process Improvement, Systems and Process Engineering, Defense Group at Northrop Grumman Information Technology. Dr. Young helped lead his former business unit (Litton PRC) to CMM Level 5 and his current business unit to CMMI(r) Level 5. Northrop Grumman Corporation's Defense Group was the first organization in the world to be evaluated a second time at CMMI(r) Level 5. Dr. Young supports continuous improvement for both internal and external projects, to make process improvements, implement effective requirements practices, and develop innovations to facilitate project management.
