"Earned value" is a project management technique  that is emerging as a valuable tool in the management of all projects,  including and, in particular, software projects. In its most simple  form, earned value equates to fundamental project management.    This is not a new book, but rather it is an updated book. Authors  Quentin Fleming and Joel Koppelman have made some important  additions. In many cases, there will be no changes to a given  section. But in other sections, the authors have made substantial  revisions to what they had described in the first edition.    Fleming and Koppelman’s goal remains the same with this update:  describe earned value project management in its most fundamental form,  for application to all projects, of any size or complexity. Writing in  an easy-to-read, friendly, and humorous style characteristic of the  best teachers, Fleming and Koppelman have identified the minimum  requirements that they feel are necessary to use earned value as a  simple tool for project managers. They have also witnessed the use of  simple earned value on software projects, and find it particularly  exciting. Realistically, a Cost Performance Index (CPI) is the same  whether the project is a multibillion-dollar high-technology project,  or a simple one hundred thousand-dollar software project. A CPI is a  CPI … period. It is a solid metric that reflects the health of the  project.    In every chapter, Fleming and Koppelman stick with using simple  stories to define their central concept. Their project examples range  from peeling potatoes to building a house. Examples are in round  numbers, and most formulas get no more complicated than one number  divided by another.    Earned Value Project Management—Second Edition may be the  best-written, most easily understood project management book on the  market today. Project managers will welcome this fresh translation of  jargon into ordinary English. The authors have mastered a unique  "early-warning" signal of impending cost problems in time for  the project manager to react.

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