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What Is Burn Rate?
Filed in Project Cost Management, March 28, 2010, 4:30 amThe burn rate is a project management metric assessing the performance of the project with respect to the budget. A burn rate bigger than 1 indicates that the project is burning money faster than it should, a burn rate less than 1 indicates that the project is burning money slower than it originally planned. Burn Rate = 1/CPI = AC/EV.
What Is the Difference Between Estimated Cost at Completion (EAC) and Actual Cost (AC)?
Filed in Project Cost Management, March 19, 2010, 7:54 pmThe difference between the Estimated Cost At Completion (sometimes mistakenly referred to as Estimated Cost) and the Actual Cost, is that the Estimated Cost At Completion is an estimate made by the Project Manager for accomplishing a task, an activity, or a project. The Actual Cost represents the costs incurred so far towards accomplishing that objective.
What Are the Earned Value Formulas?
Filed in Project Cost Management, December 6, 2009, 2:05 pmHere are the different earned value formulas: CV = EV – AC, SV = EV – PV, CPI = EV / AC, SPI = EV / PV, EAC = BAC / CPI, ETC = EAC – AC, VAC = BAC – EAC
