Earned Value Management Using Microsoft« Office Project: A Guide for Managing Any Size Project Effectively Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this book when it was pre-released hoping to find innovative solution for EVM based on microsoft project 2007. Even though released in 2008 the book focuses on MS project 2003 and not 2007. None of the visual reports nor additional features of MS project 2007 are there.

The book is extremely expensive and doesn't give the value for the money.

It contains a CD with a commercial excel sheet for earned value and it focuses on how to use it instead of describing solely what is meant to be, a MS project guide of implementing EVM.
I got the impression that this book is all about advertising for that excel sheet and nothing more.

In short, it was a huge miss of it's target.
A big dissapointment.

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Product Description:
This invaluable reference effectively combines earned value management (EVM), the most widely accepted cost management technique, with the most widely used scheduling tool, Microsoft Office Project. It is a practical guide to end-to-end scheduling and cost management and includes a six-month trial version of a unique EVM software tool that will enable you to more effectively manage your projects, track and report the status and progress of projects, and take necessary action before projects fail. Supported with practical examples, this guide demonstrates how EVM can be effectively applied to any size project or program with the same rigor as that of a large or critical project or program.

KEY FEATURES

- Includes a unique EVM software tool that will save you substantial time and effort so you can focus on the actual management of projects or programs
- Covers the knowledge areas of schedule and cost management and is aligned with the Practice Standard for Earned Value Management published by PMI
- Provides a practical step-by-step approach to building a schedule quickly and contains efficient EVM cost management techniques using Microsoft Office Project to manage projects throughout their entire life cycle
- WAV offers free downloadable Excel tables with defined formulas for EVM calculations, a project schedule created using EVM and Microsoft Office Project, an EVM slide presentation, and an EVM software user manual -- available from the Web Added Value Download Resource Center at jrosspub.com

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