Program Number: C020-15092009
Applying Earned Value on Both Small and Large Projects
Category Type: 3
Subject Areas
Knowledge: 10
Process: 06
Application/Specific Interest Groups: 30
Activity Sponsor: PMINJ Chapter (C020)
PDUs: - 1.5
Leadership - 0.0
Strategic - 0.0
Technical - 1.5
Today, more than ever before, the pressure on
project participants to deliver more with less resources on
a tightly constrained schedule, demands the use of an earned
value based management process. However, there is a
widespread perception in the industry that implementing an
earned value based system will bring an added degree of
bureaucracy and paperwork that may outweigh the benefits
derived from it.
This presentation will address a few streamlined approaches
to get the most out of implementing earned value on both
small as well as large projects. It will also examine
different elements that play an important role in
determining how effective earned value will be for you in
your particular application. The speaker will also
discuss a case study to expose some of the dangers and
pitfalls of the "strict" interpretation of variance data
related to earned value.
Pradip Mehta
Bio:
Pradip Mehta, PMP, CCE, PSP, EVP is a Vice President and
Managing Consultant with Marsh, USA, a fortune 500
company. Mr. Mehta has 27 years of diversified and
extensive experience in implementing project control
processes and systems at the corporate, regional and project
specific levels for both Owners and Contractors. He
has successfully implemented earned value based systems on
small as well as large projects. In his current
position with Marsh, he leads and executes claim analysis
involving issues related to disruption and productivity
loss, schedule delay and acceleration, cost impact, scope
change, causation and responsibility. He has provided
litigation support, entitlement reviews and expert testimony
on various contract disputes. Mr. Mehta has a M.S. in
Construction management from the Georgia Institute of
Technology. He is a frequently invited speaker on
"Project Control Best Practices", "Delay and Damage
Evaluation" and on "Implementation of Enterprise-Wide
Project Management Systems”. He is also a certified
Earned Value Professional - EVP, Project Management
Professional - PMP, Certified Cost Engineer - CCE, and
Planning and Scheduling Professional - PSP. He
currently serves as a Director-at-Large of PMI College of
Scheduling (PMICOS).
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