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PMI EVM Community of Practice (previously known as PMI College of Performance Management) is the world’s leading source of performance management information.
This Research and Standards webpage provides the opportunity to keep performance management members appraised of news, techniques and best business practices in the research and standards area the profession and the latest research and standards information about the PMI EVM CoP.
Latest News

 

EVM-3 Europe Conference Call for Papers
The third annual earned value conference for Europe will be held 23-24 November 2011 in Valencia, Spain at the School of Building Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

For more information click here to access. (EVM Europe Website)

The EVM Europe Conferences includes a dedicated EVM academic (research) track.

For EVM related Research and Standards latest news items of interest, please contact the Research and Standards Lead
(VPResearch-Standards@pmi-cpm.org) or Executive Administrator (gaile.argiro@vcleader.pmi.org).
Research
PMI EVM CoP Research Projects


2010

Contract Over Target Baseline (OTB) Effect On Earned Value Management’s Cost Performance Index (CPI)
MAJ Dennis E. Jack USAF

Masters Thesis (AFIT Website)

 

Predicting Over Target Baseline (OTB) Acquisition Contracts
CAPT Kristine Thickstun USAF and Dr. Tony White

EVM World 2010 Presentation
Measurable News Article
Masters Thesis

2009

An Evaluation Of Growth Models As Predictive Tools For Estimates At Completion (EAC)
CAPT Elizabeth N. Trahan USAF

Masters Thesis (AFIT Website)

This is not a PMI EVM CoP sponsored research project.  It is included as the first of a trilogy to the research thesis conducted by AFIT above.

 

A Global and Cross-Industry Perspective on Current EVM Practice
Dr. Lingguang Song, School of Construction Management, University of Houston

IPM Fall Conference 2009 Presentation
A Paperback Book is available from the PMI Marketplace

Note: This research was managed by the PMI Research Foundation with a research grant provided by the then PMI-CPM.

Other Websites of Interest to EVM Researchers

 

Comprehensive Bibliography Of Earned Value Literature
Maintained by Dr David S. Christensen, Ph.D, CCEA, CMA
Chair, Department of Accounting, School of Business, Southern Utah University

Click here to access. (SUU Website)

A regularly updated comprehensive reference source for EVM literature.

 

 

Earned Schedule Website
Maintained by Mr Walter H. Lipke

Click here to access. (Earned Schedule Website)

The official source of Earned Schedule information. See “Papers” for a bibliography of Earned Schedule articles including academic and practitioner based research into the method.

 

2010

EVA-2 Europe Conference: Ghent, Belgium
November 2010

Presentations (EVA-2 Europe Website)

The EVA Europe Conferences includes a dedicated EVM Academic (Research) track. 
Academic presentations are prefixed “AC”.

2009

EVA-1 Europe Conference: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
November 2009

Presentations (EVA-1 Europe Website)

 

Standards
PMI EVM Global Practice Standard 2nd Edition Update Project

 

PMI EVM Global Practice Standard 2nd Edition Update Project
August 2011

For the latest update on this project see the presentation by Project Chair, J. Greg Smith and Eric Christoph at the EVM World 2011 Conference.

Click here to access.