| October - December 2015 |
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Diego Navarro reports that he is in the final throes of completing the Spanish translation of the Earned Schedule book. His plans are to first make it available in electronic form, then later as a paperback. By all indications, the Spanish translation will become available for purchase by this coming March. |
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The Measurable News has indicated that Walt Lipke’s article, “Examination of the Threshold for the To Complete Indexes,” is to be published in Issue 1 of 2016. The examination uses data from 25 projects to evaluate the threshold validity. |
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Recently there have been requests for a paper published in 2006, “Statistical Methods Applied to EVM …the Next Frontier.” The publisher introduced several typo errors into the article, causing problems in using it for a reference. Thus, it was not listed in the Papers area of the website. Because of the current interest, the manuscript, having correct information, is now posted along with the journal publication information. |
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The article, “The To Complete Performance Index…an expanded view,” was published on-line in the October 2015 issue of the PM World Journal. |
| July - September 2015 |
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The Earned Schedule book review by Ray Stratton was once accessible using links to Management Technologies and Projects at Work. These links no longer provide the review. They have been replaced by the link (Stratton ES book review). |
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The Training Sources listing for Performance Management Associates – a division of SM&A has been changed to SM&A Project Management Training. |
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Through discussions with Robert Van De Velde who is working on software enhancements to his EVM-ES tool, Walt Lipke became interested in verifying the threshold level for TCPI (and TSPI) theorized in his 2009 Measurable News article, “The To Complete Performance Index …an expanded view.” Data from twenty five projects was accumulated to test the threshold. Lipke’s work has been submitted to the Measurable News for publication, possibly the Winter 2016 issue. |
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An update was received on the status of the Spanish translation of the Earned Schedule book. One of the translators could no longer continue with the effort and some difficulty was encountered in working with the figures. The effort has been re-started and progress is being made. When the Spanish version is complete, the details of its media forms and availability will be announced here. |
| April - June 2015 |
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Paulo Andre’ de Andrade, who translated the Earned Schedule book into the Portuguese language, has recently translated two of Walt Lipke’s articles for publication in the Mundo Project Management Journal. The articles are “Earned Schedule – schedule performance analysis from EVM Measures” and “Is Something Missing from Project Management?” |
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The Measurable News published Walt Lipke’s article, “Applying Statistical Forecasting of Project Duration to Earned Schedule-Longest Path,” in the 2015.02 issue. |
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About one year ago the journal, CrossTalk, requested an article from Walt Lipke with the theme of “Test and Diagnostics.” His article, “Testing Earned Schedule Forecasting Reliability,” is published in the July/August 2015 issue. |
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Walt Lipke presented “Earned Schedule – Project Duration Forecasting Enhancements,” at the May 4-5 PMI Professional Development Conference held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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The Earned Schedule-Longest Path (ES-LP) calculator v1c has been updated to v1d. As well, the ES Calculator (Special Cases) is updated from vs1d to vs1e. The update for each is an elaboration of the ES(L) analysis example. The example provides a template for identifying anomalies and selecting the appropriate LP forecast with its associated ES(L) value. The update improves ES-LP forecasting and, as well, the resultant ES(L) values facilitate statistical forecasting. |
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A brief presentation of the reliability study of Earned Schedule forecasting is available at the link, “Forecasting Reliability.” |
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A video, “Earned Schedule – An Introductory Video,” has been created by Walt Lipke. The video is intended for those who have recently learned of ES and are seeking a simple description of the method and its capabilities. The 18 minute video is accessed using the link on the website, “Introductory Video.” |
| January - March 2015 |
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Marino Martínez Miniño has provided his presentation on Earned Schedule. The presentation was made last July at the 8th Venezuelan PMI Chapter Congress of Project Management held in Caracas. The presentation is in Spanish and is included on the Presentations page. |
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Mojtaba Zarei Kesheh published a very significant paper at the end of 2012 in The Measurable News. His paper corroborates the project duration forecasting improvement claims for Earned Schedule-Longest Path (ES-LP). The title of the paper is “Time Prediction in Construction Projects with Earned Schedule Longest Path (ES-LP).” It is available for download from the Papers page. |
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Robert Van De Velde has released “Earned Schedule in the Cloud.” This version of Project Flight Deck’s Schedule Analyzer provides a significant advance in the ability of global companies to share project performance information, thereby enhancing and speeding decision making capability. For information on the app, check out the splash page: https://pfd.azurewebsites.net. |
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Walt Lipke’s paper, “Applying Statistical Forecasting of Project Duration To Earned Schedule-Longest Path,” was published in the February 2015 issue of PM World Journal (www.pmworldjournal.net). The paper identifies a condition for identifying and improving the selection of the longest path and describes the application of statistical forecasting with LP. |
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Two ES calculators, ES Calculator (Special Cases) and ES-LP Calculator, have been updated to assist the application of Longest Path forecasting. Instruction is provided for the identification of anomalous forecasts. |
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For those interested, the EVM Europe Conference will not convene in 2015. |
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The EVM bibliography maintained for many years by Dr. David Christensen at Southern Utah University is no longer. This focused listing of EVM literature is now unavailable. |
