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You work for Jumbi Software pty ltd. A six month software upgrade project by your organization to an important client is scheduled to have a budget of $120M. After three months, it is in the following financial scenario: (cumulative)您在 Jumbi Software pty ltd 工作。您的组织为重要客户实施的为期六个月的软件升级项目计划预算为 1.2 亿美元。三个月后,财务状况如下:(累计)Month 月 1 2 3 4 5 6Planned value 计划值 10M 20M 40M 90M 110M 120MEarned Value 所得价值 15M 25M 90M      Actual Cost 实际成本 20M 35M 95M      Calculate the cumulative Schedule Variance (SV) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第 3 个月末的累积进度差异 (SV)(2 分) Calculate the Cumulative Cost Variance (CV) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks计算第 3 个月末的累积成本差异 (CV)(2 分Calculate the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第 3 个月末的进度绩效指数 (SPI)(2 分)Calculate the Cost Performance Index (CPI) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第3个月末的成本绩效指数(CPI)(2分)Calculate the Earned Schedule at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第 3 个月末的收入表(2 分)Calculate the minimum performance threshold that must be achieved if the project is to complete within budget (hint: this is also referred to as the TCPI) (3 marks)计算项目要在预算内完成则必须达到的最低绩效阈值(提示:这也称为 TCPI)(3 分)How well the project is doing in terms of budget? How well is it doing in terms of time? (5 marks)该项目的预算情况如何?就时间而言,它的表现如何? (5分)Comment or speculate on two likely reasons for your observation in part (vii) (2 marks)对第 (vii) 部分中你的观察结果的两个可能原因进行评论或推测(2 分)

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You work for Jumbi Software pty ltd. A six month software upgrade project by your organization to an important client is scheduled to have a budget of $120M. After three months, it is in the following financial scenario: (cumulative)您在 Jumbi Software pty ltd 工作。您的组织为重要客户实施的为期六个月的软件升级项目计划预算为 1.2 亿美元。三个月后,财务状况如下:(累计)Month 月 1 2 3 4 5 6Planned value 计划值 10M 20M 40M 90M 110M 120MEarned Value 所得价值 15M 25M 90M      Actual Cost 实际成本 20M 35M 95M      Calculate the cumulative Schedule Variance (SV) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第 3 个月末的累积进度差异 (SV)(2 分) Calculate the Cumulative Cost Variance (CV) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks计算第 3 个月末的累积成本差异 (CV)(2 分Calculate the Schedule Performance Index (SPI) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第 3 个月末的进度绩效指数 (SPI)(2 分)Calculate the Cost Performance Index (CPI) at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第3个月末的成本绩效指数(CPI)(2分)Calculate the Earned Schedule at the end of the 3rd month (2 marks)计算第 3 个月末的收入表(2 分)Calculate the minimum performance threshold that must be achieved if the project is to complete within budget (hint: this is also referred to as the TCPI) (3 marks)计算项目要在预算内完成则必须达到的最低绩效阈值(提示:这也称为 TCPI)(3 分)How well the project is doing in terms of budget? How well is it doing in terms of time? (5 marks)该项目的预算情况如何?就时间而言,它的表现如何? (5分)Comment or speculate on two likely reasons for your observation in part (vii) (2 marks)对第 (vii) 部分中你的观察结果的两个可能原因进行评论或推测(2 分)

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Solution 1

Sure, let's calculate the required metrics one by one:

(i) Schedule Variance (SV) = Earned Value (EV) - Planned Value (PV) At the end of the 3rd month, SV = 90M - 40M = 50M

(ii) Cost Variance (CV) = Earned Value (EV) - Actual Cost (AC) At the end of the 3rd month, CV = 90M - 95M = -5M

(iii) Schedule Performance Index (SPI) = Earned Value (EV) / Planned Value (PV) At the end of the 3rd month, SPI = 90M / 40M = 2.25

(iv) Cost Performance Index (CPI) = Earned Value (EV) / Actual Cost (AC) At the end of the 3rd month, CPI = 90M / 95M = 0.947

(v) Earned Schedule (ES) is a complex calculation that requires more data than provided.

(vi) To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) = (Budget at Completion - Earned Value) / (Budget at Completion - Actual Cost) TCPI = (120M - 90M) / (120M - 95M) = 0.857

(vii) The project is over budget as indicated by the negative CV and CPI less than 1. However, it is ahead of schedule as indicated by the positive SV and SPI greater than 1.

(viii) Two likely reasons for these observations could be:

  1. The project team is working faster than planned, hence the ahead of schedule status.
  2. However, they might be using more resources to speed up the work, which is causing the project to go over budget.

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Solution 2

Sure, let's calculate the required metrics one by one:

(i) Schedule Variance (SV) = Earned Value (EV) - Planned Value (PV) SV = 90M - 40M = 50M

(ii) Cost Variance (CV) = Earned Value (EV) - Actual Cost (AC) CV = 90M - 95M = -5M

(iii) Schedule Performance Index (SPI) = Earned Value (EV) / Planned Value (PV) SPI = 90M / 40M = 2.25

(iv) Cost Performance Index (CPI) = Earned Value (EV) / Actual Cost (AC) CPI = 90M / 95M = 0.947

(v) Earned Schedule (ES) is a concept that extends Earned Value Management (EVM) to better handle time. It's not directly calculable from the given data.

(vi) To Complete Performance Index (TCPI) = (Budget at Completion (BAC) - Earned Value (EV)) / (Budget at Completion (BAC) - Actual Cost (AC)) TCPI = (120M - 90M) / (120M - 95M) = 0.857

(vii) The project is over budget as the CV is negative and the CPI is less than 1. The project is ahead of schedule as the SV is positive and the SPI is greater than 1.

(viii) Two likely reasons for these observations could be:

  1. The project team is working faster than planned, hence the positive SV and SPI greater than 1.
  2. The project costs are not well controlled, leading to a negative CV and CPI less than

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