Earned Value Management for Project Cost and Schedule Performance Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply earned value management principles to measure project cost and schedule performance.
• Calculate key EVM metrics including planned value, earned value, and actual cost.
• Analyze cost and schedule variances to identify performance deviations.
• Evaluate project performance indices (CPI and SPI) to forecast completion estimates.
• Demonstrate the use of EVM data to support corrective action decisions.
• Design a simple EVM reporting framework for project status updates.

Target Audience

Project managers, project planners, cost controllers, and team leads responsible for tracking project performance and reporting to stakeholders.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

The practicals component provides hands-on experience in calculating EVM metrics, using software tools, and analyzing real-world scenarios. Learners will practice creating baselines, tracking performance, and generating reports to reinforce theoretical concepts and develop applied skills.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Building a WBS and Baseline — Learners construct a work breakdown structure for a sample project, assign costs and durations, and establish a time-phased budget baseline using spreadsheet software. (8h)
• Practical 2: Calculating EVM Metrics — Using provided project progress data, learners calculate PV, EV, AC, CV, SV, CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC, and TCPI, and interpret the results. (12h)
• Practical 3: EVM Software Simulation — Learners use a project management tool (e.g., MS Project or Primavera) to input a project plan, update progress, generate EVM reports, and analyze dashboards. (16h)
• Practical 4: Case Study Analysis and Presentation — In groups, learners analyze a complex case study with real project data, prepare an EVM analysis report, and present findings to the class for feedback. (12h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.