Barbara from Denver, CO asks: I want to used earned value calculations to help manage my projects. However, when I look at the BCWS and BCWP fields, the data doesn’t seem to be calculated. What's going on?

Answer: Earned value can be a very helpful indicator of the health of your project. It's the equalizer between duration and work in evaluating project performance. For instance, did you do the work you planned to perform in the timeframe you planned to perform it? Did the work cost you more (more time) than you planned and how does that relate to the schedule?. Earned Value is complicated and can’t be addressed fully in this article. However, I would like to address the question above.

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