Earned Value Management

InEight tools help you connect cost, schedule, and progress for a comprehensive view of project health.

Explore the pages below to learn how you can monitor and communicate cost and man-hour performance and easily generate EVM reporting.

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Set up Budget

Foundational to EVM is the setup of your budget structure and values while also making sure they are accurate and up to date. See the workflow below and then click on each section for detailed process information.

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I - Create Budget

Select this section to learn the three methods for creating a budget.

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II - Lock Budget

View this section to lock your Current Budget after final tweaking is done.

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III - Manage Changes

Access this section to make and approve budget moves or contract adjustments using InEight Control and Change.



Record Actuals

With your budget established, as work begins and tasks are completed, you need to track the progress of the work.

See how you can use InEight’s tools to claim quantities and capture actual hours and costs.

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I - Claim in Plan and Progress

Select this section to learn about claiming quantities, hours, and costs in Plan and Progress.

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II - Claim in Control

View this section to learn about different methods for bringing quantities, hours, and costs into Control.

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III - Review Actuals Details

This section highlights where you can go to confirm your values imported correctly.



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Review Performance

With your quantities completed, man-hours and costs spent to date, you can start looking at earned value metrics.

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I - Review Performance in InEight Control

Select this section to learn how to set up custom views in InEight Control to review man-hour and cost progress, including CPI and SPI.

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II - Review Performance Reports

View this section to learn about reports and dashboards you can run to analyze project performance.

Forecast

Update forecast based on performance to-date.

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I - Set Forecast Methods

Select this section to learn how to set up and use a variety of forecast methods to generate forecasts for your project.

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II - Update Forecast

View this section to review how to work with your project team to update the project forecast using InEight Control.

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