Earned Value Metrics – the easy way to remember it

   
Was:
 
PV Planned Value
BCWS
How much work should be done? (Budget)
AC Actual Cost
ACWP
How much did we spend to get the work done?
EV Earned Value
BCWP
How much did we budget for the work we did?
BAC Budget at Completion
How much did we budget for the whole project?
EAC Estimate at Completion
Given our progress, how much will the total project cost?
ETC Estimate to Complete
How much more do we estimate the job will cost?
VAC Variance at Completion
How much over/under budget will we be?


Cost Variance (CV)
EV - AC
Negative = Over budget, Positive = Under budget
Schedule Variance (SV)
EV - PV
Negative = Behind schedule, Positive = Ahead of schedule
CPI
EV
AC
I am getting ______ cents out of every dollar.
SPI
EV
PV
I am progressing at ______ % of the volume of work I wanted.
EAC
BAC
CPI
At this time, we expect the total project to cost _____ dollars.
ETC
EAC-AC
How much will it cost from now to finish?
VAC
BAC-EAC
At the end, how much more/less will we spend?