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How MS Project calculates Cost Variance (CV) for an ongoing or finished task?

we know Cost Variance = Actual Cost - Budgeted Cost

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Date Posted: 2013/05/20
Khairy Khalil
by Khairy Khalil , PROJECT MANAGER , NORPETCO FEED DESIGN REVIEW

Actually CV = EV-Ac as EV is Budget cost of performed work, AC is Actual cost of work performed.
MS Project Considers EV = PV if it is not entered independantly where PV is Budget cost of Planned work.
Accordingly you shall enter PV for each activity and AC as well.
then run model so CV will be calculated.

Anisuddin Siddiqui
by Anisuddin Siddiqui , Sr. Planning Engineer , Southwest Architecture

If you had saved the Baseline before updates and then run the variance report, the system will do the calculation and present you CV.
Primavera is superior in terms of Earned value analysis.
MSP is fit for simple Task Management/Scheduling.

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