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Currently the Project Management Institute (PMI) estimates that approximately 25% of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is spent on projects of various kinds and that about 16.5 million professionals are directly involved in project management worldwide. This volume of projects and changes in the world scenario, increasingly competitive, generate the need for faster results, with higher quality, lower costs and shorter deadlines. Among the main techniques for analyzing cost, time and scope performance, the Earned Value Management (EVM) technique is considered to be the most reliable. Several formulas derived from EVM’s measurements are available and have been studied over the past 15 years. However, EVM has a significant limitation regarding quality in its method. The technique is effective in providing cost and schedule related information but is still weak in taking the quality factor into account. The main objective of this work is to contribute to studies that seek to add the quality component into EVM and comparing performance between them. This paper presents the results of a systematic review, providing a comprehensive summary of the main problems with the use of the EVM technique and the possible solutions found to improve its capacity to predict the impact of quality (possible bugs or nonconformities) in the course of a project’s life cycle.

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1. Introduction

2. problem statement, 3. methodology, 3.1. modeling and simulation method.

  • System analysis. In this activity, we establish the aim of the model based on the research questions. The result is an analysis statement. In our case, it is a narrative document based on the ODD protocol that defines the purpose and details of the model we built.
  • Conceptual modeling of the system. In this activity, we analyze the problem domain’s language to make a first approximation. The result is a conceptual system model. We use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to represent the abstractions produced in the analysis of the problem language.
  • Simulation design. In this activity, we design the simulation. The result is a simulation model based on a specific framework or tool. We use the Netlogo tool as the technological basis for the design.
  • Simulation Code Generation. In this activity, we write a computer executable code that implements the designed model in the selected tool. The result is a simulation code. The generated code is written in Logo for Netlogo and implements the simulator design.
  • Simulation Setup. In this activity, we configure the experiment in the simulator. Using input data, we specify simulation scenarios. We used Netlogo’s BehaviorSpace tool to experiment with a dataset based on a typical software project management template with 61 core tasks and a max of seven employees. This experimentation consisted of 2100 runs resulting from the combination of input variables and their possible valid values.
  • Simulation execution. In this activity, we ran the experiment within the pre-set parameters. We obtained simulation results. The data obtained are the product of each “tick” (the discrete-time in Netlogo) and the states of all the input variables, agents, and earned value management metrics produced in each of the 2100 runs. The resulting data give us system state information in the entire parameter space.
  • Simulation Results Analysis. In this activity, we analyze the results to contribute to the clarification of the proposed research questions. We use the resulting data to generate a simulation analysis report. We performed the following: (a) a t-Student test to compare dissimilarities in the results of simple scenario simulations between our prototype and tools suggested by PMI to analyze the EVM in hypothetical projects; (b) a sensitivity assessment to support the interpretation; (c) an explanation of simulation model outcomes and an active nonlinear test to examine the necessary considerations in the simulation structure and thereby begin to approach complexity.

3.2. Model Description

3.3. model validation, 4.1. netlogo prototype, 4.2. model validation, 5. discussion, 6. conclusions, author contributions, institutional review board statement, informed consent statement, data availability statement, acknowledgments, conflicts of interest, abbreviations.

ACActual Cost
ABMAgent-Based Model
CPICost Performance Index
EVEarned Value
EVMEarned Value Management
ODD“Overview, Design Concepts, Details” protocol
PVPlanned Value
PMProject Management
PMBPerformance Measurement Baseline
PMBOOKProject Management Body of Knowledge
PMIProject Management Institute
SPIScheduled Performance Index
WBSWork Breakdown Structure

Appendix A. The Earned Value Management Model

Appendix a.1. overview, appendix a.1.1. purpose and patterns, appendix a.1.2. entities, state variables, and scales, state variables.

EntityVariable NameVariable TypeMeaning
TaskstatusIntegerThe task status
task-numberIntegerThe task number
task-descriptionStringThe task description
priorityIntegerThe task priority
planned-startStringA planned task start date
planned-finishStringA planned task finish date
planned-hoursIntegerPlanned task execution hours
complete-hoursIntegerComplete task execution planned hours
actual-hoursIntegerReal/actual task execution hours
Employeeemployee-numberIntegerThe employee ID number
statusIntegerThe employee status
roleStringThe employee role
ScaleValuesMeaning
Grid16 × 32The task board and color tags.
Grid16 × 32The workspace and employees.
Ticks0–nThe working hours

Appendix A.1.3. Process Overview and Scheduling

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Appendix A.2. Design Concepts

Appendix a.2.1. basic principles.

  • A task backlog: a task backlog (to-do column) requires individuals to complete it.
  • A task board: task states are portrayed on a task board to visualize the project’s advancement.
  • Players: players must take as many tasks as permitted from the “to-do” queue and deliver them to the “done” cue in the panel. While a player is working on an assignment, he must keep the assignment tag in the “in-progress” column.
  • A cost and schedule: the task has a planned cost in hours and start–finish time, but the worker could delay or advance in completing the job, or environmental situations could increase and decrease the final cost.
  • Performance metrics: the earned value management metrics estimate the project performance.

Appendix A.2.2. Emergence

Appendix a.2.3. adaptation, appendix a.2.4. objectives, appendix a.2.5. prediction, appendix a.2.6. stochasticity, appendix a.2.7. collectives, appendix a.2.8. observation, appendix a.3. details, appendix a.3.1. initialization, appendix a.3.2. input data.

Input VariableData TypeValues
employees-numberInteger0–100
number-of-tasksInteger1–n
probability-of-delayInteger0–1
probability-of-advanceInteger0–1
assigned-tasks-employeeInteger0–3

Appendix A.3.3. Submodels

Earned value management.

EVM MetricCalculation and Description
Planned Value, PVThe budget (or planned) value of work scheduled
Earned Value, EVThe “earned value” of the physical work completed
Actual Cost (AC)The actual value of work completed
Budget at Completion, BACPV% = PV / BAC
EV% = EV / BAC
AC% = AC / BAC
Schedule Variance, SVSV = EV – PV
SV% = SV / PV
Cost Variance, CVCV = EV – AC
CV% = CV / EV
Schedule Performance Index, SPISPI = EV / PV
Cost Performance Index, CPICPI = EV /AC
To Complete Performance Index, TCPITCPI = (BAC – EV) / (BAC – AC)
Estimate at Completion, EACEAC = BAC – SV
EAC = BAC / CPI
EAC = BAC / (CPI * SPI)
EAC = AC + new estimate of remaining work
Estimate to Complete, ETCETC = EAC – AC
Variance at Completion, VACVAC = BAC – EAC
VAC% = VAC / BAC
Cost Performance Index at Conclusion, CPIACCPIAC = BAC / EAC
Time Estimate atEACt = (BAC / SPI) / (BAC / PMB
Completion, EACtDuration) = PMB duration / SPI
Time Variance atVACt = PMB duration – EACt
Completion, VACtVACt% = VACt / PMB duration
Time Schedule PerformanceSPIACt = PMB duration / EACt
Index at Conclusion, SPIACt

Appendix B. Sensitivity Assessment

VariableMeanSDMedianMADMinMaxn
employees.number42.0004763606117342.9652172100
assigned.tasks.employee20.8166910543331121.4826132100
probability.of.delay0.450.2872965444113130.450.3706500.92100
probability.of.advance0.450.2872965444113130.450.3706500.92100
step1116.985714285711603.01591793252581471.466814615,9802100
AC2469.549047619052817.2067024889915321245.38412515,9392100
PV1532015320153215322100
EV1532015320153215322100
SV0000002100
SPI1010112100
CV−937.5490476190482817.2067024889901245.384−14,40714072100
CPI1.618399993504621.8623551736968710.8146743776132050.096116443942530912.2562100
RequirementSpecificationNumber of Traces
Where Requirement
Is True
Total Number
of Traces
Percent of Cases Where
the Requirement Is True
out of Total Cases
Assessment
employees.number >= 1Always True210021001Requirement Is Met in ALL cases
employees.number <= 7Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
assigned.tasks.employee >= 1Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
assigned.tasks.employee <= 3Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
probability.of.delay >= 0Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
probability.of.delay <1Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
probability.of.advance >= 0Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
probability.of.advance <1Always True210021001Requirement is Met in ALL cases
ConditionNumber of Traces
Where Condition Is True
Total Number
of Traces
Likelihood That Condition
Appears Alongside “CPI” within
Range 0.0961164439425309 to 3.5
Likelihood That “CPI” within
Range 0.0961164439425309
to 3.5 Contains the Condition
Sensitivity Assessment
employees.number >= 0188021000.89523809523809510.944723618090452
assigned.tasks.employee >= 0188021000.89523809523809510.944723618090452
probability.of.delay >= 0188021000.89523809523809510.944723618090452
probability.of.advance >= 0188021000.89523809523809510.944723618090452
employees.number >0188021000.89523809523809510.944723618090452
assigned.tasks.employee >0188021000.89523809523809510.944723618090452
probability.of.delay >0171318900.9063492063492060.9111702127659570.908753315649867
probability.of.advance >0167018900.8835978835978840.8882978723404260.885941644562334
employees.number == 000NA0NA
assigned.tasks.employee == 000NA0NA
probability.of.delay == 01672100.7952380952380950.08882978723404260.159808612440191
probability.of.advance == 021021010.1117021276595740.200956937799043
employees.number <000NA0NA
assigned.tasks.employee <000NA0NA
probability.of.delay <000NA0NA
probability.of.advance <000NA0NA
employees.number <= 000NA0NA
assigned.tasks.employee <= 000NA0NA
probability.of.delay <= 01672100.7952380952380950.08882978723404260.159808612440191
probability.of.advance <= 021021010.1117021276595740.200956937799043
ConditionNumber of Traces
Where Condition
Is True
Total Number
of Traces
Likelihood That Condition
Appears Alongside “Step”
within Range 146 to 2720
Likelihood That “Step”
within Range 146 to 2720
Contains the Condition
Sensitivity Assessment
employees.number >= 0193321000.9204761904761910.958591619142078
assigned.tasks.employee >= 0193321000.9204761904761910.958591619142078
probability.of.delay >= 0193321000.9204761904761910.958591619142078
probability.of.advance >= 0193321000.9204761904761910.958591619142078
employees.number >0193321000.9204761904761910.958591619142078
assigned.tasks.employee >0193321000.9204761904761910.958591619142078
probability.of.delay >0172318900.9116402116402120.8913605794102430.901386345801726
probability.of.advance >0174118900.9211640211640210.9006725297465080.910803034266283
employees.number == 000NA0NA
assigned.tasks.employee == 000NA0NA
probability.of.delay == 021021010.1086394205897570.195986934204386
probability.of.advance == 01922100.9142857142857140.0993274702534920.179188054129725
employees.number <000NA0NA
assigned.tasks.employee <000NA0NA
probability.of.delay <000NA0NA
probability.of.advance <000NA0NA
employees.number <= 000NA0NA
assigned.tasks.employee <= 000NA0NA
probability.of.delay <= 021021010.1086394205897570.195986934204386
probability.of.advance <= 01922100.9142857142857140.0993274702534920.179188054129725
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Earned value analysis in project management : Survey and research potential

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