Question: A new product development project has elapsed four weeks. It means that the status period is end of Week 4. The monitoring team has reported

A new product development project has elapsed four weeks. It means that the status period is end of Week 4. The monitoring team has reported the project updates as given in the following table. Actual costs are only recorded at completion of a task.

Table 1 Update progress (PV and EV Rule: time proportionality)

Activity #

Predecessors

Planned Duration (weeks)

Budgeted cost

% Work Completed

Money Spent (AC)

A

4

$500

80%

$400

B

2

$2,000

40%

$1,000

C

A, B

5

$500

D

C

2

$750

E

C

1

$250

  1. Prepare a weekly Plannd Value (PV) and Earned Value (EV) table for all project tasks.
  2. Calculate SPI, CPI at end of Week 4 (Show your calculations)
  3. Is the project on target by end of Week 4?

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