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EVM and has
Because EVM has the ability to combine measurements of:
Popularity of EVM has grown significantly in recent years beyond government contracting, in which sector its importance continues to rise ( e. g., recent new DFAR rules ), in part because EVM can also surface in and help substantiate contract disputes.
EVM emerged as a financial analysis specialty in United States Government programs in the 1960s, but it has since become a significant branch of project management and cost engineering.
In Australia EVM has been codified as standards AS 4817-2003 and AS 4817-2006.
Still, lightweight implementations of EVM are achievable by any person who has basic spreadsheet skills.

EVM and no
It is likely that these kinds of projects will not use the lightweight version of EVM described in the previous section, because there is no planned timescale for measuring schedule performance.
* Currently, an EVM can record a maximum of 3840 votes, which is sufficient for a polling station as they typically have no more than 1400 voters assigned.

EVM and measure
A method is needed to measure technical performance objectively and quantitatively, and that is what EVM accomplishes.

EVM and project
Earned value management ( EVM ), or Earned value project / performance management ( EVPM ) is a project management technique for measuring project performance and progress in an objective manner.
Early EVM research showed that the areas of planning and control are significantly impacted by its use ; and similarly, using the methodology improves both scope definition as well as the analysis of overall project performance.
More recent research studies have shown that the principles of EVM are positive predictors of project success.
To those unfamiliar with EVM, it might appear that this project was over budget through week 4 and then under budget from week 6 through week 8.
Project management research investigating the contribution of EVM to project success suggests a moderately strong positive relationship.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, EVM emerged as a project management methodology to be understood and used by managers and executives, not just EVM specialists.
Closer integration of EVM with the practice of project management accelerated in the 1990s.
The foundational principle of EVM, mentioned above, does not depend on the size or complexity of the project.
Another approach that is gaining favor is to scale EVM implementation according to the project at hand and skill level of the project team.
Assigning weighted values and achieving consensus on all PV quantities yields an important benefit of EVM, because it exposes misunderstandings and miscommunications about the scope of the project, and resolving these differences should always occur as early as possible.
In fact, waiting to update EV only once per month ( simply because that is when cost data are available ) only detracts from a primary benefit of using EVM, which is to create a technical performance scoreboard for the project team.
In other words, EVM is only one tool in the project manager's toolbox.
Because EVM requires quantification of a project plan, it is often perceived to be inapplicable to discovery-driven or Agile software development projects.
Applying EVM in fast-changing work environments is, in fact, an area of project management research.
If a project plan contains a significant portion of LOE, and the LOE is intermixed with discrete effort, EVM results will be contaminated.
Traditional definitions of EVM typically assume that project accounting and project network schedule management are prerequisites to achieving any benefit from EVM.

EVM and is
However, the most basic requirement of an EVM system is that it quantifies progress using PV and EV.
Figure 4 shows all three curves together – which is a typical EVM line chart.
This is the foundational principle of EVM.
In the United States, the primary standard for full-featured EVM systems is the ANSI / EIA-748A standard, published in May 1998 and reaffirmed in August 2002.
Thus, the challenge is to create agile or discovery-driven implementations of the EVM principle, and not simply to reject the notion of measuring technical performance objectively.
Traditional EVM is not intended for non-discrete ( continuous ) effort.
In traditional EVM standards, non-discrete effort is called “ level of effort " ( LOE ).
This is another area of EVM research.

EVM and for
EVM implementations for large or complex projects include many more features, such as indicators and forecasts of cost performance ( over budget or under budget ) and schedule performance ( behind schedule or ahead of schedule ).
In 1989, EVM leadership was elevated to the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, thus making EVM an essential element of program management and procurement.
The United States Office of Management and Budget began to mandate the use of EVM across all government agencies, and, for the first time, for certain internally managed projects ( not just for contractors ).
These initial three steps define the minimal amount of planning for simplified EVM.
The following EVM formulas are for schedule management, and do not require accumulation of actual cost ( AC ).
Large projects require more elaborate processes for controlling baseline revisions, more thorough integration with subcontractor EVM systems, and more elaborate management of procured materials.
The standard defines 32 criteria for full-featured EVM system compliance.
Many small projects don't satisfy either of these prerequisites, but they too can benefit from EVM, as described for simple implementations, above.
Such projects can benefit from EVM, as described for intermediate implementations, above, and Earned Schedule.
While the BK was somewhat compatible with larger and more expensive DVK professional model microcomputers and industrial minicomputers like the SM EVM series, its meager 32 KB memory of which only 16 KB was generally available to programmers ( an extended memory mode supported 28 KB but limited video output to a quarter of the screen ) generally precluded direct use of software for the more powerful machines.
In 2004, India had adopted Electronic Voting Machines ( EVM ) for its elections to the Parliament with 380 million voters had cast their ballots using more than a million voting machines.
ESER is an abbreviation for Einheitliches System Elektronischer Rechenmaschinen ( German for standardized system of electronic computers ), a term used in the GDR for ES EVM computers produced according to a treaty between the members of Comecon signed on December 23, 1968 covering the development of a standardized computing system.
Soviet science also formed the base for several high-technology programs for regional specialization and cooperation, such as nuclear power and computers ( see ES EVM ).

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