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.

A roadmap for the development of MNT is an objective of a broadly based technology project led by Battelle ( the manager of several U. S. National Laboratories ) and the Foresight Institute.

The work breakdown structure ( WBS ) is a tree structure that shows a subdivision of effort required to achieve an objective — for example a program, project, and contract.

It is a tree structure, which shows a subdivision of effort required to achieve an objective ; for example a program, project, and contract.

In a project or contract, the WBS is developed by starting with the end objective and successively subdividing it into manageable components in terms of size, duration, and responsibility ( e. g., systems, subsystems, components, tasks, subtasks, and work packages ) which include all steps necessary to achieve the objective.

Single-lens reflex cameras allow the photographer to determine the focus and composition visually using the objective lens and a moving mirror to project the image onto a ground glass or plastic micro-prism screen.

In 1974, IBM started a project with a design objective of creating a large telephone-switching network with a potential capacity to deal with at least 300 calls per second.

Vandana Shiva is working on a 3 year project with the Government of Bhutan, at the invitation of the Prime Minister Jigme Thinley, advising the government on how to achieve their objective of becoming an organic sovereign country ( the first fully 100 % organic country ).

* Positive projection – A method in which the telescope eyepiece ( eyepiece projection ) or a positive lens ( placed after the focal plane of the telescope objective ) is used to project a much more magnified image directly onto the film or CCD.

The objective of a project plan is to define the approach to be used by the Project team to deliver the intended project management scope of the project.

He said he'd been asked by New York based DJ Andy Butler to join the project and that the objective was or became " Let's sound as much like Yazoo as we can .... We loved Yazoo.

With the objective " not only bring MTR passengers more time for life, but also more time for art ", the Art in MTR Initiative has been a success since its reception in 1998, where the Airport Express Artwork Programme was the pioneer project.

It involves specifying the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieve that objective.

During the 1970s, she was sent to United States with the objective to seduce and marry Jack Bristow in order to steal information from him about a project he was working on.

Image projectors ( such as video, movie, and slide projectors ) use objective lenses that simply reverse the function of a camera lens, with lenses designed to cover a large image plane and project it at a distance onto another surface.

On Wikisource, the annotations are supplementary to the original text, which remains the primary objective of the project.

A major current ( 2004 – 08 ) project of UNESCO's International Geoscience Programme ( IGCP ), following a successful probe of the Ordovician biodiversification, has as its major objective to seek the possible physical and chemical causes, related to changes in climate, sea level, volcanism, plate movements and extraterrestrial influences, of the Ordovician biodiversification, this end-Ordovician extinction, and the ensuing Silurian radiation.

At the outset of the IETF Secure Shell File Transfer project, the Secsh group stated that its objective of SSH File Transfer Protocol was to provide a secure file transfer functionality over any reliable data stream, and to be the standard file transfer protocol for use with the SSH-2 protocol.

Athena was not a research project, and the development of new models of computing was not a primary objective of the project.

In fact it has caused us to give serious thought to moving our residence south, because it is not easy for the most objective Southerner to sit calmly by when his host is telling a roomful of people that the only way to deal with Southerners who oppose integration is to send in troops and shoot the bastards down.

This objective is adhered to throughout the duration of the action.

The connective system, or network, is tailored to meet the requirements of the objective, and it is therefore not surprising that a military body acting as a single coordinated unit has a different communication network than a factory, a college, or a rural village.

Let us not confuse the issue by labeling the objective or the method `` psychoanalytic '', for this is a well established term of art for the specific ideas and procedures initiated by Sigmund Freud and his followers for the study and treatment of disordered personalities.

For there is also the `` face of reality '' in the form of the individual's perceptions of his own abilities and interests, of the objective possibilities open to him, of the familial and other social pressures to which he is exposed.

Our proper objective, then, is the development of a new spirit, the realization of a potential community.

If an atom bomb in 1945 could destroy an entire city surely the atomic arsenal we now have is more than adequate to fulfill any military objective required of it.

The impression was unmistakable that, whatever one may choose to call it, natural law is a functioning generality with a certain objective existence.

What evidence is there of an objective kind that in fact your government proposes to do just that, and that it can be done ''??

The objective should be to provide a method of getting into print a higher percentage than is now possible of the relevant information in the possession of reporters and editors.

`` Our objective '', the colonel had said that day of the briefing, `` is Papa-san ''.

The long-range objective of habitat management is to make it fully productive so as to support fish and game populations to contribute to the need for public use and enjoyment.

The long-range objective is to hold the damage from destructive agencies below the level which would seriously interfere with intensive management of the National Forest System under principles of multiple use and high-level sustained yield of products and services.

The objective is to achieve sufficient effectiveness of control on all of the area now under treatment plus the additional acres so that after the initial period only maintenance control will be needed.

The long-range objective of this Department is to provide and maintain a system of forest development roads and trails which will adequately service the National Forest System at the levels needed to meet expected needs and optimum production of products and services.

The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.

As mentioned, the primary allocation objective to be followed in the allocation of stations on clear channels is the provision of widespread service, free from destructive interference.

the objective of this chapter is to clarify the distinctions between spontaneity theory and other training concepts.

His objective is merely to determine `` what distinctions of length and syllabicity it may be desirable to make explicit in a Kikuyu orthography '' ( 59 ).

How to achieve this objective is a problem, but we are not divided on what we want.

The threadbare notion that belief, unlike behaviour, is not subject to objective analysis, has placed intuitive metaphysics squarely against the sociology of knowledge, since it is precisely the job of the sociology of knowledge to treat beliefs as social facts no less viable than social behaviour.

Lincoln refused to allow any negotiation with the Confederacy as a coequal ; his sole objective was an agreement to end the fighting and the meetings produced no results.

There are some who say that there are objective variants of the Copenhagen Interpretation that allow for a " real " wave function, but it is questionable whether that view is really consistent with some of Bohr's statements.

According to Prudentius of Troyes, George faithfully tried to achieve his objective, but failed due to Lothair ’ s refusal to allow George to see Lothair ’ s brothers.

Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of software implementation.

The objective of a point of order is to clarify uncertain aspects of gameplay: particularly to allow disputes over penalties to be resolved.

PASSIA publications aim to be specialized, scientific and objective, yet they often address controversial or neglected issues and allow the expression of a wide range of perspectives.

The main objective is not to put the gas in the water line, but to allow it to flow up the backside of the well ( casing ) and into the pipeline, where it can be transported to the compressor station and delivered to the customer for sales.

* Do the documented work process recovery tasks and supporting disaster recovery infrastructure allow staff to recover within the predetermined recovery time objective?

The objective of the game is to guide the eponymous character through various screens to collect three pieces of an interplanetary telephone that will allow him to contact his home planet.

By considering the impact of emotions, cognitive errors, irrational preferences, and the dynamics of group behavior, behavioral finance offers succinct explanations of excess market volatility as well as the excess returns earned by stale information strategies .... cognitive errors may also explain the existence of market inefficiencies that spawn the systematic price movements that allow objective TA analysis methods to work.

In response to these criticisms, some volunteer-edited directories have adopted wiki technology, to allow broader community participation in editing the directory ( at the risk of introducing lower-quality, less objective entries ).

* The violations are grave enough to allow the ship to be classified as a military objective

As a primary objective, Maleme offered several advantages: it was the largest airfield, capable of supporting heavy transports bearing reinforcements ; it was near enough to the mainland to allow air cover from land-based Bf 109 fighters ; and it was near the northern coast, so seaborne reinforcements could be brought up quickly.

In the following year John Leonard Riddell invented the first practical microscope to allow binocular viewing through a single objective lens.

Most drag is caused by eddies in the fluid behind the moving object, and the objective should be to allow the fluid to slow down after passing around the object, and regain pressure, without forming eddies.

A landing site near the freshly formed Cone crater was chosen, as this crater served as a ' natural drill hole ' to allow the astronauts to obtain Imbrium ejecta, the primary objective of the mission.

European Union treaties allow for the adoption of legislation and other legal acts so as to allow the EU to pursue the objective set out in the treaties.

The organization's general objective is " to promote discussion and help raise awareness of the clear advantages of amending The Constitution to allow for a democratically-chosen Canadian citizen to serve as head of state.

Since the early 20th century there has been a substantial development in technologies which allow force projection from a naval task force to a land objective using marine infantry.

Grand Admiral Erich Raeder's orders to Admiral Günther Lütjens were that " the objective of the Bismarck is not to defeat enemies of equal strength, but to tie them down in a delaying action, while preserving her combat capacity as much as possible, so as to allow Prinz Eugen to get at the merchant ships in the convoy " and " The primary target in this operation is the enemy's merchant shipping ; enemy warships will be engaged only when that objective makes it necessary and it can be done without excessive risk.

The objective is specially designed and refractive index matching oil or water must fill the air gap between the front element and the object to allow the numerical aperture to exceed 1, and hence give greater resolution at high magnification.

A major objective of the expansion is to allow extensive coverage of Niki de Saint Phalle and the Hanoverian artist Kurt Schwitters.