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EVM with project- taking into account "cost" resource
I need the forum help. what is the best way to take "cost" resource into the EVM calculation? Once allocating cost to an activity, it does take it into the BCWS- the total cost of the activity. Ye...
Avi --
Microsoft Project does not factor Cost resources into its Earned Value calculations. This is a major limitation of using Cost resources. As an alternative, have you considered using the Fixed Cost column instead? That might solve your problem. Other than that, I am fresh out of ideas. But I hope this helps.
Microsoft Project does not factor Cost resources into its Earned Value calculations. This is a major limitation of using Cost resources. As an alternative, have you considered using the Fixed Cost column instead? That might solve your problem. Other than that, I am fresh out of ideas. But I hope this helps.
Tnx a lot! wonder why it is so.
Fixed cost is an option, yet the crulling costs are not as needed with the EV, at least according to what I have done.
- Avi --
You are more than welcome for the help, my friend! I have absolutely no idea why the software engineers at Microsoft chose to eliminate Cost resources from EVA calculations, but they also made the same decision about Material resources. The software only includes the Costs from Work resources in EVA calculations. That is one of the reasons why organizations that are serious about EVA use a third party tool for these calculations. Hope this helps.They are retards , this bug exist since day 1 when they introduced resource cost and so far they didnt even bother to look at at and fix it... imagine a giant company with so many resource and money and still this **bleep** exist int heir software
