In a dashboard or the Project Workspace, the Earned Value Performance portlet displays both current and forecast earned value schedule variance (SV), cost variance (CV), and labor unit variance calculations. Negative values indicate unfavorable performance. Status indicators help you gauge whether a variance is within an acceptable range or whether you will need to take corrective action, based on the thresholds you define.
Tip: You must have the appropriate security privileges to view cost information in P6 Web Access.
Field Definitions
The following calculated data is displayed in the Earned Value Performance portlet. Data is calculated and displayed in either costs or labor units, depending on your preference selection (see Tips at right for more details). Refer to Customizing the Earned Value Performance portlet below for more information on customizing the portlet.
- To Date - Schedule (SV)
- For costs, Earned Value Cost - Planned Value Cost.
For labor units, Earned Value Labor Units - Planned Value Labor Units. - To Date - Cost (CV)
- Earned Value Cost - Actual Cost.
- To Date - Labor Units (CV)
- Earned Value Labor Units - Actual Labor Units.
- Forecast at Completion - Schedule
- For costs, calculated as:
Budget at Completion * Schedule Variance Index (SVI), where SVI = SV/Planned Value Cost.
For labor units, calculated as:
Baseline (BL) Labor Units * SVI Labor Units,
where SVI = SV/Planned Value Labor Units. - Forecast at Completion - Cost
- Budget at Completion * Cost Variance Index (CVI), where CVI = CV/Earned Value Cost.
- Forecast at Completion - Labor Units
- Baseline (BL) Labor Units * Cost Variance Index (CVI) Labor Units, where CVI = CV/Earned Value Labor Units.
Customizing the Earned Value Performance portlet
Click Customize at the top of the dashboard or Project Workspace. In the Project Performance section, mark or clear the Earned Value Performance checkbox to show or hide the portlet.
To further customize the portlet, click to display additional options. Choose to display earned value performance for To Date values
and/or Forecast at Completion values. In Project Workspace Preferences, you can additionally choose to allow project team members and invited users to view earned value performance data.