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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/bi/000371" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Project Performance</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2612145">
         <Level1>Project Performance</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <AimSection>
      <Paragraph>The Project Performance report allows you to review the
		performance indices using the earned value and variance data for the current
		and cumulative period.</Paragraph>
   </AimSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The Project Performance report displays the following
		  data:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000325" role="glossary">Planned value</Link>: The amount of work planned in the
		  specified period</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000324" role="glossary">Earned value</Link>: The amount of work completed in the
		  specified period</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#ActualCostOf_tp" role="glossary">Actuals</Link>: The cost incurred in the specified
		  period.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000352" role="glossary">Cost variance</Link>: The difference between the cost
		  incurred for the task completed and the actual cost. <Emphasis>Cost variance =
		  Earned value – Actual costs</Emphasis>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000351" role="glossary">Schedule variance</Link>: The time period by which a project
		  is ahead or behind the schedule. <Emphasis>Schedule variance = Earned value –
		  Planned value</Emphasis>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Estimate At Complete Variances : The project budget at
		  completion against the forecasted cost at completion. <Emphasis>Estimate At
		  Complete Variance = Budget At Completion – Estimate At Complete</Emphasis>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000381" role="glossary">Cost Performance Index</Link>: The index is calculated by
		  dividing earned value by actual cost.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000382" role="glossary">Schedule Performance Index</Link>: The index is calculated by
		  dividing earned value by planned value.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
         <TBODY noTR="4">
            <TR no="1" isLast="false">
               <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">EV Method in ERP Enterprise</TH>
               <TH rowspan="1" colspan="1">EV
				calculation is based on</TH>
            </TR>
            <TR no="2" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Percent Complete</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Progress
				defined in ERP Enterprise for the
				activity</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="3" isLast="false">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Start and End Percent</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Start and end date of
				the activity</TD>
            </TR>
            <TR no="4" isLast="true">
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Milestone</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Milestone completion
				date</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Following are the reports that can be
		generated:</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Project Performance by Project / Activity</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Project Performance Trend</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To generate the report:</SectionTitle>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListItem>Specify the range of data for which you want to generate the
		  report.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Review the data.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click the project code in the Project field. The following pane
		  is displayed. <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" height="125" width="424"
                      SRC="../../images/project_field_drill_down.png"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click Project Performance by Project / Activity in the Project
		  field to view the report for the performance index at the activity
		  level.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Review the Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule
		  Performance Index (SPI) data at the activity level.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Review the graphical representation of the overall CPI and SPI,
		  for the top activity. The following pane is displayed. <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="846" height="188"
                      SRC="../../images/cpi_and_spi_tachometer.png"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>Click the Project Performance Trend in the Project field to
		  generate the performance trend graph: <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="680" height="470"
                      SRC="../../images/project_performance_trend_graph.png"
                      alt="[...]"/>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>In the graphical representation, the first tachometer graph
		displays the cost performance index and the second tachometer graph displays
		the schedule performance index at the activity level for the project. The
		various colours indicate:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>Green - <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="18" height="18"
                      SRC="../../images/green.png"
                      alt="[...]"/>: Indicates a
		  positive performance of the project; the Cost or Schedule Performance Index is
		  1 or greater than 1.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Red - <HTML:IMG xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" width="16" height="18"
                      SRC="../../images/red.png"
                      alt="[...]"/>:
		  Indicates a negative performance of the project; the Cost or Schedule
		  Performance Index is less than 1.</ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>