Project: Cost Variance Formula Incorrect in FIELDS.WRI
  
PSS ID Number: Q110778
Article last modified on 10-14-1994
 
1.00 3.00 3.00a | 3.00
 
WINDOWS         | MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 1.0, 3.0, 3.0a
 - Microsoft Project for Macintosh, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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The FIELDS.WRI file in Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0 list the formula
for CV incorrectly:
 
   CV = BCWP - Actual Cost
 
The correct entry for this line is the following:
 
   CV = Actual Cost - BCWP
 
NOTE: For more information on earned value, query on the following words in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
 
   Earned and Value
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Microsoft Project 1.0 calculates Earned Value Cost Variance based on
the formula:
 
   CV = BCWP - Actual Cost (ACWP)
 
Microsoft Project 3.0 calculates Earned Value Cost Variance based on
the formula:
 
   CV = Actual Cost - BCWP
 
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