The research on Earned Schedule... and more.

10 years after the introduction of Earned Schedule introduced by Walt Lipke, a lot of work has been done at various places. In a nice overview article published in the Measurable News, Walt gives a description and a look-ahead of the period between his first article on Earned Schedule and the current state. Various people are mentioned, among others Kym Henderson, Stephan Vandevoorde and myself, who have become partners and good friends throughout the years. Software tools that have incorporated Earned Schedule in the control features are also mentioned, and ProTrack is not forgotten. Thank you Walt! 

The article is a perfect read to have an idea of the ES concept and clearly shows the progress from the initial publication of the first paper "Schedule is different" to the absorption and recognition of its value as a good alternative project control tool. I suggest to all my students to download this article here!

It was certainly not the intention of the article to provide a full overview of all research done on Earned Schedule, but I would like to take this opportunity to give a full overview of the research that we have done in which EVM and ES are used as project control tools. For more background on the collaborations between people involved in this research or the projects we have carried out in the past, readers can freely download The Art of Project Management: A Story about Work and Passion. 

Below you find the Earned Schedule and Project Control literature list done at the OR&S research group as known today. More work is on its way and will be updated here.

International publications (peer-reviewed)

• Vandevoorde, S. and Vanhoucke, M., 2006, “A comparison of different project duration forecasting methods using earned value metrics”, International Journal of Project Management, 24, 289-302.
• Vanhoucke, M. and Vandevoorde, S., 2007, “A simulation and evaluation of earned value metrics to forecast the project duration”, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58, 1361–1374.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2010, “Using activity sensitivity and network topology information to monitor project time performance”, Omega - International Journal of Management Science, 38, 359-370.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2011, “On the dynamic use of project performance and schedule risk information during project tracking”, Omega - International Journal of Management Science, 39, 416-426.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2012, “Measuring the efficiency of project control using fictitious and empirical project data”, International Journal of Project Management, 30, 252-263.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2012, “Operations Research and Dynamic Scheduling: When research meets practice”, Lecture Notes in Management Science, 4, 1-8.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2013, “Integrated project controls: Using Operations Research methods to improve the efficiency of project control”, Lecture Notes in Management Science, 5, 174-175.

Other international publications

• Vanhoucke, M. and Vandevoorde, S., 2007, “Measuring the accuracy of earned value/earned schedule forecasting predictors”, The Measurable News, Winter, 26-30.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2008, “Project tracking and control: can we measure the time?”, Projects and Profits, August, 35-40.
• Vanhoucke, M. and Vandevoorde, S., 2008, “Earned value forecast accuracy and activity criticality”, The Measurable News, Summer, 13-16.
• Vanhoucke, M. and Vandevoorde, S., 2009, “Forecasting a project’s duration under various topological structures”, The Measurable News, Spring, 26-30.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2010, “Measuring Time: An earned value performance management study”, The Measurable News, 1, 10-14.
• Vanhoucke, M. and Shtub, A., 2011, “Adding value to earned value analysis ”, PM World Today, January, XIII, Issue I.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2012, “Dynamic Scheduling: Integrating Schedule Risk Analysis with Earned Value Management”, The Measurable News, 2, 11-13.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2013, “Project Management using dynamic scheduling: Baseline scheduling, risk analysis and project control”, The Measurable News, 2, 45-50.

National publications

• Vanhoucke, M., 2006, "Waarschuwingssystemen: veel te vroeg of net te laat?", Inleiding hoofdstuk "Technologie, productie en informatica", Management Jaarboek,  121-124.
• Vanhoucke, M. and Vandevoorde, S., 2006, “Waar zit het tijdsaspect in een ‘earned value’-meetsysteem?”, Management Jaarboek,  131-137.

Book chapters

• Vanhoucke, M., 2009, “Static and dynamic determinants of earned value based time forecast accuracy”, in:  Handbook of Research on Technology Management’s Planning and Operations, 361-374.

Books

• Vanhoucke, M., 2010, “Measuring Time - Improving Project Performance using Earned Value Management”, International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, Vol. 136, Springer.
• Vanhoucke, M., 2012, “Project management with dynamic scheduling: Baseline scheduling, risk analysis and project control”, Springer, pp. 310 (ISBN 978-3-642251-74-0).
• Vanhoucke, M., 2013, “The Art of Project Management: A Story about Work and Passion”, e-book, available from www.or-as.be/books/wp.

Not satisfied yet? More on Earned Value Management can be found at the Earned Value Bibliography.