MS Project 2007 - Earned Value bug?

[PS]

Hello

I have a project with five tasks in it and I ran the earned value report in
Project 2007. In MS Project, I inserted the fields BCWP, BCWS, and ACWP.
When I ran the report, for some reason the EV is equal to the AC and is not
the same value as BCWP in the schedule. I think this might be a bug. Where
does the EV field in the pivot table get its values from? Does it get its
values from BCWP? Can you please explain why the BCWP in the schedule is not
the same as EV in the pivot table?

Thanks.

 

[JulieS]

Hi PS,

Which earned value report did you run -- the Earned Value over Time
Visual Report or the regular earned value report (non-timescaled)?

I see no difference in earned value data when comparing the correct
timescale slice in the Earned Value Over Time report to the "regular"
earned value report.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

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[PS]

I ran the Earned Value over Time Visual Report. I'm still not sure why I'm
getting the wrong values for Earned Value.

 

[JulieS]

What are you comparing the values in the Earned Value over Time report
to -- what view and what fields in that view?

In order for earned value to work correctly the following must be
true:

Resources with costs (standard rate) assigned to tasks.
Baseline saved
Accurate Status date
Tracking applied

Julie

 

[alper gurbuz]

Hi, the project 2007 doessnt seem to calculate the earned value correctly. If you mark a task as complete before the estimated due date , the earned value is caluculated as the same value as the planned value. You can not have the earned value to be greater than the planned value at any given time. Unless I am doing something wrong, this seems to me like a bug .