Ah, Earned Value Analysis. If only I loved it enough to attend this 2-day conference about it next week. Or cared enough about it. Or even understood why the majority of PMs I know don’t bother with it at all.
Still, if you are an EV aficionado, EVA14 is for you. According to the organisers, “Earned Value provides the levels of control and transparency required for project success and survival in these difficult days. It should be noted that EV specialists and projects using EV continue to thrive.” Where, exactly?
With speakers from Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, and the 2012 Olympic Programme, the emphasis is on large projects, big-scale things that need the extra control that EV can bring.
The conference is also bizarrely linked to the campaign to get a statue of Sir Keith Park on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square. I completely support that aim. It’s far better than Antony Gormley’s idea to fill the space.
As I’m not attending the conference I’ll have to take it for granted that Stephen Carver from Cranfield University will make the link and explain how we can learn from history, in the penultimate lecture of the conference.
The conference will be held on 9 and 10 June at the Armourers’ Hall, Moorgate, in the City of London. Let me know if you’re going!
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