Inspired by His Trip to Greece,the Gentleman Farmer Decided He

question 52

Essay

Inspired by his trip to Greece,the gentleman farmer decided he needed a Mykonos-style windmill pumping a pond for his sheep and orchard.His earned value table for the project appears below.Develop a plot that shows the project baseline and earned value through June and comment on the project.
$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}\hline &&&&&&&&&\%&\text { Earned } \\\text { Activity } & \text { Jan } & \text { Feb } & \text { Mar } & \text { Apr } & \text { May } & \text { Jun } & \text { Jul } & \text { Plan } & \text { Complete }&\text { Value }\\\hline \text { Grading } & 500 & 150 & & & & & & 650 & 100 \% & 650 \\\hline \text { Footings } & & 200 & 150 & & & & & 350 & 100 \% & 350 \\\hline \text { Foundation } & & & 800 & 300 & & & & 1,100 & 80 \% & 880 \\\hline \text { Masonry } & & & & 300 & 300 & 200 & & 800 & 70 \% & 560 \\\hline \text { Interior } & & & & & 700 & 2,000 & & 2,700 & 50 \% & 1,350 \\\hline \text { Pump } \\\text { Install } & & & & & &&3,000 &3,000&40\% &1,200 \\\hline \text { Painting } &&&&&&350&400&750&25\%&188\\\hline\text { Monthly } \\\text { Plan } & 500 & 350 & 950 & 600 & 1,000 & 2,550 & 3,400 & 9,350 & & 5,178 \\\hline \text { Cumulative } & 500 & 850 & 1,800 & 2,400 & 3,400 & 5,950 & 9,350 & & & \\\hline\text { Monthly } \\\text { Actual } & 600 & 400 & 900 & 800 & 800 & 2,800 & 0 & & & \\\hline\text { Cumulative } \\\text { Actual } & 600 & 1,000 & 1,900 & 2,700 & 3,500 & 6,300 & & & & \\\hline\end{array}$

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