Use the Information in the Table Regarding This Seven-Month Project

question 50

Essay

Use the information in the table regarding this seven-month project to create two plots.The first plot should be the S-curve for Earned Value.Indicate on this plot whether the project is ahead or behind schedule and by how much.The second plot should be the Earned Schedule and the Estimate at Completion for Time.Comment on the symmetry of this graph and whether you would expect a similar plot from any other project to exhibit similar characteristics. $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l} & \text { Month } 1 & \text { Month } 2 & \text { Month } 3 & \text { Month 4 } & \text { Month } 5 & \text { Month } 6 & \text { Month } 7 \\\hline \text { PV (\$) } & \$ 125 & \$ 275 & \$ 500 & \$ 875 & \$ 1,485 & \$ 2,325 & \$ 2,670 \\\hline \mathbb{E V}(\$) & \$ 140 & \$ 280 & \$ 480 & \$ 800 & \$ 1,280 & \$ 1,975 & \$ 2,950 \\\hline\end{array}$

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