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Project Management Using Earned Value: 2nd Edition

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This is the most detailed book on EVMS out on the market. I have read almost all books on EVMS and this stands alone as the reference point for my work along with my EVM mentors. This book is reference for the Earned Value Professional certification and can provide more help on your PMI cert in the Schedule K.A. than any other EVMS book. How great is this book compared to others on the market? I took a one week external EVMS training course along with being mentored by other EVM experts and barely understood 20% of EVMS. If you want to become an expert or apply EVMS on your projects, I recommend you spend the extra dollars (or expense it)and buy this book and Paul Soloman's "Performance-Based Earned Value" and spend some hours on DAU course if you're a defense or government employee/contractor.

Update 12/29/10: Another great book to understand the ANSI 32 points is "A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management and A Practical Guide to Earned Value Project Management, Second Edition (Practical Guides) and MS Project 2007 by Stover - link for 2010 once its ready.Microsoft Project 2010 Inside Out

It is clear Humphreys' understands Earned Value; however this book does a poor job of getting to the point and explaining the concept clearly; providing too much detail in some areas and not enough in others, making it difficult to maintain focus while reading. There is a vast number of figures/examples provided by the author; however they routinely fail to provide a good example of the concept mentioned. Bottom line; this book is not one I would recommend for self teaching, however may be beneficial in a formal classroom setting, with an instructor that can help trim the fat of this book.

A possible rip off and a disgusting waste of paper. Look - the book has value for sure - but it should be distributed electronically. If you buy this in the paper form (the only type available at the time) you will be sent something set out in some 1980's type face (12 point) with page after page of screen shots from what looks like a powerpoint presentation printed on about 3lb of GLOSSY paper. Wake up guys - if you make it in electronic form, we'd be happy to buy it in that form. GO GREEN. The content is acceptable for a book forced on me by a lecturer's choice but... NOT HAPPY GARY!

Gary Humphreys is an Earned Value visionary. He defines the Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS) industry, shaping its growth and impact on organizations worldwide.

As President of Humphreys & Associates, he touches more than 700 such organizations within private industries and government agencies, backed by a dream team of the EVMS world's most knowledgeable and experienced experts.

The winning strategies contained in the pages of his acclaimed book, Project Management Using Earned Value, can help anyone wishing to become proficient in EVMS for their own project management success.

This book is recommended by the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering (AACE) as the study guide when preparing to take the EV Certification exam.