Analyze Costs over Time with the Earned Value Table

When you want to compare your expected progress with the actual progress to date for tasks that have resources assigned, you can use the Earned Value table. The Earned Value table expresses the actual completion percentage of each task in terms of resource costs.

You can also use the Earned Value table to forecast whether the task will finish under budget or over budget based on the cost incurred while the task is in progress. For example, if a task is 50 percent complete and the actual cost incurred to date is $200, you can see if $200 is more, less, or equal to 50 percent of the baseline (or budgeted) cost.

To analyze costs over time with the Earned Value table

1. On the View Bar, click Gantt Chart .
2. On the View menu, point to Table, and then click More Tables.
3. In the Tables list, click Earned Value, and then click Apply.
4. Drag the divider bar to the right to view all of the earned value fields.

You can also view earned value data on a daily basis.

To view earned value data on a daily basis

1. On the View Bar, click Task Usage .
2. On the Format menu, click Detail Styles, and then click the Usage Details tab.
3. In the Available fields list, hold down CTRL, click the fields you want to display, and then click Show.

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