Defense Acquisition University - EVM 101

1)What is the key reason for implementing an over target baseline/over target schedule (OTB/OTS)?

2. Which of the following best describes the Earned Value Management (EVM) concept of formal reprogramming?

3. Which of the following describes an over target baseline (OTB)?

4. Which of the following is a possible impact of a rubber baseline?

5. Which of the following is an example of an inappropriate use of management reserve (MR) in making revisions to the performance measurement baseline (PMB)?
6. Shown is an excerpt from the header of the Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Format 3. Can you determine from this information if the contractor has done any internal replanning in the reporting month?

(IMAGE DESCRIPTION: IPMR Format 3 contract data. Values in thousands of dollars. Data includes: a. original negotiated cost $64,711.5; b. negotiated contract changes $65.4; c. current negotiated cost (a+b) $64,776.9; d. estimated cost of authorized unpriced work

$50.5; e. contract budget base (c+d) $64,827.4; f. total allocated budget $64,776.9; g. difference $0.00; h. contract start date (YYYYMMDD) 20130902; i. contract definitization date (YYYYMMDD) 20130910; j planned completion date (YYYYMMDD) 20160930; k. contract completion date (YYYYMMDD) 20160930; l. estimated complete date (YYYYMMDD) 20160930.)

7. Which of the following is true about undistributed budget (UB)?

8. Which of the following describes contractor internal replanning?
9. Consider this excerpt from the Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) Format 3. What can you tell about the contract addressed by this information?

(IMAGE DESCRIPTION: IPMR Format 3 contract data values, in thousands of dollars, are: a. original negotiated cost $64,711.5; b. negotiated contract changes $65.4; c. current negotiated cost (a+b) $64,776.9; d. estimated cost of authorized unpriced work $2,129.0; e. contract budget base (c+d) $66,905.9.)