Cost and schedule variance data are part of earned value analysis, which is a tool that small and large businesses use as an early-warning system to identify and manage problems in ongoing projects.

When a project is running exactly as predicted, there is no time variance to worry about. When events are happening ahead of schedule or behind schedule, you have a variance, which could pose ...

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