Critical Path
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Earned value calculator

Enter your budget at completion, percent complete, planned progress and actual cost. Every earned value measure — variances, performance indexes and the forecast to finish — recalculates instantly in your browser. Nothing is stored or sent anywhere.

Inputs

Earned value (EV)

$225,000

BAC × actual % complete

Planned value (PV)

$275,000

BAC × planned % complete

Actual cost (AC)

$260,000

Spend to date

Cost variance (CV)

-$35,000

EV − AC

Schedule variance (SV)

-$50,000

EV − PV

CPI

0.87

Behind / over budget

SPI

0.82

Behind / over budget

Forecast

EAC

$577,778

BAC ÷ CPI

ETC

$317,778

EAC − AC

VAC

-$77,778

BAC − EAC

TCPI

1.15

Efficiency needed to still hit BAC

Earned value progress bars
MeasureAgainst budgetAmount
Planned value
$275,000
Earned value
$225,000
Actual cost
$260,000

How to read the numbers

CPI (cost performance index)
Value earned per dollar spent. Above 1.0 is under budget; below 1.0 is overspending.
SPI (schedule performance index)
Progress delivered against progress planned. Below 1.0 means you are behind schedule.
EAC / VAC
Forecast final cost at the current efficiency, and the variance against your original budget.

Turn these numbers into a project P&L