Reconcile earned progress and forecast completion cost

A hands-on PMP lab. You produce the real artefact and 7 automated checks verify it behaves the way the exam expects.

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Certification
PMP
Format
Structured configuration
Difficulty
medium
Estimated time
30 min
Automated checks
7

The brief

Repair cost-forecast.json using these immutable facts in dollars. design: budget 40,000, planned 100%, accepted 100%, actual cost 45,000. build: budget 100,000, planned 60%, accepted 50%, actual cost 70,000. test: budget 60,000, planned 20%, accepted 10%, actual cost 15,000. Earned progress uses accepted fractions only. ledger rows contain id, PV, EV, AC. PV = package budget x planned fraction; EV = budget x accepted fraction; AC = actual expenditure. summary contains BAC, PV, EV, AC, CV, SV, CPI, SPI. BAC sums package budgets; other totals sum their ledger values; CV = EV - AC, SV = EV - PV, CPI = EV/AC, SPI = EV/PV. Use null for an index with a zero denominator. forecast contains futureCPI, ETC, EAC, VAC. ETC = (BAC - EV)/futureCPI; EAC = AC + ETC; VAC = BAC - EAC. A completed mobilization issue explains part of past inefficiency. Remaining work includes confirmed price commitments and repeat execution; the reviewed supplier/staff estimate range permits futureCPI 0.8 through 1.0. Choose a defensible assumption in that range; different assumptions produce valid different forecasts. To submit this worksheet, computed EAC must fit the current $250,000 funding authority. An estimate above authority needs a separate investment decision, not a changed printed total. Money may be rounded to cents and indices to six decimals; row order is immaterial. Keep accepted progress and actual costs unchanged. Repair and rerun without Reset. These evidence bounds and funding limits are scenario policies, not universal PMI thresholds.

What the checks verify

Your work is graded on 7 independent properties, not on matching one reference answer.

  • The worksheet has complete bounded numeric fields and unique packages.
  • Package PV, EV and AC agree with immutable evidence.
  • BAC and totals reconcile, with correct signed variances.
  • Efficiency indices use the correct denominator and handle undefined values.
  • The declared future assumption stays within reviewed evidence bounds.
  • ETC, EAC and VAC agree with unearned work and the declared assumption.
  • The computed completion estimate fits current funding authority.

Where this sits in the PMP blueprint

Domain
Process
Objective
Financial Management
Skill
Spend, Forecasts and Reserves

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