Pradip Mehta will deliver a light hearted and humorous presentation with real world examples and case studies on the use and abuses of an earned value system. He will address a few streamlined approaches to get the most out of implementing earned value on both small as well as large projects. He will also examine different elements that play an important role in determining how effective earned value will be for you in your particular application. The speaker will also discuss a case study to expose some of the dangers and pitfalls of the “strict” interpretation of variance data related to earned value.