
Earned Value Management Cheat Sheet

Not sure how your project is really doing? You’re not the only one. Earned Value Management (EVM) is a powerful tool in project controls. It gives clear, data-based insights into time and cost performance. But even though it's useful, EVM can sometimes feel confusing or too complex.
That’s why we made this cheat sheet - a simple and easy guide that explains the key EVM formulas and indicators you need at work. Whether you're a planning engineer, a project controls expert, or a project manager who wants to make better decisions, this guide will help you track progress, predict trends, and report performance with confidence.

We’d like to provide you with an EVM formula cheat sheet as a (temporary) conclusion to our EVM serie.
The cheat sheet summarizes everything we came across in our EVM series:
- The essentials of Earned Value Management
- 6 cost forecasting techniques in EVM (EAC/ETC)
- The To Complete Performance Index (TCPI)
- Earned Schedule – the appropriate upgrade of your EVMS
- Time forecasting techniques with Earned Schedule
- 3 metrics, endless possibilities
- EVM Cheat sheet
It contains all essential formulas for calculating the Earned Value metrics, indicators and measures. It's yours to use - totally free!
