Citation (IEEE): Defense Acquisition University, “Earned Value Management “Gold Card”,” DAU, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.dau.edu/
What it argues
A one-page reference card used throughout U.S. defense acquisition. It defines the elements of an earned value baseline (contract price, budgets, management reserve, control accounts and work packages) and gives the standard formulas for cost and schedule variances, performance indices, estimates at completion and the to-complete performance index, with a chart showing how they relate over time.