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PMI Measurement Performance Domain

February 2, 2025 Project and Program Management by admin

📏 PMI Measurement Performance Domain

Quick Reference Cheat Sheet

by Tarik Kasbaoui

🧠 Strategic Purpose

Enable informed, proactive decision-making and stakeholder alignment through timely, relevant performance insights.

📊 Key Agile & Flow Metrics

Velocity:

Story Points ÷ Iteration

Forecast delivery pace

Cycle Time:

Start → Complete

Single item efficiency

Lead Time:

Request → Delivery

Customer wait time

Throughput:

# Items ÷ Period

Team productivity

WIP:

Items in Progress

Flow optimization

💰 Financial Performance

NPV: Future cash flows – costs (Positive = good)

ROI: (Gain – Cost) ÷ Cost (Higher % = better)

IRR: Discount rate where NPV = 0

Payback: Time to recover investment

CBR: Benefits ÷ Costs (>1 = good)

📐 Earned Value Management

Key Terms:

EV: Earned Value (work completed in $ terms)

PV: Planned Value (work scheduled)

AC: Actual Cost (what you spent)

EV – AC

<0 = over budget

EV – PV

<0 = behind

CPI

EV ÷ AC

<1 = overrun

SPI

EV ÷ PV

<1 = delay

EAC: Estimate at Completion (forecasted total cost)

ETC: Estimate to Complete (remaining cost)

🧱 PMI Framework – 5 Pillars

🎯 Objectives: Value goals, performance targets

📊 Metrics: Velocity, quality, ROI, CPI, NPV

🔍 Analysis: EVM, forecasting, root cause

📈 Forecasting: EAC, ETC, Monte Carlo

📤 Communication: Dashboards, retrospectives

🚩 Exam Traps to Avoid

❌ Only lagging indicators

✅ Combine with leading indicators

❌ Measuring effort vs value

✅ Focus on outcomes & benefits

❌ Tracking everything

✅ Key decision-making drivers only

✅ Final Study Checklist

Can you confidently:

✅ Explain velocity vs throughput vs lead time?

✅ Use ROI vs NPV vs IRR by context?

✅ Calculate CPI, SPI, EAC, ETC?

✅ Choose right tools for Agile vs Predictive?

✅ Link KPIs to outcomes, not just activity?

PMI Measurement Performance Domain – Quick Reference Guide

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