Now free on CodePlex: Earned Value management application for UN/CEFACT standards

We've recently published a new application that integrates with Project to support exporting your project plan in a format compliant with UN (United Nations)/CEFACT standard, a worldwide standard for cost and schedule project information.  

What's Earned Value?

A project management/reporting standard that integrates measurements of project scope, schedule and cost. See more here.

What is the DCMA and UN/CEFACT?

DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) is the agency responsible for tracking earned value figures for U.S. Department of Defense and its contractors. DCMA requires the use of the United Nations (UN) Centre for the Facilitation of the Administration, Commerce and Transport (CEFACT) standard, a worldwide standard for cost and schedule project information.

How does it affect me?

Earned value can be a powerful tool for managing any project, and the UN/CEFACT standard is an important emerging global standard for earned value reporting. For many projects in the in the Defense industry, this standard is mandated as described above.

How does this tool fit in?

It guides users through exporting data from Microsoft Project 2007, captures additional user-specified details, and then translates this data into an output format consistent with the UN/CEFACT standards. By automating this process, this application will generate cost savings for DoD agencies and contractors by reducing the time and resources required to gather, analyze and format the data. Co-developed with our partner QuantumPM, the application is built on Microsoft Project's XML format.

How do I get it?

It's free, just go to https://uncefactexporttool.codeplex.com/. CodePlex is  Microsoft's open-source hosting site. Making this tool available through CodePlex makes it easy for others to enhance the tool and adapt to any future updates to the standard.

How does it work?

See below for some screen shots, showing the tool's simple wizard interface.

See here for more details. Check it out at https://uncefactexporttool.codeplex.com/and let us know what you think!