Track AACE Earned Value Professional (EVP) practice status, review earned-value route fit, and request a PM Mastery coverage update.
AACE Earned Value Professional (EVP) is the route for practitioners who work with integrated scope, schedule, cost, performance measurement, EVMS reporting, variance analysis, forecasting, and change control.
PM Mastery does not have dedicated AACE EVP web practice yet. Use this page to confirm whether earned value management is the right specialization before choosing broader cost, schedule, or PMI routes.
For current eligibility, fees, delivery rules, and policy details, see the official AACE EVP detail page .
EVP-style decisions usually reward the option that keeps performance measurement tied to approved scope, reliable schedule and budget baselines, actual-cost traceability, and explainable forecast logic.
| Official detail | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Time limit | 5 hours maximum |
| Question section | 119 simple multiple-choice and compound scenario questions |
| Main scored domains | Organizing (15), Planning and Scheduling Duties (16), Budgeting Duties (15), Account Considerations (13), Analysis and Management Reports (41), and Revisions and Data Maintenance (19) |
| Written component | 1 communication memo response based on a given scenario |
| Resource rule | Closed book |
| Passing standard | overall average of 70% or higher |
| Maintenance note | EVP is valid for 3 years and must be maintained through recertification or reexamination |
| Exam feature | Preparation implication |
|---|---|
| Earned-value domain spread | Practice linking scope, schedule, budget, actual cost, control accounts, analysis reports, and baseline revisions as one EVMS story. |
| Analysis-heavy scenarios | Choose the answer that explains variance, forecast credibility, data integrity, and management action rather than only calculating an index. |
| Communication memo task | Rehearse writing about performance status: what the data shows, what is driving the variance, whether the forecast is credible, and what decision is needed. |
| Closed-book format | Know the formulas, but also know the control meaning of each result and the limits of each metric. |
| Choose EVP when… | Choose another route when… |
|---|---|
| your work centers on EVMS, variance, forecasting, and integrated scope/schedule/cost reporting | your main work is schedule logic and recovery analysis, where PSP is cleaner |
| stakeholders expect performance measurement that connects baseline, actuals, trends, and forecasts | your target is broad cost engineering beyond earned value, where CCP fits better |
| you need to explain what performance data means for decisions | your role is PMO operating model and governance, where PMI-PMOCP is the better comparison |
| If you are deciding between… | Main distinction |
|---|---|
| EVP vs CCP | EVP is earned-value specific; CCP covers the wider cost-engineering and controls lane. |
| EVP vs PSP | EVP integrates scope, schedule, cost, and performance; PSP focuses on planning and scheduling. |
| EVP vs PMI-SP | EVP is EVMS and performance-measurement focused; PMI-SP is scheduling focused. |
| EVP vs PMI-PMOCP | EVP is project-controls measurement depth; PMI-PMOCP is PMO governance and operating-model depth. |