Earned Value case:

1: the 1st scenario:

Weve got a simple project with two activities with estimated costs of the
same cost element (in this case labor, with an estimation of 1200000 for
each). In the first step, i created an active budget for this project using the
create forecast window. In the second step I created a Review forecast
and scrutinized three experiments: entering 1% progress for 1st cost
element, entering 1% progress for the second and entering 1% of progress
for both. Then I compared EV in forecast info window and EV calculated in
data tab of periodical cost graph. The results can be seen in the table
below:

No. of experiment

1st cost element

progress

2nd cost element

progress

EV in forecast
info window

1
2
3

1%
0%
1%

0%
1%
1%

12000
12000
24000

EV in data tab of
periodical cost
graph
12000
12000
24000

Images supporting the above mentioned results can be seen in the following
pages:

Images for the 1st experiment:

Images for the 2nd experiment:

Images for the 3rd experiment:

2: the 2nd scenario:

I allocated an employee to the first activity, then registered time for the
selected employee in project time registration window, confirmed the
registered time to make it used, Then updated the general ledger to make
it actual. I also registered time for the same employee in another week
and confirmed the line without updating the general ledger. At this point I
have a value of 1830000 in the column used and an amount of 915000 in
column actual. I created a new Review forecast for the project and the
results can be seen in the following image:

At this point I will register progress for each cost element to see and to
compare the results in forecast window and data tab of periodical cost
graph. I designed three experiments just like the previous scenario: the
results can be seen in the following table:

No. of experiment

1st cost element

progress

2nd cost element

progress

EV in forecast
info window

1
2
3

1%
0%
1%

0%
1%
1%

12000
12000
24000

EV in data tab of
periodical cost
graph
17191.49
6808.51
24000

As seen above the summation of the 17191.49 and 6808.51 is equal to

24000. The question is in the logic of the calculation and also in the
difference between the amounts calculated in forecast info window and
data tab of periodical cost graph in the first two experiments.
Images supporting the above mentioned results can be seen in the following
pages.

Images for the 1st experiment:

Images for the 2nd experiment:

Images for the 3rd experiment:

Finally I attach images taken from activity details just in case:

The 1st activity:

The 2nd activity:

There is no registered time for the second activity thus theres no actual, commited or actual cost
registered for the cost element related to the second activity. This can be seen in the following image:

entered a 1% progress for each. we obtained the incurred cost which can be seen in the above image.
After this I created a REV forecast, then connected i t to the mentioned budget, after that created an
snapshot for the current financial period and then entered progress for the single cost element manually

in forecast window. The Earned value calculated in the forecast window after entering the progress was:
progress * budgeted cost (BAC). In this case I entered 1 % progress which will make an amount of 12000
due to the estimated cost of 1200000. And the EV in data tab of periodical cost graph was exactly
the same.
2: second scenario:
In this case

But the EV in data tab of periodical cost graph was inconsistent with the calculated EV in forecast
window .
However when I defined another activity with the same cost element, things changed completely. To
simplify the issue, I entered the same estimation for both cost elements in activities and when I entered
the same progress in forecast window the EV for both cost elements were exactly the same : 12000. But
entering 1% progress for the first activity and 0% progress for the second one, caused an EV amount of ---- in data tab of periodical cost graph but reversing the registered progresses ended with an EV
amount of ----- in graph. Results are summarized in the following table:
1st cost element progress

2nd cost element progress

1%
0%

0%
1%

EV in forecast
window
12000
12000

In case that activity details may help, I took a print screen from each:
1st activity:

EV in graph

2nd activity:

The question is in the logic behind the calculated EV in graph. And why the