Key Formulas and Calculations

You'll want to commit these calculations to memory and be able to do a "Brain Dump" right before
your exam. Brain dumps referred to information relating to examinations that were learned by
examinees by memorizing and then "dumping" them on paper just prior to the examination
(mainly because no material might be brought out from examination rooms). Brain dumps are
commonly found in professional certification examinations (mainly because they are expensive,
difficult to pass, but the exam questions rarely changed). In these examinations, brain dumps are
in form of calculations and process diagrams. So commit these to memory and write them out on
the scratch paper provided by the Prometric testing center.

Value Percent Correct

+/- 1 sigma 68.26 percent
+/- 2 sigma 95.46 percent
+/- 3 sigma 99.73 percent
+/- 6 sigma 99.99 percent

Task Variance Standard Deviation PERT

2
(P-O) (P-O) (P+4M+O)
6 6 6

P is Pessimistic O is Optimistic M is Most Likely

Communication Channels Present Value = FV

(1+r)n
N (N-1)/2
r – Rate of Return
N = Number of Participants n – Number of periods

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Earned Value Planned spending for work EV = BAC * %Comp
completed to date
Cost Variance + is under budget CV = EV - AC
- is over budget
Schedule Variance + is ahead of schedule SV = EV - PV
- is behind schedule
Cost Performance Index < 1 is over budget CPI = EV / AC
> 1 is under budget
Schedule Performance < 1 is behind schedule SPI = EV / PV
Index
> 1 is ahead of schedule
Estimate at completion Estimated dollars spent at the EAC = AC / %Comp
end
Estimate to completion Estimated dollars to be spent ETC = EAC – AC
to finish
Variance at completion Dollars over or under budget VAC = BAC – EAC
at completion
Cumulative CPI CPIc = EVc / Acc
Total CPI
• TCPI based on the BAC =
(BAC-EV)/(BAC-AC)
Used for Original budget
• TCPI based on the EAC =
(BAC-EV)/(EAC-AC)
Used for Revised budget

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