You use the BCWP window to import BCWP from outside MPM. Your import file should contain monthly values; MPM then calculates cumulative BCWP or Percent Complete, based on your Earned Value Method (EVM).
Access the BCWP Import Conditioning Window by selecting BCWP on the Imports tab. MPM displays the BCWP Import Conditioning window.
The BCWP import has no additional options on the Import Conditioning window. The BCWP import file contains the WBS ID, Status Date, Cum Percent Complete, and Cum BCWP Amount fields.
If your WBS is set for the Percent Complete EVM, you can import Cumulative Percent Complete values for a given fiscal month. MPM then calculates Cumulative BCWP.
If your WBS is set for either the Earned Standards or BCWP Entry EVM, you can import Cumulative BCWP values for a given fiscal month. MPM then calculates Cumulative Percent Complete.
The BCWP database stores only cumulative values. Therefore, the BCWP records being imported must contain cumulative BCWP values. When you import BCWP, MPM always refers first to the EVM (Earned Value Method) that you have specified in Integrated Planning for the WBS to which you are importing values. To check the current EVM, access the WBS window. To change your EVM, access the Integrated Planning window and select the Milestone tab.
Since each record (row) in your import file contains the WBS ID, your import file can contain either or both types of BCWP import data, and each record will be processed individually for that WBS.
For each record (row) in your import file, if the WBS ID is set for the Percent Complete EVM, MPM will use the Cumulative Percent Complete value in the import file for the specified fiscal month, and calculate the Cumulative BCWP. If you supply a Cum BCWP value in the import file, it is ignored.
If the WBS ID is set for either the Earned Standards or BCWP Entry EVM, MPM will use the Cumulative BCWP value in the import file for the specified fiscal month, and calculate the Cumulative Percent Complete. If you supply a Cum Percent Complete value in the import file, it is ignored.
If the WBS ID is set for an EVM other than Percent Complete, Earned Standards or BCWP Entry, that entire record (row) in the import file is ignored.
Only the values for the specified fiscal month are recomputed. All other monthly BCWP values remain unchanged.
Importing cumulative BCWP or Percent Complete does not cause milestone status to be updated. To update milestone status, you can:
Use the Integrated Planning - Milestones window to manually update milestones
Use Import Milestones (see Importing Milestones)