In 1968 the U.S. Department of Defense despaired at the consistency of contractual overrun and overspend from it's suppliers. They decided to do something about it. There solution was to generate a conclusive measurement system that would once and for all establish definitive control over the progress and costs of sub-contracts as they progressed.

It fact it turned out to be far harder than expected and it really only became viable through the technologies of the I.T. revolution during the 90's.

Nowadays, Earned Value is big industry and spreading around the globe including the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, and Brazil.

It's mandated on all Department of Defense and Ministry of Defence contracts and it's a testimonial to it's success that those major defence contractors are now adopting it by choice in their commercial businesses.

At 4GEN SYSTEMS we specialise in Earned Value Management and it forms the core of our own control and reporting systems.

Through careful optimisation we have customised EVM for the medium and small business sectors - especially so for companies developing software. We use common sense terminology with clear graphical progress and cost control making it simple to understand and use.