Integrated Cost and Schedule Control Systems for Nuclear Power Plant Construction: Leveraging Strategic Advantages to Owners and EPC Firms

Table 3

EVMS implementing objectives and methods.

Objectives (O-)	Methods	Influencing variables
OI: integrating performance measures	OI1: cost, time, and quality; OI2: life cycle (planning, EPC, start-up, and operation); OI3: hierarchical schedules	VO1; VO2; VB4; VD4; VP1; VM2; VS-; (Table 2)
OO: enhancing organizational capability	OO1: planning capability as owner; OO2: project management capability as an EPC; OO3: organizational learning mechanism
OW: optimizing EVMS workload	OW1: minimized additional data requirements; OW2: balanced data linkage and segment; OW3: maximized data utilization for analyses
OC: augmenting cost engineering	OC1: redesigning risk and cost management system; OC2: focused on cost engineering, not accounting; OC3: systemized project baseline