You will focus your research and writing on a product-type project with an international component. Your assignment is as follows: Imagine that you are writing a scholarly paper for consumption by a n

You will focus your research and writing on a product-type project with an international component.

Your assignment is as follows:

Imagine that you are writing a scholarly paper for consumption by a new undergraduate student in the project management program. In your paper, explain the following:

• Rules for cost and performance management – including a discussion of earned value measurement (EVM) techniques.
• Earned Value Management – including three key dimensions for each work package.
• Schedule Forecasts – including purpose and measurement during monitoring and controlling.
• Cost estimates – including basis of estimates, vendor bid analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and cost of quality.
• Budget – including cost baseline, management reserve, control accounts, contingency reserve, activity contingency reserve, and project funding requirements.
• Procurement – including bidder conferences, proposal evaluation, advertising, seller selection, and agreements.

Your well-written paper must meet the following requirements:

• 3-5 pages in length, not including cover, references page, and appendices.
• Supporting documents must appear in appendices.
• The paper must be supported by at least 4 quality sources, of which 2 must be current, scholarly resources. For this assignment, current, scholarly sources are peer-reviewed journal articles published within the most recent 3 years and accessed from the library databases or other academic sources.
• Be sure to properly organize your writing and include an introduction, headings/subheadings for the body of your work, analysis and recommendations, conclusion, and list of references.