Abstract
It is required for a project's success to get transparency and high-visibility through the project life cycle. To share metrics of cost and performance in organization may have positive results such as early indications and prevention of problems. EVM (Earned Value Management) is drawing attention as a means for tracking schedule delays and cost excess of projects, and to share them. And it begins to be applied to the project management of the software development recently. Since there is a problem that originates in a contract types, a frequent schedule change and cooperation with an existing management system etc. on the site of the software development project, it is not easy to apply actually. This paper describes the problem caused and solutions when earned value is systematically applied to software development organizations.
