Table 2

Project performance metrics per EVMS maturity and environment heat map zone

Performance metricsRedOrangeYellowGreenp-value
Cost growth (in %)+92.3+48.1+13.7−0.30.007*
Cost growth, without change orders (in %)+45.4+6.3+0.2−4.40.093
Schedule growth (in %)+24.3+26.9+3.7−5.90.102
Change absolute value (in %)56.747.213.47.70.454
Final cost performance index (unitless)0.850.950.951.030.091
% of projects compliant with EIA-748-D20.0%71.5%100.0%100.0%0.007*
Meeting business objectives (1–5 scale)2.74.34.45.00.003*
Customer satisfaction (1–5 scale)2.74.34.45.00.007*
EVMS helped proactively manage (1–5 scale)2.73.53.94.00.105

Note(s): *denotes p-values that are less than 0.05, meaning the observed differences between the heat map zones are statistically significant in this sample based on Kruskal–Wallis tests

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