S Curve Questions

Hi

Have seen in a number of LL people mentioning they got questions on EVM requiring interpretation of data from the S curve.Have searched in Pmzilla for the same and found the following link

http://pmzilla.com/getting-values-evpvac-s-curve

There is a link on that thread which goes

http://www.planningplanet.com/forums/planning-scheduling-programming-dis...

But in that page images are not displayed.
But got to read another page with lesser data and got the following concepts

Actual Costs S curve plotted to y axis gives AC value
Target S curve plotted gives EV
Baseline curve plotted gives PV

The difference on X axis between target and actual gives the slippage

The difference between baseline and target on the y axis gives growth/no growth signs

Is there anything more I need to understand on this topic.Also would the exam provide clear points so that values can be easily plotted on the graph?

Thanks

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The page you have mentioned covers S Curve in detail. That should be enough understanding for PMP Exam.

I have a few doubts regarding S curve graph interpretation

1.When do we say that project has grown/contracted?Is it when EV>PV or EV 2.In some questions there are three types of S curves: Baseline,Target and Actual
My understanding is Baseline=PV,Target=EV,Actual=AC
Is this correct??