The earned value system starts with the time-phased costs that provide the project baseline, which is called the .a. Planned budgeted value of work scheduled. b. Scheduled value of work completed. c. Planned budgeted value of work completed. d. Earned value of work scheduled. e. Scheduled value of work scheduled.

A. Planned budgeted value of work scheduled.

Explanation:

Earned Value system is a technique used in project management in estimating how well a project is doing in terms of the project budget and allocated schedule. It is used in estimating project efficiency in terms of the estimated deliverables. It helps in checking of the project is going according to "plan". Project efficiencies are measured against the baseline of a project which is the planned budgeted value of work with the aid of earned value system in order to quickly track any deviations in the project.

d. to get countries or companies to stop doing something objectionable.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.