Salience model
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Definition
A stakeholder classification model using power, legitimacy, and urgency, producing seven stakeholder classes. Schedule Performance Index (SPI). A measure of schedule efficiency, expressed as EV ÷ PV. Degenerates toward 1.0 near project completion. Schedule Variance (SV). A measure of schedule performance expressed in currency as EV - PV.
Salience model in plain English
Picture a road trip budget: you planned 1,000 (BAC), you've spent 600 so far, and based on how fast you're burning cash you project the whole trip will cost $1,200 (EAC). The gap between the plan and that projection is the kind of story Salience model is trying to tell — not a random accounting label, a forecast of whether you'll finish over or under. Hold onto this precise job description: A stakeholder classification model using power, legitimacy, and urgency, producing seven stakeholder classes. Schedule Performance Index (SPI). A measure of… On a stem, name whether Salience model is about timing, ownership, measurement, or delivery style — then eliminate the answer that borrows a cousin concept from the wrong phase.
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