What companies are using earned value tracking?

I started in the project management training and consulting field in the U.S. in the late ’80s. At that time, only Department of Defense contractors and the very largest of construction companies were using earned value tracking & control.

Over the past twenty years, the Project Management Institute has grown hugely. EVMS is a major part of the PMBOK Guide, and a major area of concentration for questions on the PMP certification exam. And it’s my belief that, if the rest of the project planning process is done properly, earned value tracking becomes a "low hanging fruit," easy to get with very little effort.

But my questions are:

1. Is EVMS, as a tool, actually being implemented in companies and by PMOs?

2. If so, what kinds of applications? New product development? Manufacturing? Pharmaceutical development? IT or IS departments?

3. Do you know of any specific companies, or any specific departments within specific companies, that have implemented it? (Again, beyond aerospace/defense and construction?) And I’m interested in this beyond the U.S.

If you would rather reply to me in a personal message, please feel free.

Thanks,

Steve Devaux