سنجشي از عملكرد هزينه است كه بايد با استفاده از منابع موجود حاصل شود تا اهداف خاص مديريتي مانند EAC يا BAC محقق شود.

A measure of the cost performance that must be achieved with the remaining resources in order to meet a specified management goal, such as the EAC or the BAC

 For example: to-complete performance index _ (remaining work)/ (estimate to complete) _ (BAC _ EV)/ (EAC _ AC)