Contract Performance Report (CPR)
Government Standards
Reviewed by forProject Technology - updated Sep 2026
Quick definition: The Contract Performance Report (CPR), formerly called the Cost Performance Report, is a set of up to five standardized report formats used to show a contract's cost and schedule performance in earned value terms. This term and these reports are obsolete and no longer in common use.
The five CPR formats cover cost/schedule performance by WBS (Format 1), cost/schedule performance by OBS (Format 2), baseline changes (Format 3), staffing (Format 4), and variance explanations and problem analysis (Format 5). Together, they give the customer a structured view of EVM data rather than a single summary number. These reports were superseded by the IPMR and IPMDAR reports.
Why it matters
The CPR is how a customer got standardized, comparable EVM data across different contracts and contractors, rather than each project reporting performance its own way. It is sometimes referenced in EVM discussions even as most current DoD contracts have moved to newer report formats such as the IPMR and IPMDAR.
Also known as
Cost Performance Report (former name)
Used in
A required deliverable on the Contract Data Requirements List for many older U.S. Government contracts using EVMS
See also
FAQ
Is the CPR still used today?
No — most DoD contracts have transitioned to the newer Integrated Program Management Report (IPMR) or Integrated Program Management Data and Analysis Report (IPMDAR), but the CPR name and its five formats are still sometimes referenced in EVM practice.
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