Over the past few years, the DCMA has been moving towards Data-Driven Earned Value Management metrics to ensure contract compliance. This approach involved a name change from EVAS (Earned Value Analysis System) to DECM (DCMA EVMS Compliance Metrics). And, a couple of months ago, the DCMA rolled out their v3.3 metrics. For those eager to […]
Is It ISO 21500 Standards or ISO 21500 Guidelines?
With the release of ISO 21500 Standards for project management, many folks are confused about what exactly it is. Is it ISO 21500 Standards or is it a ISO 21500 Guidelines? In fact, what do these two definitions even mean? ISO Standard vs. Guideline One way to look at this is that a Standard is […]
Book – An Introduction To The DCMA 14-Point Assessment
Ten Six’s own Steve Montgomery has just published a rather useful book for those who want to better understand what the DCMA 14-Point Assessment is all about. Anyone in government contracting putting together a project schedule, will certainly want to pick up this gem. But more than that, the DCMA 14-Point Assessment contributes to scheduling […]
Primavera P6 Baselines Explained
Primavera P6 baselines are copies of your current schedule taken at a particular point in time. There are four types of Primavera P6 Baselines which P6 supports: the Project Baseline and three User Baselines. The Project Baseline should be static, fixed by the shareholders at the start of the project, hence the title ‘Project Baseline’. […]
Deltek Release Acumen 8.5
On Friday, June 27th, Deltek launched a substantial point release of the Acumen Fuse, Risk, 360 tool suite bringing this up to Acumen 8.5. And, by the looks of things, this is way more than a simple maintenance release. This new release includes over 20 functional improvements in 8 different areas of the product. In […]
What is the DCMA 14-Point Assessment?
The DCMA 14-Point assessment is used to ensure schedules are of high quality, complete and improve the probability of a successful outcome. The DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) introduced it in 2005 to ensure projects worth over 20 million dollars were following best practice guidelines. The US Defense department has thousands of contracts submitted every […]
Primavera P6 Interview Test
Have you had to take a Primavera P6 interview test for a new job to assess your P6 competency? Many folks we train go on to become great P6 schedulers, but some of them have had to take a Primavera P6 interview test to get the job. One of these folks sent in to us […]
The Benefits of ISO 21500 Compliance
The Benefits of ISO 21500 Compliance. The International Standard Organization (ISO) has been implementing standards since 1947, which are instantly recognized worldwide. ISO 21500 is a 47-page document detailing the standard guidelines for effective project management. Both the Project Management Institute (PMI) and American Project Management (APM), two of the largest professional management organizations for […]
3 PMO Capacity Challenges And How to Fix Them
Your PMO capacity and capability has done a fantastic job and you’ve gained management commitment to take on more and more. There’s a tiny challenge though: you can’t have any more staff. How do you manage to get more done without adding anyone new to your team? We see this challenge a lot, and it’s […]
Primavera P6 EPPM Sorting Dialog
Do you want to sort your schedule by multiple criteria? The sorting dialog in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) supports sorting project schedule data by one or more columns. In Primavera P6 EPPM, you can sort ascending or descending directly on the activity table by the column headers. But, if you want to […]