Two Models for Funding Your PMO Project Management Offices increasingly need to work within a corporate framework and internal cost models. That means PMO leaders have to justify the costs of running their unit, and find ways to (potentially) charge others for their services. We’ll look in more detail at charging for services in another […]
How to Build Stronger Engagement
A Project Management Office (PMO) should be the hub of project delivery within an organization – but you need executive level buy in and stronger engagement to make it really happen. If you invest in what’s needed to help add value to the business, it’s easier to build that engagement. It can take time, but […]
What is a Primavera P6 Schedule?
A Primavera P6 schedule is often required at the start of a project, regardless of whether it is simple or complex, to forecast the duration of the project and its activities. A schedule should be made prior to the start of a project. It should be a robust plan that lays out what needs to […]
How Digital Disruption is Affecting the PMO
Digital disruption has been a recent trend, and it’s likely to continue affecting how we work on projects for many years to come. The ‘big idea’ of digital disruption is that technology is changing how people collaborate at work in all respects. From the processes involved in doing tasks, to the actual tasks themselves, to […]
EVAS is Now DECM and v3.3 Has Been Released
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
Free eBook Ten Six’s own Steve Montgomery has just published a rather useful book titled ‘An Introduction To The DCMA 14-Point Assessment’. This free eBook is for those who want to better understand what the DCMA 14-Point Assessment is all about. This is a free eBook with no registration required….you just simply download it via […]
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 […]