The College of Performance Management (CPM) are holding their 34th annual workshop, EVM World on May 30 – June 1 2018’ at the Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year’s theme, ‘Intelligently Linking Information for Better Program Management’, embodies
EVA23 – Anticipation
eVaintheUK are holding their 23rd annual conference on May 16-17 2018 in the city of London, UK at the historic Armourers’ Hall. The theme for this year’s event is anticipation. Anticipation is at the heart of everything from organizations to political policies and even in your own personal life
Primavera P6 EPPM and the DCMA 14-Point Assessment
It is possible in Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) to perform the Defense Contract Management Agency’s (DMCA) standard 14-Point schedule quality assessment. The DCMA 14-Point assessment is a rigorous assessment for inspecting the quality of project schedules
The Integrated Project Schedule
This article discusses production of the Integrated Project Schedule (IPS), which is the map of the project and primary monitoring and decision-making tool for the project manager. Maps are important for any journey. But what separates projects from most ventures
Understanding the DCMA 14-Point Assessment Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
Many project managers look to Earned Value Management (EVM) values to predict whether or not their project will complete on time and on budget. Recently, the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) 14-point assessment’s Baseline Execution Index (BEI)
A Brief Introduction to Earned Value
The key to unlocking the door to a plethora of project status metrics is earned value, which is a way of placing a value on the progress of work achieved. But how is earned value specified?
How To Secure Team Support for EVM
Earned Value Management is a tried-and-tested way of managing project performance. But it has a reputation for being difficult to implement and hard to manage. If you’ve made the decision to implement EVM for project
5 Pre-Requisites for Earned Value On Projects
If you’re considering Earned Value (EV) as a way to develop better project governance, then you’ll know what an undertaking it is to shift the organizational mindset towards that way of working
EVMP Symposium 2017
EVMP (Earned Value Management Practitioner’s) Symposium are holding their annual conference at the Waterview Conference Centre (CEB) in Arlington, Virginia on August 24-25. In it’s 7th year, this conference goes from strength to strength, with over 90% of post 2016 surveyed rating it excellent or
The Negatives of Positive Lag
Scheduling guidelines like the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)’s 14 point assessment will fail a schedule of any negative lags (or leads) are found: effectively banning their use entirely. In addition, to DCMA the Naval Facilities Engineering Command